G'mornin. I wanted to respond to Shai, but I'm on my phone at work so I have to try to keep it simple. First off, I gave your response a "like" because despite the fact that we seem to disagree about Tanaka's effectiveness, you did raise valid concerns about Yosihda. And while I unfortunately don't have the time right now to respond to all of your rebuttals, I'll focus on one. The SP situation.

When we first started playing, we were killing mobs....no biggie. Well, what was happening is that we would go out and kill a mob and get 237 total SP. We would them go and kill the same type of mob and get 14 SP. Ridiculous. But the worse part was that when players asked why the huge RNG based discrepancy in SP gained, Tanaka didn't take an objective look at valid player concerns and make adjustments. He simply punished the players more for having the audacity to speak out about it. He gave us a lower, static SP number, and considered the matter closed. Under the old system, the most efficient way to get SP was to remove all gear, equip the worst weapon you had, and whail on mobs.

That was what Tanaka gave us.
That system was fundamentally flawed, from the ground up, and that's what Tanaka gave us.
This isn't speculation or theorycrafting.
That was inexcusable.

Last thing....sorry the metaphor didn't resonate, but what I was trying to imply is that FFXIV is the most beautiful game I have ever seen(Porsche), that for he most part absolutely does not function the way a game should(no engine, holes in the floor to propel the car...as opposed to simply having an engine).