There have been a few posts of note about future updates and intentions, so I figured I'd post in here again.

- Some kind of "chocobo implementation" is planned to be included in patch 1.19. I'm guessing that means we can ride chocobos, but doubt it means we can breed them or anything just yet, as...
- ...they intend to include the raising of chocobos "and other mounts" that you can ride, along with pets that can only be utilised by specific jobs.
- It looks like if you disconnect in an instanced dungeon, you will appear outside the dungeon when logging back in. Users are not happy about this as it was previously suggested that they would appear back in the dungeon upon logging back in.
- It seems likely that "Materia" will be a confirmed/used word in FFXIV soon enough (see interview linked below).
- The imminent jump feature will be similar to the jump features in other MMOs.
- Housing will happen and is currently in the planning stage.

Also: The Community Teams interview Yoshida in Japan!