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Are you to strawmen what Batman is to bats? And is it Strawman or Strawmanman?

Be it customization, poll rates, particular mechanics, AI, or even simple QoL changes, there's almost always something that is "impossible from a technical standpoint" to add or improve upon due to the underlying engine of the game. Even the engine issues themselves are apparently not fixable due to other, baser parts of the engine. At that point, is it worth having flawed or unfinished addition after addition compared to ending in a couple expansions and starting fresh with a base game that isn't so problematic? That's all this is about.
Considering XIV is profitable enough that Square's CEO said he wouldn't let Yoshida shut it down if he wanted to, I doubt he'd get permission to wind down development in the early 2020s to start a new engine and MMO from scratch that likely wouldn't see release until the mid-2030s.