1. Yes. My study is related to developing software. So I know how it works. It is not as easy as some people happen to think. Especially in the current situation of FFXIV I only can imagine the mess. They are redesigning a big portion of the game. Since everything is related to each other I can understand why it takes so long. It is not like you change a few lines of code and patch the game to awesome mode.

2. No. I also think the code is one big mess. I base my opinion on the developers post about the ambient sound. The ambient sound is not coded separately, so at this moment there is no way to turn it off. Seriously, anyone with basic understanding of developing and modeling wouldn't make such a mistake. If they have to rewrite code for something simple as turning off the ambient sound I can only imagine how bad (and undocumented) the rest of the code is.

3) No. I think I miss the goal of this question, please explain

4) Yes, I do, but most people here obviously don't. They not only skip the standing part. They just want to start running from day 1, before they can walk (or even stand).

5. I might be stupid, but I do not get this question :P