I've honestly given up having any expectations at all, other then FFXIV is what FFXIV is. The sad truth is...they really can't do much in terms of adding new things to change up the pattern. Not without a major server overhaul major revamps to combat that go beyond from "how many mechanics can we throw at you at once" and major overhauls to the older content. At that point they might as well just make a entirely brand new game from scratch. Something they already practically did once to FFXIV to recover it from 1.0, something i doubt highly SE would do again to FFXIV. Especially now that it prints money.

I've accepted this a long time ago, my only expectation of FFXIV is something to do in off hours from my main game that does meet my expectations or something to do with friends from time to time that do enjoy FFXIV.