This was a pleasantly well-timed article to come across. I have recently ranted about my experiences in FFXI while streaming FFXIV. Like most of the comments in response to your article, FFXI was a keystone moment in my gaming life as well.

FFXI was the first game to cause me to break down and cry tears of pure joy. When I first started playing as a Red Mage I was going through Gustav (sp?) Tunnel, mostly because I was clueless, and I saw this guy soloing a giant scorpion. I watched them battle for almost an hour before he finally beat it. I thought it…