It's been a highly requested thing for a while, so I understand them wanting to do it to get the attention of people that care about that sort of stuff, but I have loved how XIV looked for 10 years, and I'd have been happy if it stayed the same for another 10.

I was happy for all the folks that requested it, when it was announced, and I want to still be happy for them, but I was under the impression that it would just be a smaller update... Now I'm lamenting it a lot for sure.

That said. The people that developed the new lighting and stuff are most definitely not the same folks that would be designing the battle content mechanics, I feel like that's comparing apples and oranges.