Should FF14 take a new route? Discussion

[KaivaC]

Like many of you here in the forums, and the active subscribers out there, I very much enjoy my time in FFXIV. I think that in the crowded MMO market, this one stands out above others because of its approach to combat and story telling. But...it seems that the innovations have sort of stalled - the game feels like its stuck in this limbo that it cannot break away from.

Call it lack of support from Square or call it fear of trying new things, but something just feels like it doesn't click. There was a point where I thought about FFXIV maybe needing a new director - not that Yoshi P. hasn't done a good job with what he has, because he has been great for FFXIV and personally, I'm happy with how he managed to salvage FFXIV and turn it into one of the top MMOs on the market. That being said, I can't help but wonder if a new director would be able to take FFXIV into a new direction. Obviously, if Square is being unsupportive of one of their biggest draws, that's one thing (and we all know what happens when a game company does to a product if they don't support it a la Konami).

So food for thought: Do you think FFXIV would be able to innovate and go to greater heights with a new director? Or is the issue solely Square itself? Or maybe it's something else entirely that FFXIV needs.

Let's discuss.

*edit on April 14
With the new live letter on 4.14.2018, I feel this warrants more consideration now.