Gating interesting content behind artificial side leveling

[MariaArvana]

I don't think that s what was said. It was said that the complexity of the systems implemented would rise with each eureka areas.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tion_on_pyros/

"第4弾ではパブリックダンジョン的なものもある
In the 4th installment there'll be something akin to a public dungeon"

This was from an interview nearly 3 months ago; the idea of a public dungeon has been around since well before Pyros launched, iirc. Arguments can be made as to how set in stone it was, but the idea and developer interest was surely there to give hints at expecting such an idea.