Just to state what has been said.

You guys know you are a minority right. I have seen what a loud minority can do to a MMO and it ain't pretty.

Guys any MMO that caters for the hardcore does not last or sustains a small population. Majority of the people hate games in which only the minority holds all the good stuff.

It is one thing to have a minority have tons of rare vanity items. But a whole different ball game to make top tier weapons super hard to get.

I agree that FF14 has ways to go, but making it harder and harder will just drive more and more people away.