To the devs....when will/can we pay?

[Lemmiwinks]

Out of curiosity, what is missing in your opinion?

We have a full battle system (tweaks being made... granted)
...we have storyline quests and lots of smaller side quests (more will come)
...robust gathering system
...crafting system (again...tweaking underway)
...raids (some is better than none )
...regular NMs, Faction NMs, and 'hyper NMs, complete with gear drops
...coming in 1.19 there will be airships and chocobos
...no AH but IMO the wards system is a decent alternative at this point. Some changes are needed, but its pretty decent I think
...coming in 1.19 we will have beastmen strongholds


I would grant you that there are tweaks that need to be made to all of these, and they will be made, but I cant think of too much that is downright MISSING from this game at this point. Tweaks will always be needed, but personally I think all of the elements are either here or will be here very shortly. Really... is there anything not listed here (other than an AH) that FFXI had at release and FFXIV doesnt have (or coming SOON)? The only things I can think of is a delivery system, and a more useable party search function... nothing I would consider major.

I could be wrong though. I am sure that someone will think of something I am missing. But btw saying "raise the level cap" or " new races" or "new jobs" doesn't count IMO... those are things that are classically released in game expansions... not in regular patches.

another question is this.... since no one is willing to pay for the game, I would like to know if there is ANYONE out there who actually likes this game, or am I the only one. IMO if you aren't willing to pay for the game when they start charging, then why are you wasting your time playing it now?