Final Fantasy XI outlines the road ahead for classes

I played FFXI from NA launch until Nov '09, then a little bit again in Jun '10, and I think about going back to it every day... This isn't helping!

some are good and some are pretty disappointing
my thoughts on notable jobs

war : still getting buff after buff.

smn : more avatars always are welcomed just hope those two arent 2hrs only like odin/alex

drk: SE keep trying pushing it into a useless gameplay direction,
ability that increase magic & elemental ws damage? nobody use those

pld: still toying with the enmity, why take pld as tank while you can take tank and DD 2 in 1? SE still cant get that

rng : more and more pushed into thf domain

blu: while surly they will be nerfed HNM spells will be interesting especially looking forward gates of hades + megaflare

pup: more of same but at least the new development teams knows how to make useful attachments i cant complain although new frame would have been the best news.

WYVERN ENFEEBLES?!
Cait Sith and Atomos?!

FFXI team = best team

Nice to see RDM's enfeebling get tweaked for HNMs. When I played years ago, that aspect of the job had largely fallen by the wayside in most situations, which was one of the reasons I lost interest in it.

I'm not surprised to see a lack of major changes to PUP, although the planned addition of more abilities and attachments is exciting. I remember being upset that they didn't really have a dedicated role to fill, but now that they seem willing to give them enough tools to actually make the idea behind the job work, I'm perfectly happy with it.

Still lots of issues I have.

-You can give melee DDs ability after ability and update after update, but in anything outside of experience parties and procing, they're still useless because of the current community's rather casual approach to everything thanks to Abyssea and the new team handing them everything, and the way mob TP is handled. NM TP abilities should be on a timer instead of having melee attacks feed TP so that more than just a tank can attack the mob.
-PLD still isn't a desired tank, which is pathetic. They aren't there to cast cure on a tank, they're there to BE the tank. Give them something like Migawari. GIve them a native Provoke. THF should not be a more desirable tank than a PLD!
-The older community needs to have the motivation to return. The current one remaining at least on Odin is mostly made up of people who just started playing with Abyssea and are too used to having things handed to them that they won't even bother with even remotely challenging events like Nyzul Isle anymore. People are hitting the level cap from level 1 in 3 day max. Make Abyssea have a level 60-70 minimum requirement to enter, this leeching thing has gone far enough. Grounds of Valor should also be nerfed. Leveling to 75+ should be your time to learn your job, not to run to a book a thousand times or open a thousand chests.

FFXI is in a terrible state, and it shouldn't be this way. Its a giant FU to those who put in the time and dedication into the game.

Any idea if this game is dead for returning players? I have the best MMO memories from this game and honestly think of coming back every week but am worried it would be impossible to make it anywhere.