First, You can edit your post to get past the 1000 character cap. Second I think GW2 is an AWFUL game and I hope this game never strides to be like GW2.

However, I do agree with you about the gear tread mill in a sense. At the current pace, it looks like FFXIV will release expansions like World Of Warcraft did. Where each expansion basically makes the previously expansion irrelevant. I don't want FFXIV to go that route. I want expansions to come out without killing previous content.

However I am fine with getting gear throughout the whole process. But they need to add content to previous expansions as they release new expansions to keep things balanced.

E.g. If they release a new expansion that's IL 100, then they need to add hard mode dungeons to launch content that are il 70, and add turns to BCB that are IL 100, etc etc. In essence, each expansion should bring new high level content and add the same high level content to previous expansions to keep them all relevant.