How about some major server fixes before charging?

[Jennestia]

Part of the problem SE has is they don't have any group files in any type of paks so FFXIV will try to load a whole bunch of little tiny files in many folders which is a lot of search time on the hard drive. If you have an SSD its much less noticeable but having a better file system is a basic part of PC game optimization and SE should really fix this.

That's because most MMOs generally run on engines (generally unreal) which pack all files, but it's also why XI and XIV were one of the easiest MMOs to modify armor and etc. So it's not actually a problem perse, the main problem is game optimization and server optimization, not the file structure because games that don't pack files still run very smoothly as they're well optimized.