4.25 and beyond

[Vexander]

The most important thing for a MMO, is the party contents, the "I play this with someone" contents, the community,

Grind isn't an issue, because you can play different content with your friends. because in an old school MMO, the game let the PLAYERS CREATE the content.

Now the tomes grind in XIV is really an issue, because 99% of the time, you are doing it alone or doing it with strangers, there's no sense of community. a pure grind

XIV focused too much on the solo/random party contents, like a Single Player game.
Even the best Single Player game, won't last more than few months
If people like soloing 99% of the time, like some very easy & fast stuff, why they don't play some single player or mobile game? I don't understand

You know this is an excellent point to be honest. Perhaps SE should invest more time into FC content. Tie gear acquisition into it and it could work wonders.