I think SE needs to focus on making players feel important again.

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Anyone else remember when video games used to be games instead of cutscenes and walking simulators? Why is an MMO of all things trying to fit in with the Sony snooze bandwagon i.e. God of War and TLOU? Shouldn't an MMO be the last type of game to switch over to the drone n' doze genre?

Because it's a Final Fantasy game. SE, Yoshi-P and even the creator of Final Fantasy, perceives Final Fantasy as a game that was mostly a film/novel that you got to watch with bits of playing in between, which is obviously in contrast to some modern games where they do the narrative and cutscenes without preventing you from moving and fighting.