from what i read in the threads it's pretty obvious that they prefer the people that played only a little before they quit over the one's that have been playing 1.0 all the time.

so it's also clear that they don't wanna talk about it.

what makes some sense in an economical point of view is - and will remain - a kick in the nuts of the fans.
It should remind us that Square-Enix is nothing more than a profit-oriented company.