Well...if you want rebuttals that's pretty easy. I'm not even trying to white knighting anything...we're all anxious for new stuff...

Quite frankly anything anyone posts...SE could post a years worth of pictures, videos, spoilers...

And someone will find something to complain about it. There's also a large majority that don't post to these forums...that don't read the lodestone. There's a number that want to see things as they come to fruition in the game....

We should also know SE generally doesn't like spoilers...and you gotta have some respect that they've been as communicative as they have been. It's a new thing for SE...

On the official threads and Yoshida's posting he frequently types walls of text on the Japanese forums outlining many things to come.