Observations from a New Player

[Odstarva]

Well, why are they important? If there is something that I am missing, I would like to know.

Alright, I will assume you are serious and try my best! Here we go:

Potions: If you are soloing and bite off more than you can chew, or if you are in duty and you know a healer will fail to get you back up / run out of mp / got poisoned and not getting cleaned.
Food: In short, it's buffs. Increases your stats. More STR / Parry / VIT / CRIT / INT (etc)
Chocobo Fighting: A lot of people like having a chocobo accompanying them, myself included. It's not going to be removed, forget it.
Treasure Chests: Where do I even begin here... You don't like being rewarded? Getting new gear? What is wrong with you!
Linkshells: Useful to keep contacts, participate in chat groups, be warned of latest hunts, get or offer help to in-progress dungeons!
Ultima's Bane, etc: Additional content! Some challenges with additional difficulty, fun quest-lines, alternate routes to acquiring shiny gear!


Why do you think any of these should be removed? Why!?


edit: I cannot stress out how important the first two are. Half the people complaining they can't clear content I'm sure have never even tried to use neither food nor potions. People screw up, you need to come prepared or be ready to eat dust when someone has a slip-up.