Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
Are we really moving onto something new? We’re still stuck with the same bloated stale cast. We’re still focusing on plot threads that have been around since 2.0… i don’t see anything new here at all.
They said they're glad to be moving on from Garlemald as antagonists. That has nothing to do with the cast of protagonists or other non-Garlemald related plot threads.

It's not a zero sum of "EVERYTHING is new or NOTHING is new".