Spoiler!! So the new msq

[Arkfrost]

Patches cannot have new outdoor exploration areas, so they can't take us to another continent or to the rest of Ilsabard or Othard, etc.

Why can't they though? The 4 Eureka zones are each just as large as any other overworld zone. Bozja and Zadnor are just slightly smaller. The Diadem is as big as 4 expansion sized maps. So there's no reason they "cannot" add new outdoor exploration areas. They simply just did not, and stuck to their usual pattern, but there's nothing preventing them from doing it.

[Tsukino]

Why can't they though? The 4 Eureka zones are each just as large as any other overworld zone. Bozja and Zadnor are just slightly smaller. The Diadem is as big as 4 expansion sized maps. So there's no reason they "cannot" add new outdoor exploration areas. They simply just did not, and stuck to their usual pattern, but there's nothing preventing them from doing it.

None of these are the same as what I was talking about, they have completely different rules and are instanced content, not regular areas. But mentioning them brings up a good point I missed when I wrote "trials and dungeons" - they could give us another "Field Operation" that takes place on the 13th, and that would be pretty cool! None of the others came in x.1 anyway, so it could definitely still fit with their established content patterns.