It feels like just about everything in ARR and HW, including dungeons, has been revamped so that free trial players don't get frustrated before they buy the game.

(And also so people can get to the later content in a reasonable amount of time without buying the level-to-80 and clear-everything-before-Endwalker cash shop items.)

I don't really mind. I miss some of the old mechanics, but it's still fun.