Quote Originally Posted by Pixela View Post
There is no valid reason we cannot have an expansion pack, the game has more than enough people playing right now and a lot that would come back willing to pay $40 for it. Given the waste of money on such things as Babyons Fall, there is no valid excuse not to spend money on something that is guaranteed to turn a profit and lead to an increase in subs after it launches too. Almost all the work can be outsourced, as happened with Seekers of Adoulin. There really is no valid excuse we cannot have one other than you don't want to do it for some reason.
I mean, they were pretty firm back in 2016 that the November update of that year, which concluded Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, would be the last major update. There is a pretty valid reason to not make more -- they don't have enough development staff to do something that major. And they are likely reluctant to hire more because the demand is not there. You seem pretty confident that there is a big enough playerbase to justify the cost, but you seem to be going off intuition and casual observation. They make their decisions based on reports from the accountants over there.

Don't get me wrong, I'd kill for an expansion or two. I dream about exploring Rhazowa (northern continent and orc homeland), or Olzhirya (Mithran homeland in the south) or the Far East. It bothers me so much that this game is now and always will be incomplete. But it's just not gonna happen, and it's weird that you seem to think it's something we're entitled to.