Hopes:

- Necromancer, Time Mage and Beastmaster as new jobs.
- Additional character customisation options. Let us design a character to look like Snow from FFXIII, Basch from FFXII or Gladio from FFXV.
- Less focus on pandering to the vocal minority that flocks to Twitter and other social media sites.
- More engagement from community representatives right here on the official forum as well as a proper appeal/forgiveness system for bans dished out in exchange for minor offences.
- A focus on nuance and consequences in the main story, particularly in relation to the game's protagonists.
- Sympathetic antagonists to be allowed to live rather than be killed off. Other Final Fantasy titles had no issue allowing for it, so I don't know why FFXIV has a bizarre obsession with 'punishing' antagonists with death.
- More antagonist themed gear, hairstyles, paintings. minions and so on.

Fears:

- Zenos and Fandaniel continuing to overstay their welcome.
- Story continues to become increasingly contrived. Such as with more time travel elements and a lack of meaningful consequences for anyone but the antagonists.
- No dialogue options to tell the likes of G'raha and Alisae to back off whenever they get obsessive over the Warrior of Light.
- An unsatisfying conclusion to the story surrounding Garlemald, the Ancients and Zodiark.