[quote name='bassec']I'm curious what you classify as content. The time it takes to max level is MUCH MUCH MUCH longer in FFXI, but I don't classify that as content. Hell, look at 1-10 outside of your town...its just grinding. 10-20 in the Dunes is also more grinding. I don't classify that as content, IMO. Its just a really long leveling process. Blizzard could cut XP by 75% and then it would take the same time.
Now, I know about Dynamis, Limbus, Assaults, Missions, etc. There is a lot of content...but IMO there is just more in WoW.
Also, I should note I don't play WoW or FFXI currently, but played both at one time. FFXI has a special place in my heart for being a huge, mysterious world that I never even began to touch. WoW had a special place in my heart for the huge boss fights and epic encounters.[/quote]
Well FFXI world is a lot bigger (yes, I have been everywhere in WoW). Now while you can argue that WoW has more quests, the quests in WoW are tons of collect this and kill that (do hundreds of the same quests really count as tons of content?!?!?).
While both games are fun and different, FFXI isn't for people who want their hands held (nothing wrong with it). Just sometimes people don't want everything plotted out on the minimap for them.
Now level wise, I enjoy not being able to max out in under a week or two (casually). I actually feel like I actually accomplished something in FFXI.