The state of the Game

[Mawlzy]

I'd hope for the former, but I can't say.

What I can say is, something that would be nice, as a gesture of good faith, would be to release a survey to the community like Yoshi-P did when he went to work on 1.0

Just a long list of yea or nay and a/b/c questions (so the feedback isn't a cacophony of noise), addressing many of the grievances the community has brought forth over the last year, compare it with the player data, and implement them in the development of 8.0

It may not seem like much, but I feel like that would go a long way in restoring some trust between the players and Yoshi-P / CBU3

The fact SE doesn't survey the FFXIV player base became a huge red flag for me that they simply don't care what we think or want.