Quote Originally Posted by Cyrtip View Post
Yeah, they're saying the same thing about 8.0 that they were about 7.X, and we already know how well one of those has gone.
I've posted a thread about this very interview when 7.1 dropped. To me, seeing CS3 do the exact opposite of what the producer has announced implies one of two things to me.
Either, Yoshi-P is so stretched thin that he is not supervising CS3 properly anymore (he did spent a lot of time supervising the mobile port, it seems), so CS3 keeps their Post-EW mantra up because they can/want to/have no idea what else to do...
Or Yoshi-PR is lying to our faces to keep us subbed for a bit longer so the "new style" (supposedly) 7.2 battle content can win us over. Which you kinda mentioned:

It feels like there's nothing to aspire to learn on any job anymore. Just load boss encounter and get excited to load next boss encounter, since that's seemingly the only half of the combat system the developers care about.
I hate how FF14 has become almost nothing but bosses when its about instanced content.