And Limbus/Salvage was thought to be a Dynamis v2 when it first came out. Didn't stop them from releasing Limbus v2, Salvage v2, and Dynamis v2.
This is not a thought though. SE stated escha was abyssea v2.
SE also said they were done making content a few years back and we see how that turned out.
My point merely was it doesn't matter
what SE says, be it in a "Freshly Picked", Official Release Notes, or even something casually said at an omakase to the sushi chef. It just flat out doesn't matter to us players. If the version 2.0 of something doesn't boil down to EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL, just higher levels, the playerbase will scream about it
"not being teh sames! I don't have the same old feelz!!!"
Jesus we're getting as bad as Star Wars fans.