I do agree 100% to all you wrote! very nice post, and i do hope it gets attention.
But as said before, seeing what matters are discussed most or "what do you look like" posts from the devs do increase my doubts if this game will go into the right direction.
If we want a wow clone with good graphics, i think rift is the way to go atm and its very well done. But Final Fantasy please stay a final fantasy game... The reason for ffxi success was its uniqueness.