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If you should have missed it producer and director Naoki Yoshida has written a letter in which he examines the recent poll SE has asked the players of FFXIV to fill out.

It is a long letter but you can read it here if interested:

http://lodestone.finalfa...555aab15f2ed538a52d0fa40

Changes planned for Items, Synthesis and Gathering are as follows:

Adjustments to item condition values
Adjustments to lower the rate at which item condition deteriorates
Ongoing balances in line with player feedback
Higher visibility of the optimal rank of items
Changes to the color of item names to convey the disparity between optimal rank and a player's current rank
Currently assessing costs of implementation
Color categorization of item names
Reassessment of the gear affinities
Introduction of gear with rank requirements to create player-oriented goals
Further changes to gear affinities
Revision of battle loot and quest rewards
Ability to obtain weapons and armor via battle loot and quest rewards
Implementation in line with quests
Changes to item stack sizes
Examination of increased stack sizes from 12 to 99
Implementation of increased item sizes after finalization
Increased pace of gathering actions
Changes to the frame rates of action animations to speed up gathering

Bold is what I found especially interesting.

Yeah a bunch of really neat things to come for sure! Can't wait!

This could be really helpful too :)