Simple enough question.
With this new director coming in like a storm announcing a new age to the game and yet fails as hard as the one before him, how long will this game last. I've seen countless posts about people wanting to quit or cancel for a duration in hopes things will get better.
My main point of this post is, Are you trying to make this game so unappealing to new players and current players in a hope to cut down subscriptions so you can pull the plug on it?
You claim balance must be kept but this is selective in choosing. Ex. Astral parties are considered RMT activities and where banned, but FC parties are ok to do when its the same thing but able to be done longer.
You go on about stopping RMT by changing values of items to NPC yes you don't actually go after the RMT itself to stop the damage before its done. Ex. Chocobo blinkers where cut down in value to NPC's yet trumpet rings which fishing bots farm the materials for are still being made by the 1000's.
You say that the now out of date roadmap which most looked forward things were delayed cause the team is divided between XI and the new expansion. If our fee's are going into making the new expansion then we should get it for FREE. You will be charging i'm guessing the normal $30+ for this expansion since its a full one so you will be making a large amount of money off of that, The current team of XI should be for the game in its current state not something we have to pay for again.
I know this won't change anything nor will it be heard but it is nice to vent this frustration I'm feeling currently towards the game's bleak future.