I invite you to go back and look up complaints over the years. The common theme is cyclical. You’ll always find people complaining that the last cycle was better and that there’s nothing to do now.

Eureka on release was flamed to the nethers and back, but I personally enjoyed it once the Stockholm syndrome kicked in.

The first deep dungeon rewarded you with a fire orb or a glass pumpkin for a lovely housing or accessory of your choice.

Mount variety? Classic mount variety consisted of ponies, horses, and equines for days. Even the deep dungeon gave you a pony (if you were lucky)! I am a little weirded out by this game’s love of giving smol heads to large muscular mammals, but hey. Everyone has something they’re into and who am I to judge?

I think your complaint with ex weapons is an opinion stemming from personal taste so I cannot say anything besides I think they’re definitely weapons. At least monk weapons don’t suck anymore like how they used to be pre Stormblood.

Run Blue Mage content with me. This upcoming patch is gonna be hype! :3