Seriha wrote:
A dev simply adding more top-tier content doesn't mean the old stuff automatically becomes accessible via trickle down.
This is logic. However, with FFXIV, they NERF old content so it becomes accessible automatically. and recently yoshi said he's in favor of nerfing old content more than any other route.
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Even XI content had its lifespans for as much as some want to imply it lasted longer.
Let's be real - Most of the content did last longer simply because they didn't nerf it to oblivion and make what it drops obsolete 2-3 months later. Once they started pushing to 99 cap is when they started obsoleting content and gear, prior to that they had a much longer shelf life in terms of drops and content than most "standard" MMO, which one you like is up to preference but content tends to die out much quicker when you obsolete it in every update simply because that's common sense.
Sky still lasted even when Sea came out because some items were still very good to have, in a XIV comparison, Primal weapons (HM) were worthless as when you finished all 3, you had your relic weapon, Titan (then later moogle) were fine alternatives UNTIL zenith, which was only 900 myth tomes away. Labyrinth for example due to their delay to nerf the content (It was too hard they said) it became an inbetween type of content, good for gearing alts or if you're still in DL, but once the next update comes out? LoTA became obsolete as you can farm up your myth tomes MUCH faster and get MUCH BETTER GEAR than what LoTA gets, thus even for alts it was obsolete in the next update. You can still do it, sure, but that content had such a short shelf life in comparison to what content normally lasts.
Now that we know Yoshi said he has zero intentions on adding 8 man dungeons in updates (unless it's Coil for example) we know that dungeon wise will generally keep to the "side content for tomes" type of system as the gear it drops is usually well below the current ilvl, e.g 115 as of next patch, so it will never be i80 or i90 or i100 for example, we'll be lucky if it IS i80 in the next set of dungeons.
But those would probably be some of the most basic ideas I'd kick around if I were trying to create a little more variance for that job based on what I know of it already. 
It's a shame, though, because I really do like varying styles that work wonders, but I just haven't found an MMO that hasn't beaten people into cookie cutters. Thankfully, there are games like Dark Souls 2 to fulfill the need. 
