We can't

[Maero]

Much of the income generated from this game we know goes to other SE projects but that has more to do with the higher ups and investors i would think.
Someone mentioned 35 million even if that was actual fact that really does not cover much. Creating video games and all that is involved is far more then some of you seem to think.
I will however state that the servers should have been upgraded for Stormblood not simply moved like they seem to have done, the code is out dated yes but alas what can one do.

[LineageRazor]

The problem is that certain classes have more variety of glamour than others in terms of their choice of appearance. A Paladin / Dark / Warrior can choose to wear tunic, light clothing if you prefer and give your character look like a "wanderer" instead of a full plated character, to give a small example. A caster has it difficult to go dressed in armor as if he were a battle mage prepared to cast spells, the pieces of choice are much smaller numbers. Without going too far, the tunic of the Creation marks is perfect except for one thing -in my opinion- and is that once again it abuses the wide sleeves and completely disables any glamor you have in the gloves -and the creation gloves become disabled- even if you have it beyond the elbow, not like that of WHM that is perfect for it.

Class and level restrictions are stupid, and have been stupid from the very start. The one possible justification for them (mages should look like mages, tanks should look like tanks) was tossed aside ages ago thanks to the many skimpy glamour options tanks can wear. And, unless SE spaghetti-coded the system in ways I can't even begin to fathom, removing these restrictions should be the work of about a half hour. (Somewhere, in the code there should be a check that asks, "Can this glamour be shown for this class/level?" Remove that check, and voila.)

For most of the things the OP is suggesting, though, there's a lot of dev effort involved. Yoshi P says "I can't" not because they actually can't, but because it's a lot quicker and easier to understand than, "We could, but currently we don't consider it to be worth the investment of man hours when balanced against the revenue lost for not having this feature."

In the case of three jobs, specifically, the Dev team pretty nearly killed themselves to get three jobs into Heavensward - enough that they needed to take a break afterwards such that it delayed patch 3.1 several weeks - and even with that, Machinist was clearly rushed, being very nearly a BRD clone and missing several features SE had suggested it would have (like several interchangeable attachments, instead of just Guass Barrel).

[Scarby]

Here is a wonderful idea for all those crying about the fact we can't have every single system the second you demand it, either do what the rest of us do and wait for them to work out every little bug needed so we actually get a functional version of these things you want (because let's face it, all you'll do is cry if there is anything wrong) OR, if you really really do get this salty over them not treating you like their overlord and doing every single thing you say as soon as you say it, then kindly GTFO to a different MMO, or go try making your own, then maybe you'll gain some form of understanding as to why we can't have these things right away due to the game engine/manpower/cost issues they currently have.

I've said my part in this matter, Have a good day and enjoy playing the game we've all been so lucky to have o/

[ExKage]

One of the biggest questions I have is, has OP watched NoClip's documentary about 1.0 -> 2.0?

[Draxxion]

Look at how long it took WoW to get the glamour system they have. It took many years. Them saying "we can't" does not mean "we will not". It takes time to code, test, and implement. They also have deadlines on other projects and a budget. That is all controlled by SE itself. Not trying to be a white knight as I think it sucks too, but this all takes time.

[FallenArisen0990]

All I get out of this, is that we need to kill the cash cow (XIV) and then higher ups have no choice but to delay or cancel games. SE's quality on most of their projects has diminished anyways. Only a matter of time before SE becomes the next Konami.

[Endeleon]

All I get out of this, is that we need to kill the cash cow (XIV) and then higher ups have no choice but to delay or cancel games. SE's quality on most of their projects has diminished anyways. Only a matter of time before SE becomes the next Konami.

Hmm, I would have agreed 5 years ago but SE has made a huge turn around in the past two years. And why would they kill the cash chop when that is what pays for more developments?

[Venur]

And why would they kill the cash chop when that is what pays for more developments?

Cuz its not a free to play.

Personaly my only grip with the cash feature is the extra retainer. FF XIV is the only pay 2 play with a monthly sub that have such a feature. Even most free to play give you infinite auction house room when you sub and if you take SWtoR as an exemple you get your max crew member by subing. And the game is ran by EA the most greedy company that I can think of.

[Razard]

Cuz its not a free to play.

Personaly my only grip with the cash feature is the extra retainer. FF XIV is the only pay 2 play with a monthly sub that have such a feature...

Are you sure about that?

https://eu.battle.net/shop/en/product/game/wow

Took me 5 seconds on google to find.

[NolLacnala]

Hmm, I would have agreed 5 years ago but SE has made a huge turn around in the past two years. And why would they kill the cash chop when that is what pays for more developments?

Yoshida openly stated that cash shop money goes back into the cash shop and SE's non-XIV projects. The first time he was allowed to touch that money was for the server relocation. That's three and a half years of him getting his hand slapped.

So you're not wrong, the cash shop did fund XV's development lol