I'm sadden by the fact that it looks like a dull middle ground of merging FF14 and traditional (FF11ish) ideas without any elegance.

But am tempered by the fact that it's a starting point so that it can be molded to something that is worthy of a FF, not just try to shove aside.

But again it's saddening to hear it's still in "basic" stages after...5months of work and feedback.

There is no plus minus in this, simply more "wait and watch". At the very least though, it'll get people back into the game to try something new.