it just follows the regular recent pattern. everything SE has put out lately has been mediocre. 7.1 was a flop.

nobody besides older people who played ff11 enjoyed the alliance raid. fru was considered lame compared to the last two ultimates. nobody asked for a 24 man savage alliance raid with garbage loot that you have to run 99 times that a single person not grabbing towers can wipe. you won't even be able to do the chaotic alliance raid in party finder soon because nobody will be doing it and the people who do lie about prog and you'll be forced to join a discord community dedicated to it. pvp got worse and feels very clunky and unresponsive. most items still don't have updated textures or dual dye channels. there's still no midcore or casual content. ff14 hit pre shb numbers of players. msq was mediocre and it's still all about wuk lamat. SE killed the venue and social communities with awful dc travel restrictions.

it is over my friends, we're stuck in the twilight years of a doomed and dying mmorpg and SE is content with sitting back and letting it burn to the ground while we pay a monthly subscription