Alrite, my valid points on why and why not of the OP:

Removal of Progress Bar for DoH and the Animation of the DoL
Nope! That's because it's one hell of a thing having a mini-game where you have to actually watch out for what you craft. Do you want to craft all NQ? Fine then, go Standard and Rapid. But if you strive for quality, you ain't gonna do Standard all the time, you want Careful too. Also, what about the tougher recipes? You need abilities for them, so use them to ease your craft. Of course going Standard is lame, but then do it someway else?
I don't see any problem with gathering in this game. It's not tedious, not unfun, lets you use your brain to understand where drops what and in which depth.

More leves for DoH
For this I will agree, only for the diversity. Sometimes a L37 can't get L40 leves because the refresh doesn't have any leves, which would suck. Also doing different leves is quite fun and productive at the same time.

Hand out Local Levequests Items inside the City
I agree and disagree. If there has to be something doing with this point, I would suggest to make deliveries for camps such as Iron Lake and Bluefog a little more affordable. People doesn't like to get oneshotted just because they had to deliver a leve =)

Fixing the DirectX Issue
This will come with the 2.0, so for now we can put up for that, but really needed. To contrast this you can use Steam by adding a link to a Non-Steam game and play it from there. Then after you press the combo key (default: Shift+TAB) you can at least browse the interwebs. You can take screenshots too, which isn't pretty bad. There are also other solutions that let you cover all the screen with a window, simulating fullscreen (just take in mind that it's a fake fullscreen).

Removal of Chocobos and Hairships fees
Then why making Personal Chocobos? So you can run around without paying a fee?
You get RENTAL chocobos. You Rent, hence you pay a fee. You don't rent a car for free.
Airsheeps are a good gil sink. If you need a fast trip to a City-state, just use an Airship, or else take the boat and go to Limsa Lominsa/Ul'dah. Now with the Chocobo running from a City-state to another is a piece of cake. Also taking a Chocobo is a piece of cake, so please take one!