Have to agree with ZZc2 on this one. I don't think S-E really gives a crap about the PC market. JPN players don't really give a crap about the PC market. They love consoles. I think S-E cares first and foremost about the PS3 launch, and I wouldn't even call what they released anything more than just a paid open beta.

Yah, the "follow" command offered above works. If you count manually targetting your other char, initiating an auto-run and then locking on the target a single command. Larger zones have invisible zone lines in the sense that WoW has phased content, and that will break follow.

The UI lag complained about above, with three second delays, is because all of it is stored on the server, and the server is needing to provide it to the client. I don't think it's packet transferring issues as much as it's the server itself doing crap before deciding to send back the requested information. Either way, it's retarded.

S-E maybe shot themselves in the foot by releasing the game they way they did now. I really don't know. Maybe there's a ton of JPN players waiting for PS3 launch, and the game will really take off then.

A lot of the issues right now are retarded and will get fixed. As I said before, the big question is if it's too late to recover in the public's eye and get high subscription numbers. I'd really like to play this game, as the friendships I've made in the FF MMO's are way better than the battle.net crowd that plays WoW. But if they all quit for other games, then it'd be no fun playing it by myself. haha