Kind of off topic but related, but I played FF11 once, and didn't really care for it, and I've been meaning to give 14 a try but haven't because of my experience with 11, so I haven't really even looked into the game before... Is 14 any better, or is it basically just a reskinned version of 11? I might be tempted into trying it if someone can sell me on it, and at least this way I'll know which server to aim for to find some like-minded individuals...
I think my biggest gripe with 11 was that I was playing on the Xbox 360 version, which seemed to have some sever graphical distortion bugs at the time, or at least I think they were bugs... All the human/elf characters looked okay in intro cinematics when picking your race, but in game their proportions were stretched in odd ways that were not shown in those cinematics(super long "nope.avi" style necks and arms, slightly shorter torsos, exc.).. All the other races displayed fine, only the elves and humans were distorted, and I could never figure out why, so I just chose to not play them...