Quote Originally Posted by SkizzleofRagnarok View Post
The people who knew about FFXIV from 1.0 who most likely where FFXI gamers and first timers still kept playing the game for the love and support for SE and their franchise. So somewhere along the path SE started biting the hand that was feeding them for business. This is my theory ofcourse but I don't think its far from the truth.
Keep in mind those same players voted for radical changes from the concepts of FFXI and FFXIV 1.0 as well. So I would not make any presumptions on what Legacy players chose or envisioned - speaking as a Legacy Player myself.

I will say that the system we have now merits an extended trial to see how it functions for people. It's my personal assessment that it is thus far VERY casual friendly, much more so than 2.0's attempt. I am thus far satisfied with what I have seen and as a result, and encouraged to return to raiding.