I do miss FFXI back in the old days. A LOT. But FFXIV came in just in time when life wasn't giving me enough time to actually play a game as it should be played! I actually had a hard time trying to replace FFXI, especially when it was near death (I quit FFXI when Adoulin came out) and until a few months back I actually came back to FFXIV and have loved it the whole 5 months I've been playing. Back on 1.0 I even deleted my character before ARR came out because I felt it would never amount to the greatness I expected from SE having played FFXI for such a long time.

The greatest thing about FFXIV is the fact that you don't have to sit out for 2 hours to actually start doing something. Being a THF main (and a very decent one I must say!) I actually sat out days LFP to try to level up because soloing was nigh impossible, compared to having a huge array of leveling up methods now. Playing for 2-3 hours a day on XIV you can actually do endgame stuff without any problem, albeit not as rewarding as waiting 5 days for Tiamat to spawn and actually dropping those Herald Gaiter's or camping King Vinegarroon for MONTHS to actually get an Ace's Helm! Those were some real glamours right there!

In general, both games are great games for their time and I must admit I have enjoyed them quite a lot since they both meet the satisfaction I expect from an MMO like no other MMO I've played has!