Quote Originally Posted by Deceptus View Post
This is an easy answer. The free trial.

Free trial goes up to lvl 60 now. The FFXIV Developers want that content to seem "alive", so the put the most efficient way to get the relic there.

HW open world content and lvl 60 dungeons, and the leveling dungeon for a daily bitter memory

The fact they did it without outright admitting it chafes me a bit. It's blatantly obvious.
They have the gathering and fishing mostly there for that relic too.. and people in Foundation for the crafting one.

I do think ‘ishgard restoration’ was more to do with how popular the characters and things were though.