I'm not really optimistic, as optimism implies a certain enthusiasm that I just don't have for SE anymore.

I hope they make XIV a great game. I hope the updates start coming faster and the game starts to fill with enjoyable content. I hope that people start returning to Eorzea, yet even my hope is tempered by realism and a sense of uncertainty.

The long and short of it is, SE just hasn't done enough to restore my faith in them, but they do just barely enough to keep my hope of a great game alive.