Get Ishikawa back in that writer's seat, and get Mr. Ozma back on punishing us daily! Or at least make content more puzzling, because in true Final Fantasy sense, we're hitting the level cap - less gloves on is an understandable demand at the very least, if Ishikawa isn't going to grace us with her beautiful and meaningful narrative pacing.



And... technically, this isn't a 8.0 selling point, but the repeated "restructure" of the company makes hopes for 8.0 more bleak than bright. AI keeps breaking Microsoft code, AI is a front for scams, AI makes more problems to solve than actually solving, AI is too indicative of a cheap product - I wish they'd retain beautiful talent onboard and foster promising people who can understand what makes FFXIV appealing. Anything AI touches is purely slop for the sake of fulfilling a goal, and not putting meaning in the journey that was taken.