Why only one way to upgrade gear?

[SaitoHikari]

Hasn't this always been how it's worked? The devs add in more ways to get the upgrade items later, such as being the major incentive to run the 24-man raids released in odd numbered patches.

It just seems worse now because we're literally at the very beginning of the expansion and there's hardly anything to do once you hit Lv. 70. I'm of the opinion we really should have had Return to Ivalice ready for the start of the expansion too, so that people like me that actually really enjoy 24-man content don't have to wait 3-4 months before people start doing them regularly again.