I can say this about the lag issue. I roam around ARR with .5 to 1 second of server lag while my girl who is sitting 5 feet to my left is getting split second, no lag response from her game raiding with 25 other people in WoW. People "get used to" the lag and then claim that its not an issue. I for one do not want to just adjust to it as if its always going to be there. I've been a big BIG Final Fantasy fan most of my life and i WANT to throw money at the series but when issues like this are built into the game...

... its just hard to want to play when I see so many other products where I won't have to deal with such a no brainer issue.

Just my 2 cents and what I assume will sooner or later be the reason I move on to another game.