I guess this is as good a place to ask as any.
Is this reboot as good as FFXI? I used to play it on ps2 for a few years. The thing I loved was it actually felt like an mmo you had to team up with people there was real community. stuff like wow just doesn't feel the same.
Although it's a very different game, the game is made not just to be solo friendly, but easy for high level people to help lower levels with stuff like level synch and a mentor system. The end-game is tailored for groups so a Linkshell and Grand Company will be essential if not early on, but at the later levels.
Just don't expect everything to be like FFXI, because neither the game, nor the people are the same, but still it won't be like WoW.