Quote Originally Posted by Jocko View Post
With every passing day, 2.0 feels like it will become nothing but endgame instanced, tiered raids over and over and over, just like every other modern MMO out there. Please, please don't go down this route Square, I'm sick of the current trends in the genre, do something different please
It's already confirmed that we're getting a whole slew of open world content. Not sure how that makes it nothing but an instanced raidfest.

Also, I don't see how exactly anyone misinterprets what Yoshida said as it being retardedly easy to hit 50. It's more or less going to be what it is like now. I know a lot of people in my linkshell are taking the grind slow and steady, partially because they're new, but also because it's their first job, and they have a bunch of content to blow through (Shposhae, Grand Company quests, obtaining your chocobo, starting your job quest, etc.)

While I think that levelling is far too easy right now, for experienced players, it's just fine for new players. Especially since you need a craft/gathering class just to be able to sustain your gear and whatnot.