I loved FFXI~
It was my first mmorpg and I was invited to play by my crush at the time /blush. We got to know each other better through XI and now I am engaged to him
We played the hell out of that game.
Anyway, I think FFXIV is going to be so bad ass when it is re-released. Its definitely going to be WAY BETTER than 1.0 when it first came out.