I have been playing FFXIV since it was released in 2010. That's 6 years. What do I have to show for it?
1. A tattoo.
2. A 'Legacy Chocobo'
3. A now completely worthless 'Relic'
4. Most of my jobs at lvl 60
5. ALL of my gear worthless, over, and over, and over again.
6. Some achievements from 1.0
7. A Medium house I bought in 2013 upon ARR.

^ How is this to inspire me to keep going? 6 years deep into this game, and players who started 2 months ago could catch up to me.
Where is the longevity? Where is a long term achievable goal? Why are long term goals (relics) nerfed to where the grind I did for it is now quite literally, worthless? With every patch im asking myself, "I may as well not even bother, it will all be worthless again."

This is an opinion from someone who has played, and loved, this game for half a decade. Give me something to show that. I really don't care if you disagree with me either, i can almost guarantee anyone who responds to this negatively has not put in as much time to this game as I have unless they also started from the very beginning of 1.0.