No, we should not accept this if it's true. Yes, we should complain. No, I don't have to go make a game like FFXIV before I have the right to complain.

6 months is insane no matter what they are working with.

I also took art and design classes in college. If I were to tell my professors about this, they would laugh in my face and wonder how the f SE is such a big company.

Actually, that's most likely the problem. SE itself is huge, but how many people are actually working on XIV? Like 11?