Quote Originally Posted by Nikki View Post
When will players like OP understand that new dev team is trying to simplify things to attract more players so that they can justify charging sub fees or as well just turn it into F2P with cash shop. Tanaka tried to make a game which appeals only to few and look what the end result was. If FFXIV need to survive it needs to get more players simple, and that is the reason behind changes like this.

At the end of the day it is a business and they have to make FFXIV profitable or just shut it down. There is only for so long you can dump resources into MMO and keep it free.
Oh I am sure Sony also said the same thing with NGE. Heck they even release an expansion to go with, and look at what happened.