No, I don't really follow XIV, after my foray into XI, I determine that I just don't care for MMOs as a game genre, so I pretty much ignore XIV's existence (and all MMOs for that matter) until someone brings up an article about how awful it is and only slowly getting better. I would argue that the awful banner this game has been branded with still makes my question valid, even if its a new team, I would like to know if they know what they are doing, and not simply just saying "yes we'll fix it like you want it" to every bit of criticism that comes its way. I don't think anyone wants to see XIV devolve into a prettier version of XI, but rather see it become a new experience. Besides, its only been a year, that's not the past, that's relatively recent. Asking how Sakeguchi feels about Spirits Within and its impact on Squaresoft and his career, now that is digging up the past.

As for whether its a good thing for SE to be doing these live feedback sessions. It's certainly good for PR, and creating an idea that SE cares about what its fans think but it comes down to how they handle their fans criticism and implement it that will tell if its actually useful for fixing XIV. Until SE finally starts bringing up subscription fees and we witness how that transition works, will we finally see if an of this has been truly fruitful or whether SE should have just pulled the plug.