Lusterredux

I wanted to love XIV, I really did. I bought this game knowing there was a huge chance it would be hard to get into and a major timesink like FFXI was. In fact, I WANTED that. I played FFXI for over 4 years and those years were the highlight of my gaming history. But what I got instead was some terrible trainwreck **** that falls short of any expectations one could possibly have. Bogged down by menus for the sake of menus, leveling that somehow manages to **** the life out of you, LACK OF AN AH, subsequent failure of the bazaar system, the list goes on. I almost want to rant for this game wasting my time. Why is it 100x worse than it's predecessor? Why weren't the flaws and annoyances worked out during the beta (which I took part in)? Why, why, why? I feel like I should take SE to court for defacing the Final Fantasy series and MMORPGs as a whole (though their projected profits next quarter should be punishment enough). Oh, and the 2/10 is SOLELY because FFXIV is nothing short of graphically amazing. All looks and no substance.