It's hard to pinpoint but there is a weird disconnected feeling to what you're doing on the gamepad and what happens on screen. It might be the lag but I think it might also have a lot to do with the fact that the skills are still incredibly same-y across all classes and aside from tweaking the stats I think they should also add a lot of really basic class exclusive skills too.

The enemy weaknesses and strengths also could be cranked up to eleven because a lot of the time it feels like you don't need any knowledge of the enemy or surroundings when you are grinding. Maybe the way they hinted at bringing back some enemy AI in some form will at least help in this matter.

When it really comes down to it by now they definitely have changed the frames of the game but the picture itself has been left intact and they need to start dealing with the big issues.

This might also be because I'm a controller player and the controls in battle and in menus are still just as bad as they were in the launch. In recent post they said "they'll look into it" so all we can do is wait.

I tried the game after the patch but I feel like if I keep playing too much at this point then I'd easily get tired of it to the point where I couldn't give it another chance when XIV eventually deserves it.

I really want to play this game for years but honestly it took XI 3 years to get good (and honestly to me that game is still amazing to me). It will take time but if SE starts working on content and big issues without using a lot of short-cuts like they've done up to this point (which is sort of understandable given how time has been against them) I'm sure this game will get good. We just have to remember that the community is tired of cheap solutions but at the same time you can't do quality content without time.

I understand the player frustration since I feel it too but as a game developer I fully understand the situation at the other end of the line too.