Completely disagree. Even though I'm done with it for now , it's a stable and fun game that's much better than most of the bullshit released in the past 5 years.
It's well worth the low box price and another month or two sub depending on your speed.
You're just flat wrong, as even those with many (many, many) 50's will attest to clearly in this thread. When things become this obvious, it's no longer an opinion, it's objective fact that FFXIV is below average (though you may be of the opinion you like it anyway - I like a shitty game or two, it's OK to admit it).
First: FFXIV was so fucking terrible that it completely failed, went free (of sub), and had to be redeveloped.
Then, after being developed a SECOND time, FFXIV was still below average, or badly below average, on almost every front except for art assets, visual and audio execution, atmosphere, etc. The customer service, launch, and security was/is borderline criminal. When you compare this game to the quality of available PC titles that not only cost less to buy, but HAVE NO SUB FEE, it is not debatable.
FFXIV is fucking garbage as a game, but pretty. We all know it would have already failed before even making it to relaunch as ARR if it didn't have the Final Fantasy franchise stuck on it and was just some random fantasy IP.
$20 on Steam will get you content of a vastly greater quality.