To be fair, Stormblood was arguably saved by the inclusion of the Far East and was unlikely to stand on its own two feet as well as it did had it been limited exclusively to the Gyr Abania region.

I'm not entirely against the inclusion of more exotic locales in the future, though such regions are generally handled with a delicate pair of gloves due to a portion of the game's community embracing concepts such as 'cultural appropriation' as seen here:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...attire-in-game