I had started on a long list of things to bring to the table and after a while I just stopped because of how extensive the list was but I will give a summary.


1. Raid content lacks substance. I concur with others that the raids are just trials.
2. Gear progression isn't creative and is mostly vertical.
3. DPS checks are cheap mechanics. Especially in a game in which you don't have any way to have an in-game gauge.
4. Where is 3rd party extensions? At least allow us to make our own tools for which you have decided against placing development time in.
5. The companion app is just.. bad. We have a calendar that we can't access in game to get excited about. Right now the app has a 2.1 rating compared to WOW's 4.0. Micro-transactions are steep and chat functions limited.

6. Duty recorder was a great idea... except we haven't seen or heard anything new about it and its too limited to be useful to people to use as a tool to learn with.
7. Allowing gear to be dyed because it is augmented has always been a sore spot. It is recycling at it's finest though. Oh and recycling old gear to give as new gear so that people can finally use them for glamour on the job they want. Just allow everyone to glamour whatever especially if you are only going to release it later to do that very thing.

8. The removal of the additional dungeon has made expert roulette very monotonous.

9. HoH didn't provide enough substance to want me to do it. The mount I can live without, the story isn't really gripping, and because I am already leveled in all of my jobs its sort of moot. Oh and the weapon will last all of one month before the next patch.
10. Relic weapon progression is a substantial grind for a short gain to only be relevant for roughly a month.

11. Pagos was a step backwards. NMs spawn less, there is a hardcore grind with little incentive to hit the grind. People hardly talk because it is that much of a -dedicated- grind.
12. Where is the expansion on FCs? There should be lots more functions built in for what FCs can do.
13. Odd-numbered patches feel increasingly more empty.



There are hosts of other problems but it just feels like what we have to look forward to these days are A) Unfinished B) Recycled or C) Off the mark. That's not to say that there isn't a lot to love about the game but its becoming increasingly frustrating. Especially when you realize every next odd numbered patch you find yourself logging in less and less than the last odd numbered patch.