there is NO WAY they had enough time to fix anything substantial about ffxiv to release within 8.0. Even the time between Endwalker release and date wouldn't be enough to fix all the games problem
I'd say it would take MUCH MORE effort and time than the 1.0-2.0 transition, as with core game system rewritten it also has to work with all the legacy content the game provides
It would require a whole expansion-release amount of time and money to make ffxiv into a better game, during which there will be no MSQ, no new quests, no dungeons, no new jobs, nothing, and the japanese salesman knows the game cannot handle another dawntrail-tier expansion
also
>beastmaster still not released
fucking GRIM