FFXIV =/= 2.0. They are two different games in design, story, and content. Well maybe not content since its being ported over, but for the most part 2.0 is a different beast altogether. All complaints about FFXIV story/design wise are *almost* pointless since 2.0 is essentially a different game. The changes made to FFXIV are mostly for

1) content, which will be ported over.

2) Wrapping up the story (which will not be in 2.0 btw)

3) Just giving us shit to do/try before 2.0

In other words you need to think of the games as entirely different and entirely separate. A criticism of FFXIV is *not* a criticism of 2.0, and vice versa. This is a long way of saying it is a waste of time/energy to criticize FFXIV *unless* you are talking specifically about content that is being ported over (jobs/classes/dungeons/gear/etc). Story content is not being ported over, so the complaint is more or less moot. They're scrapping the current story and adding a new storyline in 2.0.