Patch note suggestion.

[Greedalox]

Remove The Royal Menagerie from main story and make it a optional primal battle side quest.

???

[CookiesNCream]

With expansion launches, literally hundreds of new items are added. They can't realistically list them all because of the amount of room that would take.

Try this patch on for size This is when ironworks crafting/gathering gear was added.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...43b40551d1e3e8

Make sure to click "View Items" in blue before you vomit. OP has legitimate claim but OP is misplacing discontent because patch notes and FULL RELEASE patch notes are different. FR always follows later.

[Paladinleeds]

Try this patch on for size This is when ironworks crafting/gathering gear was added.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...43b40551d1e3e8

Make sure to click "View Items" in blue before you vomit. OP has legitimate claim but OP is misplacing discontent because patch notes and FULL RELEASE patch notes are different. FR always follows later.

Crikey...
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e7c51abfa95055 (sorry, EU link because I'm European)
But when you look at this one:

New recipes have been added.

* Due to the volume of recipes added with the release of patch 4.0, they will not be listed in the patch notes.

But you did blow my theory out of the water that it is based on consistency.

[CookiesNCream]

But when you look at this one:

That's a good point. But for 10 extra levels of battle + crafting + gathering items, would you really want more vomit inducing Demon Walls of text? That list was just master recipes alone basically. It's incredible; I also support the argument that being too specific with expansion content is spoilery and reduces self discovery. Maybe a full release expansion patch might be the best of both worlds if done at a later date.

[MistakeNot]

While I am sure most of us would appreciate even more detailed patch notes than we currently get, one thing to keep in mind is that the patch notes for FFXIV are already far more detailed than those for most other MMOs.
In my experience it is quite unusual for patch notes to list individual pieces of gear.