I hope Square doesn't keep deeming certain content unnecessary

[Deceptus]

It was not, we had Eureka's 4 zones and BA for SB, but we also had HoH, Tataru's outfit, Allied tribe quest, more EX dungeons, ponctual events, two Ultimates, and possibly more I don't remember were cut.
Despite reaping more money in than ever with ShB, SE didn't give it back to us as content nearly as much as they did in the past.

Sadly this is 100% accurate.

It's a combination of SE is siphoning money away from FFXIV developments, and FFXIV team not hiring more people to share the workload.

And it's showing. Glaringly so. FFXIV is SE's cash cow right now and they're milking it for all it's worth and not giving it time to properly recuperate.