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Since his recent entry as producer/director of Final Fantasy XIV, Naoki Yoshida has understandably been busy working to turn the game around from its troubled launch.  However, he recently stopped to clear a few things up and address player responses to a recent survey.  In particular, he revealed the following information:

• The team change decision officially came in late November, though talks to this effect had been underway for some time beforehand.  The title being a numbered entry in the Final Fantasy series was a major factor in this decision, and Yoshida stated “if we’re going to call this a Final Fantasy game, then the entire company needs to pitch in and raise the standard of quality.”
• Characters will not be wiped.  Any major adjustments to skill ranks and player levels will be accompanied by a means for players to respec their characters.
• An auction house is being considered: “Up until now, we were too preoccupied with making FFXIV as different from FFXI as we could,” says Yoshida.  “However, players plainly need an easy-to-use gameplay system that encourages a healthy in-game economy. If an auction house is that system, then I say we should implement it.”
• The user interface and battle system will see the first changes.  Yoshida suggested that he would like to implement stronger enemies that required more team coordination.
• No firm release date for the PS3 was given.

Source: 1UP