It's very wise of them to spare the 5th position for hide forever and 6th for the new member.
Perhaps for future songs, they will still use cuts of hide part.
I hope fans can be more understandable though, especially the one saying without hide, it's not X Japan.
I mean, this band has reunited. there are still 4 living members in it and they have lives to go on including the band itself.
Why need to give more pressure to them, by haunting the image and memory of hide even more than they have carried.
So, personally I'm really looking forward to their new singles/ albums, with or without hide guitar parts, with or without new guitarist.
hide remains in their hearts and fans' hearts of course.
By mean that it's gotten over doesn't mean forgetting. I don't think Yoshiki is able to forget that. But more as have an ease and go on without carrying as heavy burden as before.