FFXIV population decline continues

[Kazelus]

That's completely on SE, though. They easily could have developed it before FRU or, at the very least, Chaotic.

The feel I got from this announcement is that it wasn't planned for DT to have a field content at first though, so they couldn't developed it before FRU or Chaotic that were already in development before the first Fan Fest. If they really decided to add it between first and second fan fest (announcement being between second and third during an interview if I remember it right), that was like a year ago, we're far from getting it from now.

I do think that they should have released something else than Chaotic and somethings grindy, it should have been relics, and it shouldn't be tied to field content (but field content could help progressing later in the expac).

FRU was probably in development since the release of TOP and Ultimates are now almost a permanent new content for .1 and/or .3 so nothing could come in its place.

i'll probably never understand what pp like in field content, or rather what they do like that can't be put in the open world directly instead of going into instanced content.

Don't worry, you're not alone in this, and I'm sure that most people asking for a field content haven't done one during their patch cycle. This sudden love for a content type that was so much hated when released is surprising.