FFXIV follows the "Theme Park" module

Partying for XP is more about being a nostalgic experience. It's fun and relaxing, it is no longer the focus of the game. And anyway, the leveling is so fast now, I don't see how it really is a grind. Getting nearly 50 levels in 8-12 hours is pretty damn quick compared to what it used to be. There is PLENTY more to do besides XP. Even the level cap is nothing. You still have to work to get your iLv119+ gear which consists of a series of BCNMs for the first phase and then Dynamis-like and Voidwatch-like content for the rest. Also, Capacity Points / Job Points are the new Merit System that really makes you super strong. I just got my first iLv119 set, but it's only the first one (AF Reforged +1) Cheap FFXIV Gil ...

I still need to do Relic, Empyrean, and Alluvian gear sets. It's relaxing, though. I chat with my LS, we occasionally help each other or do Skirmishes or Delve, and then there's those random shouts for Wildskeeper Reives, Sinister Reign, and the High Tier BCNMs. It is so much less stressful than it ever was before. And while BST is very strong right now, what is great is you can be any job (even Bard) and still solo effectively if you want to. It's even more fun to have a friend and do the content with them. Anyway, I don't like XIV unfortunately. The summons are disappointing and I can't believe there's an FF game FFXIV Gil that doesn't have elemental damage.

FFXI was a "Treasure Map" type game, where you had to figure things out and your adventures took you back and forth between familiar territory multiple times, discovering new things about the world you had never realized were there even though you had been there many times. FFXIV follows the "Theme Park" module like WoW which is fine, but while XI was definitely not perfect, there are many aspects of XI that they stripped from XIV and it makes me very sad. SE is allegedly developing a semi-full size vers of XI 2.0 for mobile (not the chibi vers that's out in JP right now) so ultimately, that might have promise. Unfortunately, SE messes up so many times that although they're having a 3rd party company develop it, I don't have a lot of faith but we'll see.