Forgive me a moment, mates, but I've been playing a fair bit of Dragon Warrior XI with my daughter, and I have my issues with it, to be sure, but based on modern reviews, I actually have the completely opposite opinion of it of some others on the internet. It struck me as ironic, and, well, I kind of hate the way gaming on games for playing them as a game player has gone over the past... decade.
I think this game might well be suffering the same fate in its implementation while trying to appease the taste of the old guard.
I never played this game before 2015, but being born a few decades ago, and well, wanting what was discussed and talked about it being... compared to the gameplay and progression meta that we got... I kind of hate Frontier for ruining the game and giving in to the lowest handing fruit. Sorry, and honestly, nothing personal... Just stop pandering the the lowest common low hanging fruit and make your game epic.