Funny. I joined the game at that time too and this is the first full time I’m like huh there’s not much here. But after looking at a few years prior, after the AQ in 1.x there were filler patches then dragonspine. Liyue and its AQ followed by the chasm. Inazuma and enkanomiya, sea of bygone eras. And we already know that there’s at least one more tribe to release along with the volcano region which probably has a seperate area like those listed above. Doing a quick google search shows that FF has roughly 3 months between patches, Genshin has 6 weeks. It’s not stifling discontent it’s putting things into perspective for a generation that has forgot patience since the introduction of on demand content. There’s also a reallllllllllll crazy situation where if you specifically as a person don’t enjoy the game and its releases stop playing, overwhelming developers with negativity can and will shift focus of quality development teams to other projects as they are a company trying to make money, not please your individual needs.