Yep. Anyone who actually defends any ideas or opinions they like must be ignored! Nothing like the usual daily dose of ignorant sanctimonious bull~ to start the day with :/

I agree with a few points, but don't think Tanaka has much influence in the game. The materia levels made me laugh after they went through so much trouble to drop the +1, +2 etc. And they're in talks of reducing inventory space again! hah. I already vendor or drop anything under a lvl III materia because it isn't worth the space. I guess this is a good way to get people to buy more retainers when they actually make them available.

As far as the moogle fight pre-quest being tedious, I think they're being a little counter productive if they're trying to add longevity to the battle. Make the battle fun enough and people will keep doing it, without the obnoxious time-sink.
In this case, I'll get what I need from it and never waste time doing that annoying pre-quest again unless the linkshell is short on participates and needs my attendance. Probably not what SE had in mind.

Like anything though, it's trial and error. Hopefully garuda will have something a little more interesting.