For me its because i like to play Final Fantasy games (played all of them) and also because FF11 was a nice MMO. Also since the re launch i have heard so many great things about it that i finally decided to purchase it and see for myself.

So why did you buy it?

I was told about about it by a friend then checked it and said "hmmm.. why not" that's it :3 {/bow}

Because MMORPG's are my favourite genre. Played Runescape and World of Warcraft to death, also played Rift and Guild Wars 2, I tried LOTR:O also. None of the latter did it for me they were either WoW clones or in GW2 case; did not have the holy trinity (dps, heal, tank).

Anyway I saw someone playing this on Steam during pre-order play time, asked about it, he could not praise it anymore if he tried. I bought it 2 minutes later lol.