Things are getting worse.

[AnnRam]

PVP its the only thing keeping the game alive for me, I have 0 interest on doing any PVE content ever again.

[Kolsykol]

Wtf rofl, PvP of all things?
The PvP got a major update that was incredibly well-received.

You're trying too hard.

[Jojoya]

Outside of limited housing where other games use instanced housing so everyone gets a house, I can't think of any MMO that doesn't get the same or at least similar complaints on a recurring basis.

PvP? PvP is always filled with drama and controversy due to cheats, wintrading, etc.

Class/job design? What one player likes, another hates. Change a job so the player who hated it now likes it and the player who loved it will now hate it.

Cosmetics? How on earth can you say they're getting worse? SE has been improving and expanding on cosmetics ever since I started in Heavensward, including gradually taking the old gender locks off some cosmetic gear. It's not perfect (nothing ever is) but cosmetics are in the best shape they've ever been for the game.

Or did you like it better when you needed to carry around a dozen or more different types of glamour prisms in your inventory to apply glamours from items you had to keep in your Armoury Chest?

[Deveryn]

Class Design: Has trended towards oversimplification over the past couple expansions; the latest on the chopping block having been Samurai and to a lesser degree Ninja. Healers being ignored for actual years

I know how the classes used to be and it's frankly awful. I think you and others are overreacting with all this talk of oversimplification. There's such a thing as having too many buttons to press, especially for those on console.

Samurai flows so much better now without that extra button press. That this bothers people the way it does just boggles my mind.

Healers are being ignored because they don't get a DPS rotation? I do hate repeating my response to that. ... but there are other jobs that might be more to your liking.

[CKNovel]

Just seems like everything is falling apart.

Housing.
PVP.
Class design.
Cosmetics/Customizations.

Housing improved. While of course you can't deny that FC and alts can still claim a whole ward, that the house supply will never reach the demand (You would need 1 house per player, simply impossible), Housing has improved.

PvP has improved.
Before it was PvE design with additionnal actions and special gear. No one played it.
Then it was simplified jobs, no one played it either.
Finally they designed PvP that goes wild with job design and has an actual fun mode, also fixed the rewards.

PvP went from dead to popular. You can't deny it improved.

Class design has improved.
I'm sorry but a few examples:
Back in HW, BRD/MCH had to sacrificed their DPS in order to restore MP/TP, which was often due to a team member mistake.
PLD was boring and having too much sks would mean running out of TP. Blood for blood existed and you would die because of it.
SMN was a mess and nothing like a SMN at all. I do think 6.0 SMN is a joke but the rework was needed.
Healers were actually worse before, they had less oGCD and would more often rely on casts.
SB MCH.

There are many examples about how crappy job design was before EW.
Sure they are doing mistakes such as Kaiten, SMN rework, MCH being left to rot.
But they also made massive improvements such as PLD, DRK, SCH, DRG, RDM, MNK.
Let's not forget great job from their introduction, GNB and RPR.

Cosmetics haven't changed, they never changed and I don't see why you're pointing this out.
The only way they would make a jump would be to add the glamour library but they stated it wasn't possible as of now.
If anything, we got a bunch of QoLs with removal of many glamour prisms, the glamour wardrobe and glamour plate.

I have seen someone pointing the story and I will agree with them. In my opinion, EW was good in the middle but the start and finish were greatly missed to me.
McGuffing for the sake of fanservices and last time introductions aren't great. I understand it was very difficult to reiterate the Shadowbringers story but there was just too many shortcuts taken in Endwalker.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Just seems like everything is falling apart.

Housing.
PVP.
Class design.
Cosmetics/Customizations.

There is a lot good in this game. But the scales are tipping. Hope they get their shit together.

Housing will never be fixed. Not in a way that will make EVERYBODY happy.
PvP is in a Pretty good spot with CC. But of course this is subjective
Class Design...everyone has an opinion
Cosmetics /Customizations...you will need to be more specific. Otherwise Ill say there is no Shortage of good Glamour in the game.

[SentioftheHoukai]

Clearly, the Final Days never truly ended. It's invading the meta now and affecting the game itself.

[RobynDaBank]

Game bad. Give updoots.

[VentVanitas]

Healers were actually worse before, they had less oGCD and would more often rely on casts.

I'm waiting on that sike

[RobynDaBank]

I'm waiting on that sike

I mean, aside from the "worse" part it is true. One of the problems veteran healers cite right now is too bloated and too convenient of an off-GCD healing kit.