There has not been a single major patch without a critical issue since Endwalker.

[Deveryn]

Yoshi-P understands MMOs so he puts mount grinds into content. It feels that you only have to do the content once if you are a casual player, but if you are a completionist the mount farms turn it into forever content. There might be better ways to do it, but making it work for both casual and hardcore players at the same time is an achievement, compared with the WoW approach of making it required even for a casual player.

Let's not forget things like relics and tomestone events, keeping everything relevant.