Yep, still an issue in 2021. I've long had the opinion that they should do something different with dungeons or stop doing dungeons. Why waste so many new art assets on reskinning the same old dungeon format so many times. How about a dungeon where we pilot a flying mount and use its mount actions to fight enemies in the sky. How about some RNG stuff so it's not the same run every time.

Just changing the activities isn't enough either, because the rewards need to be reviewed too. I don't think it's good enough to bribe people into expert dungeons with high tomestone payout and just drop a bunch of trash gear there. You can say this about any content, not just dungeons. Same format, same rewards every year. They spend a lot resources changing the look of these things but the gameplay experience remains near identical. Blue Mage is the best thing to happen to dungeons in my opinion, because it finally gives us a new way to experience old places. It's something.