Lack of content on patch release

[Asiragan]

So this is a problem SE has had for a long time now, they cant seem to figure out how to properly reward/motivate/incentivize their players. Vertical progression is ok to a point, after that you need to expand outwards. Right now, if the gave every new character created a jump potion, they could probably delete all of 2.0 and 3.0 except the zones and no one would notice those things are missing.

At the beginning of 4.0, they did not repeat the same mistake that was Ravana/Bismark by giving accessories to Lakshmi, and weapons to Susanoo, and they got away with it like that.

It's still a far from ideal solution though and I firmly believe that if the developers want to make fun, rewarding and/or lasting content they will need to review seriously how to handle this.
But as SendohJin said, it won't happen mid-expansion...