3.x series needs a variety of endgame content.

[Stanelis]

1) Due to the inflated costs to produce AAA games to the expected standard, publishers have to play it safer to cover costs and makea profit. Only real innovation you see in gaming is with Indie titles.

This is not even a matter of trying something new in FFXIV, but rather an issue of game design (eg what you do with paper and a pencil) and consistency with the RPG genre.

As an example : linear dungeons. Who the hell even though making linear dungeons was fun game design ? Even the dungeons in Valkyrie Profile were less linear and it was a 2D scrolling game.