Originally Posted by Burningthought

No one in the FFXI community really cares whether theres 500,000 or 7 million. As long as we don't get the idiots who do nothing but spam and screw everything up we're fine with it. Quality > Quantity. Especially in a game where a lot of stuff can't be accomplished by just halfassing it. You really need to have your head together when you play or you won't get anywhere.

As for SWG, I heard it was pretty grindy, but at the time it was the World of Warcraft of its era.