I guess it's time

[Claymore65]

A lot of the "Dev Discussion" stuff comes from a language barrier. It's difficult for most of the Devs to hold detailed conversations with us in English, at least without the major possibility of miscommunication. Considering this is your standard MMO forum, that will no doubt lead to a lot of salty rioting. :-P

That was a joke. Mostly. The community reps only have so much power (I assume very little), so they're (reasonably) hesitant to answer game design questions when they aren't, in fact, responsible for game design. I totally understand the frustration. Personally talking with the Devs via forum is an extremely satisfying thing.

Let's be careful when comparing the game to FFXI. This game is a different MMO on a fundamental level. They emphasize completely different things in gameplay. Some people will prefer the much slower pace of character progression in FFXI, while others will prefer FFXIV's game design. Neither is truly right or wrong, although each person will prefer different things.

If you must bring up FFXI, please try and mention specific elements that would translate well into FFXIV. For example, specific content types might translate well (such as an party-specific hunting system kind of like Notorious Monsters), while others wouldn't.