Quote Originally Posted by Yasuhiro View Post
(like Yoshida promised us when he said that with HW about "change")
Hate to break it to you but that 'change' already happened. Just take a look at lord of verminion and diadem. Those are the two features that came from HW. Features that changed the 3 dungeon 'tradition'. Hell, even diadem itself changed from what was promised. Players actually riding their ships and having multiple party members control different aspects of the ships has been changed into a cutscene.

My money is on 90 percent of the next expansion's budget being poured into the leveling experience of the new level cap. People will feel like SE outdid themselves this time until some players who reached the level cap early gets to see what's in store and then start arguing with people who are taking their time to get there. The latter will outnumber the former and they will spread the good word everywhere else. When questioned why the character progression system (stats, gear, etc) are still basically the same, SE will reply with "please think of the new players" and

"Vacation."