I'm mainly wishing to see all the 2.0 gears treadmill craps getting destroyed at 3.0, no more lame ilevels would very appreciated and a true horizontal gears progression mixing advanced and customizable stats that a Final Fantasy deserve.

At 3.0 the game will be 1 year and half old (in reality it will be 4 years and half including 1.0) and the project started in 2005.
I think FFXIV players were patient enough isn't, it's time for less temporary stuffs and more FF-ishs design when it come to gears & weapons progression.