It's become a chore to even log on to the game

[Kyoreore]

Only two games have ever gotten better with Expansions:

Dark Age of Camelot: The Shrouded Isles

Everquest: Ruins of Kunark.

Expansions throughout the MMO years except for those two instances have often made the Base product Worse even WoW (widely regarded at its best back in Vanilla pre-TBC) so unless SE sit down and seriously take on board every critism and make steps to fix them, the legacy of MMO Expansions weighs heavily against it getting better.

Idk if I can agree with this. All of FFXI's expansions were pretty exciting Pre-Abyssea imo. This game just needs a lot more depth which I'm sure will be added. Not counting 1.0 since it never received any real updates in terms of content. Just vhill