No content for 1 year :)

[ZephyrMenodora]

I actually played the game, and beat most of what I want from it. Hell, there's content I haven't even touched yet (Most of the Gold Saucer, Unreals, Ultimates, etc).
You can't expect a game to constantly spit out new content. We get a delayed launch for 7.0, and that sucks, but don't act like other expansions weren't "dead" after the x.5 patches either.

I don't think anyone is expecting constant new content - it's unrealistic. But the release cadence has definitely slowed down from the schedule XIV has been on in the past, and while the game is still doing well - it's never a good sign. Kind of like how ESO is selling a quarter of no new content as "quality of life" instead of just saying there is less content.

I think one theme is that people relied on not only the game staying to it's old schedule, but also the relic grind to occupy them during the lulls. Longer patch cycles + no real grind this time on the relic is leaving people bored faster than usual.