I don't think "predatory" is the way to describe the game. More like stagnating and needs a complete revolution like ARR was back in its time. Which Yoshida said he's delivering in this expansion. But so far in the keynotes we've had I've seen only more of the same, no revolution at all.

Unless they're about to reveal something big in the remaining event/keynote I guess.

We still don't have a release date, preorders, or job adjustments and new skills. So I think something big is coming as Yoshida said himself. I hope it's not too underwhelming.