Direction of FFXIV?

[Felis]

Hi.

I was just curious as to what the direction of FFXIV is. The reason I ask is that with the addition of quest hubs, is it SE's intention to make FFXIV more of a quest-oriented progression system?

Is it their intention to make the game less grind-driven?

Not if the quests in the outposts gives the same rewards like the mini quests
I don't believe SE would put quests with high SP rewards in the game. More gears, gils and items as rewards. And of course storys as rewards too ^^