The reason there was a delay in Patch 3.1 was that Yoshi-p wanted to give the team a short break because they had been working non stop since they decided to rebuild 1.0

As far as I'm concerned, FFXIV is a fun single player RPG that I have to buy a new Season Pass for every two years to get access to quarterly DLC updates that includes the content I enjoy, which is the MSQ. So long as that keeps on rolling, I don't mind if it's same old, same old.