did we ever get a flood of information?

[Jennestia]

Well, personally I'd argue that your list is mainly details and not basic information (not the whole thing, but most). And some of that stuff we shouldn't even know. E.g. info about SMN as we still have no idea when it will be out. If you want Arcanist info then that's another story, but I'd still say we know the basics already and the rest should be revealed when you play. Or Titan info - what do you want to know? It's not like they revealed ton of stuff about other primals prior to releasing them. Heck, why would you release any details about battle content aside of stuff like required levels or lockouts.

It is details on basic elements that we should know. SE says: "This, that, this, that and this will be changing" and they leave it at that -- you can't realistically do that especially if it's regarding something from the current version that is changing.

Asking for SMN details is basically asking how it will work -- the way a class/job works shouldn't really be a grand mystery since we even learned how SMN will play out before it released in XI. Primal wise, we never got Titan or Leviathan, but they say it's basically completed and since 1.0 is going off and ARR is different from 1.0, what was the previous fight designed like? What is Titans connection with all of the events? That is previous content that was being held out for 2.0, normally players looking for a new MMORPG will get that kind of information on the website -- therein lies the issue, the website they have to learn from is http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html, which could as stated be nowhere near accurate come ARR.

At this point, if ARR is supposedly right around the corner, shouldn't the main website reflect even a fraction of the lodestone by now? All you get on it is basic information.

I find it weird when people complain we don't get enough details about stuff and use that argument, since new people don't even have an idea what you're talking about.

Why do you think official websites exist? Surely not only for players who are currently playing.