I ask this because I can't help but feel like FF XIV is a part of an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, except maybe this is MMO Nightmares? If so, I can only imagine how the discussion went the night of October 13th:

"Next year, we're going to relaunch this MMO. Right? We will have a clean slate and we're going to move forward with implementing more changes. We will have a whole new battle system, and most importantly you will have a !&$@ ton of customers. So don't &$!@ it up, ok? Get some rest. I'll see you next year."

It's days like this that I wish I had any skill with video editing so I could put a video together.