Quote Originally Posted by Remus View Post
I'm pretty sure SE doesn't even know what to do with raiding anymore even though people have given suggestions.
I have found some interesting points within the latest Famitsu interviews, which may bring some light into the darkness, what they are doing.

A little list of "reasons" why the turned into the direction we currently have.

Y: I think it's because of the characteristic of japanese players, but there's this forced momentum where players feel like they definately have to clear the content no matter what and this idea seems to be stronger in japan.

[...]

If everybody around you has cleared the content, you need to clear it. If there's a certain trend, you need to follow it. That sort of feeling is probably floating around.

[...]

It might be because the Japanese MMO market hasn't had "high end raids" before and not being able to clear content even if you have the best gear is new for them.
In some sentences he is stating the current focus with the raid:

Y: Although i want to get rid of the atmosphere where you feel left out if you don't raid..but i think it's a japanese thing.
As it seems in the both interviews, the current focus is the japanese community only. Don't know what I shall think about it.

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._needs_to_ask/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...rward_another/