Some designs in FFXIV 1.2x are better than ARR

[Orophin]

I liked the concept of Hamlet on paper. The execution of it and how seals were distributed was entirely the reason I refused to do the relic quest prior to ARR.

TL;DR - OP wants a different type of grind than what already exists. (because apparently running dungeons 8-10 times a week + Coil isn't the kind of grind they want)

The speedruns while annoying were only for the people that had high-enough DPS and knowledge to do them. Say what you want about speedruns, not everyone could do it.

Not to mention, several jobs leveled to 50 because you were expected to swap on the fly between bosses/trash. Another mechanic I'm glad that's gone because if I want to play a Paladin I don't want to swap to a BLM midway in just to speed up trash killing.

[Kaizlu]

Not to mention, several jobs leveled to 50 because you were expected to swap on the fly between bosses/trash. Another mechanic I'm glad that's gone because if I want to play a Paladin I don't want to swap to a BLM midway in just to speed up trash killing.

Oh totally, but the idea of "you have to master the dungeons" is still there. It could've been changed or tweaked instead of just having to run AK once and be done with it.