I didn't even notice you added this in an edit (@_@)...
Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post

Do you actually believe that with a whole team of hundreds of people working day in day out for a year that those "important issues" aren't already addressed / being addressed and that new features and content are just as important? If all 2.0 did was fix bugs and issues, there wouldn't even be good reason to market it like a new and improved product, because there isn't anything new, just fixes.

I mean really, you seriously have me puzzled here. Are you really implying that discussing some new feature of the game somehow implies they aren't fixing the issues they've discussed fixing and promised to fix?

Does a new person who hasn't really heard of or played FFXIV want to hear about all the issues from the old failed version that they're fixing? or do they want to hear about all the cool stuff you can do and content to play?
Forget the new players for a minute... how about the current playerbase? The "loyal" players.. new players may come along, sample the game and move on. There is less guarantee that a new player will stay versus a loyal player who is more willing to put up with flaws. Therefore, fix what's broken 1st before you add on.

There is a lot of information in the dark or unconfirmed by a lot of "we'll consider that." So Yes there is a possibility things may not be as devoted to issues as we may want. The latency is being addressed w/ new data centers.. awesome! But what of the other issues/concerns. We're still in the dark & they haven't said okay we're fixing A,B,C,D problems w/ a proposed method. For example, a lot of ppl have an issue with the market wards, yet they haven't proposed what'll happen with them to improve it.