Abyssea should not be extended for several reasons.

1. Job imbalance. The proc system sucks too much to get anything on any job at any time.
2. Since exp is too easy and jobs are so unbalanced, everyone levels a few of each job leading to more imbalance
3. Abyssea is nothing but a giant grind. Look at empy weapons magian trials. Look at AF3. As such it is not better than older content.
4. There is absolutely no challenge or no reward for killing faster or better.

Most of the complains I ve seen in the thread are towards the old hnms. Seriously if you think the old system=hnms you probably didnt do endgame at 75. Secondly every nm in abyssea that drops popular af3 mats is camped, botted, and getting af3 is a matter of outclaiming others. Inbe4 someone mentions a trade macro thinking he is the only one that knows the trade macro.

Abyssea popularized the no friends system with mnk+whm dual box system. It introduced the ability to do an event at anytime without requiring others. The result is here. Way too many people play it outside their normal prime time cockblocking others from other time zones. Not different than the hnm system is it? Didnt have that problem with salvage. Of course SE is going back to this type of content ! No way the game can survive if you dont build anything serious.