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So hails and official welcomes! My name is Joshua too; that's why I've been going by "meta" since AOL 2.5--there are too many Joshuas!
Did you play the original version of FFXIV? I guess they did well with the "realm reborn"?
Oh mah gawd I know, right? o.O Worst name ever. You can't go several feet without hearing someone shout out "Josh!" to someone other than you. The name "Zylra" actually derives from a character I used to roleplay back in the AOL days (the descriptive stuff. Not that two liner shit). Started using it for my gaming aliases and such and it just stuck over time.
I was one of those 1.0 players back at XIV's launch. Bought the collectors edition and all that, only to be disappointed immensely by it. I tried desperately to like it for about a month but to no avail. The game was an abortion. Came back with A Realm Reborn and I've been absolutely hooked. I can't imagine myself going back to WoW or any other MMO. If you're on the fence about it, I'd say definitely give it a shot. It's nothing like it was back in 1.0.