[TheGrandMom]

The biggest thing about rushing to get to end game is that you also need certain things accomplished for endgame. The SM missions so that you can enter Sky. And city missions for rank and Dynamis entrance. The CoP missions so that you can enter Sea/Limbus. Now if you join a very active ls that helps out a lot with these missions, then it won't be such a chore. But trying to accomplish them in pick up parties on your own leads to a lot of headaches and a long time getting there usually.

Also what job you choose to take to your first 75 can also help or deter you. As in any MMO, some jobs are more desirable than others and getting the experience points can either be a chore or easy as pie. If you level a job that you don't like for your first 75 just to get there fast, you might want to shoot yourself along the way. LOL

The biggest difference between FFXI and WoW for me was the time it took to get experience points. In WoW, soloing was always an option and I could get something accomplished even if I had a little bit of time. In FFXI, it doesn't always work that way. Oh there are days I log in and get party invites quickly but that isn't the norm. FFXI takes more patience but the sense of accomplishment was greater for me. I bored of WoW much quicker than I did of FFXI and that says a lot because I've been playing MMO's since the dawn of the internets. LOL FFXI is the first one that I've played for as long as I have so for me it has more of what I'm looking for.