I don't see any bad decisions made by the devs regarding this delay. But I do see a lot of impatient players. (News flash: Your $12/mo. doesn't buy guaranteed delivery dates of patches, it just means you can play the game.)
Thankfully, If I get bored of FFXIV, I have plenty of RL stuff to and even other games to play while I'm waiting for 1.21.
If FFXIV is all you have in life, you're seriously doing it wrong.
