As a SAM main I don't really care about Kaiten being gone at all. Sure it sucked having to rework the muscle memory since I was so used to hitting it, but it wasn't really an OMG NOOO moment. Nor did it really add anything to the class fantasy at all. The class fantasy for SAM revolves around the Iaijutsu.

I also don't really think the Island Sanctuary debacle is on them. Yeah they've been sparse about what it is, but they've been up front and vocal about what it isn't. Anyone who keeps thinking it is instanced housing and Animal Crossing in FF14 (and ever thought that to begin with) has been on something that I'd love a hit of.

That all said I am a bit worried that the first step of the Relic quest will be the same simple quest so I hope the go into detail on the relic quest expectations, as well as Island Sanctuary and Criterion Dungeon information. I also think the Hrothgar players deserve a section to have their situation addressed because what happened with the hairs is absolutely unacceptable.