As far as grinding goes, i dont know about you, but i much rather grind mobs in the company of a party of people to gain exp than grinding dailies everyday forever and ever so that all my work can be in vain come next patch.

At the same time I can understand your lack of faith in V2. I myself put up a post on my personal concerns about 2.0, and in it i clearly state that it is only my opinion and that i know nothing of whats to come in 2.0, but it is hard to put all my troubles in Yoshi's hand. Clearly he understand what i want in a FF mmo, as he has addressed a lot of my feelings towards what i want this game to feel like. What everyone has to realize though (with all due respect to Yoshi-p), is that no one has ever done something like this before for an MMO, and although Yoshi gives the impression that this game will be almost completely different, its hard to imagine it without having seen anything on it yet. So while i might not agree with afk, i can sympathize with her concern.