Where is the "never before seen content"?

[Berethos]

Don't be obtuse. You know as well as I these abrupt staggered releases are an attempt to keep subscribed. I won't necessarily fault Yoshida for that though.

No more or less than putting gear progression behind an unhealthy wall of RNG and grind, like a certain other MMO has done the past couple of expansions. Not sure why it's worth bringing up when all MMOs look to find ways to convince players to stick around between major patch windows.

And while Yoshida may prattle on about breaks, SE employs systems purposely designed against taking breaks. Do you not think it suspect these staggered release schedule coincide with a month's sub? Or that should you own a house, you're locked into a renewal every 45 days.

That particular system was asked for by players, if you happen to remember that housing demolition wasn't added until 3.1 after months of being a requested feature as a response to the lack of housing availability precisely because the system as originally and purposefully employed by SE did not lock you into renewing to keep your house.

Kind of interesting that a detail like that keeps being forgotten when criticisms about SE's "locking into subscriptions" practices are brought up.