Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it how they were implementing the gear in the each cycle? Thats the same of amount of the gear they put into the game per each expansion, patch and year. Including the raids.
We will get different looking crafted gear set, tome set and raid set but nothing extra. As for the shire gear. Isn't it possible to dye it after you do the augmentation on it? It was available long before shadowbringers I think so I wouldn't count it in.
So for my point is that we get the same stuff with no matter how successful the game is. Especially that we were promised another potd but it never came out. Hopefully they will put it to the game right? I think potd is fun and another version of it wouldn't be a bad idea.