Voice acting's been hit and miss for me. There's some I like, and other voices I hate. The only voice I have to absolutely skip is Yda's (Gridania storyline). I haven't been that far along in the story though, so who knows what nameless horrors I might hear in the future.

As for the quantity of voice acting, I can only think of it as a cost-saving measure to match their expectations of a smaller launch. It's an understandable mistake given the game's history, but I hope they get better at predicting the playerbase in the future. Other than that issue, I think Yoshi and the team did a fantastic job at rebooting the game. That, and I agree the pet AI could be better out of the box. I've slaved them to macros though, so my problems with ai are minimal.

I also don't miss the VOIP as I usually run my own 3rd party program for it. It's unfortunate to hear the PS3 doesn't support it though as you'd expect more demand for it from console users without a keyboard.