Square Enix has been trying very hard to make FFXIV as single player as possible. They’d see FC content as a “burden” to the mythical solo player. Sadly, Square just isn't interested in group content anymore like they used to be. FCs across the North American playerbase have been dead for months unless they RP because there’s simply no reason to log in anymore. Repeatable group content would at least add some much-needed longevity to this game.

And that’s not to mention that Square has indeed made FCs obsolete. Many of us are required to log out and switch DCs to play content. That kills FCs for us. WoW has cross-realm guilds, why can’t we?