Quote Originally Posted by Remember_The_Name View Post
Endwalker has gaping holes of "stuff to do" between patches, and SE refuses to try and close them by making their freshly released content have more player retention.
As many have pointed out, by the time we give them feedback in the current patch, they are already 2-3 patches ahead of where the live game is. They cannot, realistically, close those gaps because the content is done and awaiting implementation in the live game while they are working on the next patch.

Lack of new exploratory zone really starts to show...
Island Sanctuary is the exploratory zone, they've said this, the game classifies it as one.