FFXIV's current state

[Reynhart]

People may totally hate the content but do it simply to get their relic.

Sorry, but that's one thing I don't understand. Even if the reward is interesting (And frankly, more and more people admit that the relic is so late that it's close to useless for anything except glamour), there's no way I would punish myself with a content I despise.

Yoshi-P and the dev really need to drop a poll out at the end of an expansion life cycle so they can simple and honest feedback on what players liked and what they hated in SB.

They sure should.

But there isn't a lot they can do to improve it.

Actually, I think they can, and, ironically enough, several ideas should be taken directly from FFXI.

I personally don't think the FATE train is the real culprit in Eureka, but the fact that grinding outside of the train is very tedious. So, you could include something that could be called Elemental Quests, inspired by the Fields Of Valor from FFXI. Basically, a small quest that requires you to kill a certain types of mobs, rewards you with Xp, Cristals and Coffers and is set on auto-repeat. And the more you repeat it, the higher the rewards get. It would make low-man far less cumbersome until you reach a level where you can navigate comfortably and join the train.

Another option, which is a given, is a level sync diretly from the party menu. I still don't understand how they missed this...

And the last one is not really to make Eureka smoother now, but into the future, for people who might want to experience it during 5.0. You remove the Elvl sync of the zones, and you treat every NM like a Hunt mark or create items to pop weaker version of them. So, again, even if you go solo, you'll be able to kill any targets as soon as you reach an appropriate level to gather more Crystals.