I agree with a lot of the comments op curated.

The need for the dev team to have more time between patches totally makes sense. But even if I understand the logic, the time feels sooo long. Those additional couple weeks really feel like a massive difference. I really think SE should prioritize giving the team whatever resources they need (whether that's people, space, technology, whatever) to bring back the shorter patch cycles.

We absolutely need more casual or grindy content earlier. Start relic weapons and DoH/DoL tools in X.1, have something Bozja-ish and/or something like the Firmament or Island Sanctuary start as soon as possible.

The lack of general content also makes it a challenge for casual FCs to organize group events. For 7.1 we'll be able to host group runs of the new alliance raid but that's basically the only new thing we'll get.