Is game missing long-term goal ?

[Synthesis]

when new patch is up, everyone will get at same gear lv. And you can start anew to get better gear...

I am not an elitist player! :P I did T5 1x as freeloader. I never did Turn 2 / T6 + /we didnt try, I didnt beat ramuh or shiva extreme (because i didnt play). But anyway I think this game is missing some long-term goal, even if you manage to put x milions to make top crafted gear + 5 materias 2xIV/3x III. It gets oudated hyperfast too, as new patch will bring you gear at same or better level for free in a week.

Pherhaps there might be I dont say whole gear sets, but some "more unique/higher" item, 1 per character which will keep to date longer than 1 patch cycle(!) this amount of time is really short. And i know those raiders are putting a lot of effort into endgame. Pardon me if I m wrong, I skipped game since 2.2. But to raid endgame for things which will be "accesible" to everyone in 3 months by doing roulettes. I dont know :/ excs. my ENG.p

maybe I am wrong and it's just personal feeling! I am not playing much... but...