Square Enix has given up on real gameplay

[Gramul]

I'm not saying the gameplay is not there at the end but why can't it be there the entire way through? Its abhorrent that you can literally one button press your way through an entire craft. Why couldn't there be a more elegant enjoyable solution? Why is there no feeling of advancement? Why would people rather powerlevel than enjoy the journey to 50?

You can, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to.

I for one use leves and craft my own tools. Much more enjoyable than mashing A for a few hours.

As for fighting classes, leves, quests, and parties in my own level range.

There is no journey for us oldies. We've walked through the places tons of times now for it not to be 'magical' anymore. We've grinded the same leves and drained the world dry when there was nothing to do it in but grind.

Now enter a phase where we're actually getting content and stuff to do, well, it takes from the experience a lot to not be a newbie exploring the vast lands and earning a chocobo, etc.

This I can agree with. We simply need more content. More areas to see, more dungeons to crawl, more artifacts to find, and more quests to conquer. And those will constantly be added. Especially with the new Guild Company system.