Since we got an expansion announcement coming. The preasure to repeat Shadowbringers.

[Wrestlefire769]

I think the music is actually the biggest pressure of all.

Soken outdid himself with at least two songs off of Shadowbringers, even if the general battle music was a bit much for my estimation.

[Ranhansha]

I don't know if I'm in a minority but outside of dungeons and side stories that form part of the narrative, I don't really see everything newly released to be part of Shadowbringers just because that's the current expansion at the time. Shadowbringers was a story expansion that added new plot, zones and dungeons. Other things that get added are independent add-ons that have no relation to the Shadowbringers content.

Seasonal events and things like ocean fishing are not part of the expansion - they are essentially new ARR content. The Firmament is a direct sequel to Heavensward. Mog Station is it's own thing disconnected from what the rest of the game is doing. New races and jobs have no direct link to ShB beyond the need to own the expansion.

I just can't see any of these things as part of Shadowbringers. They're simply part of FFXIV.

Is "the products and content delivered during the time Shadowbringers is being produced and developed" a more accurate way to refer to what I'm talking about? Do we really have to get this specific though?

In my honest opinion, while shadowbringer's story was 10/10, the rest was really lacking.
BLU is already talked about enough but it is heavily limited, the nuber of dungeons was limited, the number of weapons for hte new jobs was limited, the new races were incredibly limited and genderlocked, the hats they could wear are incredibly limited. Overall, while the story and art are a asolid 10/10, I would much rather see ourselves in a Hevansward situation where they push past this limitations and gave us full jobs (3), finished races with both their genders being able to wear all gear (except race-locked ofc) and, imo, a much better raiding and end game expirience overall.

I know this is not possible and I have read they worked under a lot of pressure, but, I don't know if it's just my impression, they seem to keep taking stuff from the game and ShB got hit pretty hard. Cancelled events, no Hildy quests, No PotD, shorter Eureka, delays... So I get where this feeling is coming from and why some people are worried about the quality of the next expansion.

I think the music is actually the biggest pressure of all.

Soken outdid himself with at least two songs off of Shadowbringers, even if the general battle music was a bit much for my estimation.

This is actually one of my greatest fears. What are those songs?