This is just me being hypothetical here, but say I were an employee of SE monitoring these forums, the first thing I would say is that everyone has an opinion. Some of them are good. Some of them are rubbish. No offense to any one particular person, but its true. Adding new areas and retweaking jobs, in my opinion, far outweighs the senseless desire to auto-default certain Yes/No options. That is what the game needs. More. But for that to work, things need to be considered and it won't happen overnight. It is fair to say that, from the threads I've read, that the vast majority of players are just bored. I blame Abyssea for that. I'm sure when it first came out, it was a much needed breath of fresh air, but it really took the challenge and need for interaction away from this game. That is why, were it my decision, I would limit it in a similar fashion to Dynamis in that a player would need to meet certain requirements. The ones I would choose would be the player must have at least on 70+ job, Rank 6 and progressed to a certain point in both CoP and WotG and would have to complete a series of quests and cutscenes to actually be able to do anything in there. It comes off as ridiculous that any player 30+ can just go leech a ton of exp and be maxed out three days later. So, to alleviate post level crunch boredom, we are given weapons to break and spend a crapton of gil on by doing what? Mindless whacking away at things. That's not exciting. If anything, it's dull and likely to put a player to sleep. But, that is the only real thing to do once you've made it to the top and haven't burned out from Sea/Sky/Dynamis, etc.
My point is that this game, once upon a time for every single person here, was all about adventure. Banding together, defying the odds and discovering new lands. That's all gone now, and I think that is what SE should really refocus their attention on. Bringing that back.

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I still carry the pearl for an LS I was welcomed into seven years ago and if I'm lucky, there is one other person on who still wears it as well. We used to have so many stories to tell. Now? I'm lucky if someone waves back at me.