So, I kind of thought this thread was going to be more about what we think the next possible city-state could be based on in-game evidence and dev statements, but mostly you're just arguing hypotheticals now. I mean, yeah, they could do X, Y, and Z and... BAM! New starting city. It just doesn't seem likely given their track-record with XI. You can argue all you want that "Merh, this game not XI," but a lot of the development teams from XI carried over into XIV. It's not outside the realm of possibility that they'll do roll-outs of new jobs and areas in a similar fashion as they've done previously. I certainly wouldn't wager heavily on it because, well, it's their game; they can do whatever they want. People are just saying, it's quite plausible that the game will follow similar methodology to XI.