Quote Originally Posted by AmiableApkallu View Post
And how, pray tell, did Endwalker achieve this? Reviewing patch notes, here's what I see:

Patch 6.01 and 7.01:
  • Normal raid
Patch 6.05 and 7.05:
  • Savage raid
  • Treasure hunt
Patch 6.1 and 7.1:
  • MSQ
  • Alliance raid
  • EX3
  • Unreal
  • 6.1 only: Final role quest, Crystalline Conflict
  • 7.1 only: Pelupelu society quests
Patch 6.11 and 7.11:
  • Ultimate
Patch 6.15 and 7.15:
  • Capstone Studium/Wachumeqimeqi quest
  • Hildebrand
  • Custom deliveries
  • 6.15 only: Omega and Tataru quests, Arkasodara society quests
  • 7.15 only: Chaotic alliance raid
At this point in the patch cycles, the only content Endwalker has over Dawntrail is a few one-and-done quests and… Crystalline Conflict.
The difference was that most people still had old content to fall back on during Endwalker.

People remember having a lot more to do during Endwalker but what were they actually doing? Finishing off in Eureka/Bozja, Firmament/Diadem, maybe getting their crafters and gatherers sorted out if they didn't have those done already, BLU stuff, etc.

I can tell you what they weren't doing, and that's playing Endwalker content, because it was barren as hell.