oh hell yea they areI bought it awhile back but haven't played much of it yet. As much as a FF fan as I've always been, I could not get into FFXI and I didn't care for the limitations on questing/leveling with this one. Hopefully those are some of the things that will be changing. I want to be able to choose how much time I spend on my character in an MMO, not have the game restrict my gameplay.
It does sound like they're putting a LOT of effort into saving this game though and it really is a beautiful game.