I think the biggest takeaway is that hype is lower this time around compared to pre-Heavensward because we know nowhere near as much as we do about Stormblood now compared to how much we knew about Heavensward two months before it launched (a.k.a. about two years ago from today). This leads to one of two things:

1) There will be a bigger reveal soon(tm), like next live letter or (most likely) the next public event....

2) They might be behind schedule. Yoshi had mentioned cutting it close to the deadline for Red Mage prior to its announcement, so it is possible that they might be under similar circumstances now with other features.

Either way, we have two months. Also....

Quote Originally Posted by Vexander View Post
That said, on the reverse side of the coin, those of us who play Spellcaster DPS and Melee DPS actually get a new class, which is awesome, since we haven't had any since 2.0 launched.
ARC/SMN came out a bit after 2.0, and ROG/NIN came out in 2.2 or 2.3 (I think....).