Dear Yoshida,
I really hope SE team read my feedback from here as you mentioned about getting feedback for Zodiac Weapon quests. Especially you mention you were watching new players enjoying the game. I really hope you have a chance to stream old players updating their Zodiac Weapon. As a game player, I think we spend out valuable time in the game to have fun and enjoying in a fantasy content which delight our playing moment. I had such a great time to play with all stuff you put into FFXI ARR until Zodiac weapon quest. I think being a good game the core value should be delighting player game experience instead of giving players painful memory. I understand your team likes to have more people to play old contents to aid new players experience. However, I think the approach of Zodiac Weapon quests is not a right one. It is not difficult in terms of skill set, it is difficult in terms of spending our time in this. The quest itself is boring and painful.