FFXIV outdated patch cycle is one of the biggest issues in terms of content cadence.

[IvoryHawk]

Honestly I feel like the only reason the game hasn’t crashed into the ground just yet is due to the modbeasts. Don’t even need to make content for them, just don’t break mods and good to go.

Holy true, it's exactly that, there's such little creativity injected inot the game and such lengthy patch cycles that modbeasts and balmung are keeping the game alive as is, and the plugins that are made for QOL are being put in the game years later too, modders are literally carrying the population of the game.