The current course for FFXIV.

[Betelgeuzah]

Don't worry, that was a general statement.

Think about it like this: the more freedom you have, the more factors there are to balance when designing the game. but the designers themselves are only human. They can't design a great Game if the amount of possible factors is overwhelming. Sure, we the players have more freedom to dictate how to play the game, but the actual "game" part of the experience will be underwhelming.

This is why toning things down creates an environment where the developers can design a better game, if more restrictive. I'm not sure if you noticed, but the content before the changes was rather trivial sadly.