Whats going on with SE ?

[Talraen]

I've been worried about the state of the game for awhile now, due to the predictable patch rotation, but when they officially announced SB I didn't quite panic, but I definitely felt legitimate concern. An Asian themed expansion would usually be reserved as a Get Out of Jail Free card, as the devs are JP. It's a sort of "comfort zone" development; since they're most familiar with the theme, they can easily build off of it and run with ideas. Essentially, a "we're out of ideas so let's do something easy for us" deal.

They played that card on the second expansion.

To be fair, people begged for a Far East expansion in FFXI for a decade and never got it. I'm sure Square Enix felt obligated to actually do it this time.