Did want to add a few things.

I like games with story, and oh boy do I like FF games. But this is an mmorpg, it cant sustain itself just with story, or else sub count will just plummet until next patch.
O man you are right. . .it's almost like WoW kept it's numbers since vanilla without seeing massive plummet in sub count even though as suggested, it has better end-game content. Wait. . .(Btw that was sarcasm cause internet)

I'm not unhappy with the game, I like it quiete a lot. But that doesnt mean there are no negatives to it, which are the ones I pointed out. And no, I dont like playing with alts, nor proffesions. Relic weapons are just cosmetic, dont care. I play for the endgame content and the satisfaction of clearing it when its relevant.
Than why are you playing FFXIV? If you are just doing it for end-game PvE than it isn't hard to study up on which game has more to offer. I quit WoW back in mists and even I know that it has more to do for those that want to raid. As people said, FFXIV isn't meant for the hardcore PvE audience which is why most of the content tends to be cleared from hours to a day after it comes out.

The more I think about it the more I miss WoW ...
It is still there. Nothing is stopping you from playing. So unless you stopped playing WoW for some reason and came to FFXIV and WoW hasn't sunk it's own ship. . .it is still there and SE isn't going to change what it has been doing with end-game PvE because a small amount of players want it to be harder.