Revolution needs to happen in the industry if gear-grind has proven that it is not stable.

Why not give players a different method of progression and incentive other than gear grind?

Also, new content every 3 months that rewards players with all the best gear makes economy redundant. Only thing that matters now will be materia.

A materia economy and a gear grind are two systems that will remove a lot of the depth of FFXIV as an MMO. They spent so many years deepening this world only to deconstruct it at the last minute?