Well what have we all been sticking around for? Early on there was no certainty the game would improve so drastically. This isn't something you can look back from previous experiences from another MMO and say, "It'll be aright, they'll just scrub the entire game and remake it." Who's done that?

I don't have intentions to make us look better over the future generation of players, but we've as a community has come face-to-face with hardships from a video game that should never had been present. The forums haven't just been invaded by ponies, but hate and anger through the months. We've complained, we trolled, we expressed our joy and disappointment. And through it all the FFXIV team listened.

We're the voice of this game, and those of you who don't think that in itself is something remarkable then I'm kind of disappointed.