Current game formula is always going to be there, to be honest. The best I can see happening is better repeatable content. But otherwise... Expect the same.

A lot of these points in the second paragraph... Ehhh... I'd say it has been about the same in terms of dungeons, and in terms of story, granted, I feel Elpis interrupted the pacing, and many of the issues I would say stem from the setup in Shadowbringers, they had always consigned themselves to the fate of wasting time with towers - Something introduced in ShB, that arguably ruined what Endwalker should have been... In this regard, I blame Shadowbringers as much as I do everything else.

ToS is there, and them later introducing systems or features relating to a third-party tool does not negate infringement of ToS, granted, in many cases I would say people that have been banned for third-party have first and foremost been banned for something else.

The article won't do anything... I'd say 7.0 has already been set in stone, inc., the optional content they'll be introducing. Projects rarely change on the whim of an article. Again, expect more of the same, except with a stronger element of replayability.

For better or worse... Some people are far too involved... Lol.