>>543769291
we are having a bad xpac because 99.9% of XIV's generated revenue is funneled directly into flops like forespoken and XVI (which would have been a massive success with a concurrent PC launch btw) and not back into new staff for the ONLY game keeping them above water
the backlog on things that the game desperately needs is not being worked on because the company refuses to put more money into it, they probably see it as 'done' and are working on a new MMO in the background except with a more monetized scheme like a battle pass or more integrated shop with premium currency
since they can't easily work these things into XIV, they're just ignoring it and letting it wither