this new game director producer does not know what he is doing.

[gifthorse]

I do want something like FFXI, because FFXIV should have been an evolution, not regress to the primordial pool.

Search system was basic yet better
LFG system was basic yet better
Linkshell system was basic yet better (and more color choices even if people defaulted to white, blue, red or pink)

And so on, instead, a lot of these systems were a step back. NM pop timers of 5-92 hours (Magian Trial NMs..) however? That's one thing that even Square agreed should have been abolished.

Dude... FFXI was a load of crap. Just because it was better in a few UI-related ways doesn't mean it was better.