Really I would love to know why ? I know that is not easy to startup and many of the points that Glayden brought up on another thread are very true.
Why I hate Fina.... (Why I Hate Final Fantasy XI)
We have seen a lot of people leave in the last year but even more come to the game new cause of the new expansions I think and the over advertising by Square for many of the games. Final Fantasy in general is making a new fallowing and I think that has brought some into the online FFXI.