Quote Originally Posted by MomomiMomi View Post
And here we are in Heavensward still wondering where they are.
Raids have been different with Normal mode added - grinding Normal for gear was not a thing in 2.x.
Hunts have been different with the Hunt Bills added - there's now a real option to progress without joining in on the A/S Rank train.
Tome farming has been different in 3.0 with Roulettes and Aquapolis, you no longer have the days of spamming nothing but WP and Brayflox Hard on repeat, though some people still did grind ARF, it was a lot less necessary.
PoTD added another way to cap tomes, gain XP and get decent weapons.
Red Scrips made Crafting and Gathering different.

Diadem was a fail but not everything will have an impact.

There's very little info on it now but it's possible that Tails also changes player behavior. The changes are happening they're just not massive.