The one consistent critic on Heavensward is "too much like ARR"? srsly?

[Kyant]

An expansion should bring a new form of endgame. ARR endgame is simply raiding instanced 8 man dungeons. HW endgame should've been something different, such as raid difficulty 24 man dungeon or made something like treasure maps the endgame (having to farm some kind of pop item which starts a difficult overworld encounter that needs a full party or alliance to complete (and is a duty so others cant help).

[Arixtotle]

An expansion should bring a new form of endgame. ARR endgame is simply raiding instanced 8 man dungeons. HW endgame should've been something different, such as raid difficulty 24 man dungeon or made something like treasure maps the endgame (having to farm some kind of pop item which starts a difficult overworld encounter that needs a full party or alliance to complete (and is a duty so others cant help).

No MMO has ever changed endgame with a new expansion. MMOs ALWAYS have raiding/dungeon endgame.

PS. There's actually a lot of different endgame in FFXIV. It just depends on how you define endgame.