So the game philosophy has always been to not shackle the player to the game. God if someone says housing is a shackle I'ma go nuts. Yea let's remove the auto demolish completely, see how many inactive players get to keep their house. "Make instanced housing": so do people think in game instances are magical no-cost "things"? No, instances like EVERYTHING ELSE IN A PROGRAM has a size, a space it takes up. Please stop talking about instanced housing as if it's something that can easily be implemented without a hardware cost associated with it. (Yes I do have a technical background)

Sorry housing rant. Back on topic.

If you can't find the content, FFXIV is not for you. This game should not negate a core philosophy just to appease those who want this game to be something it isn't. You sound like the people who want a quest log in Elden Ring. Stop it. Touch digital grass in another MMO that will provide you with endlessly repeating content. Sorry to break it to you, but there is no possiblity developers come out with new content faster than people are completing it. Especially not if you want any form of quality.