Haven't played since late July...what is NEW with this game?

[Tupsi]

If you don't classify new primal battles

So tell me Mr Merylx, which new region does Ramuh and Shiva take place in?

new dungeons, and new raids as 'new'

They're new instances - However it's the same format as 2.0, hence waiting till 3.0 when they said the design direction will actually change, including changes to the battle/armory system.

'new' to you isn't really 'new.'

After a year most MMORPGs have expanded beyond what was existing at launch, expanded in ways that there's actual new regions or actual tiers of raids. The update format of XIV only gives us 1 casual raid that's done to keep us busy until the next update, then 1 end-game raid. So what's "new to me"? Actually expanding the borders of the world, which is why the OP emphasized "NEW". They can throw in a Hyper-Potion of Strength and you can consider that "new content" but not necessarily anything new with the game in terms of design.

By your logic

By your logic SE can throw in 70 copies of the level 30 range Temple of Qarn that's exactly the same with a different end-boss and you'd consider that brand new content and a brand new format. There's no point in playing a game if you don't feel like it - However when you wonder what's new in that short time frame? Basically nothing, the game didn't fundamentally change at all.