This video tells you why some people thought FFXIV 1.2. is a better MMO than 2.0

[Penthea]

I think she played too much hamlet...

Oh look when a 1.0 player does say some content wasn't good "they must have done it too much". You can't accept that maybe they just didn't like it.

I remember no one were complaining the gameplay during 1.2x

If that was the case 2.0 would have never happened. Why would SE have spent so much money on 2.0 if everyone was perfectly happy with 1.2x? They would have just kept on going with 1.2x style content if the playerbase was as satisfied as you claim.