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No low level content really worth mentioning unfortunately. I still think SE is missing a big chance here too.

They're doing welcome back weekends and trials, but they haven't really added anything in the early stages of the game. If you're a new player giving it a second or third shot, there's nothing new for you to make you reconsider. It's also an opportunity to bring back old players who might already have a class or two at cap. As someone who stuck to only a few classes, new content at the front end would at least convince me to try others out beyond what I needed for the additional abilities.

They also just added in the Ixali beast tribe quests, adding in another option for crafting levels. (The quest is unlocked at level 3 of any crafting job.) FC house gardening and chocobo training can be done at any level. They're adding in activities, just not new storyline quests or dungeons.

They're probably not going to add in any significant content for levels 1-15. We've gotten a handful of lower level quests, though, continuing the tutorial mode. (Like the NPC that teaches you how to freaking say things aloud, because of complaints regarding silent PS3/4 players.)

It's one thing to not idly chat during a dungeon. I get it, unless you have a physical keyboard, talking on the PS3/PS4 is a chore.

It's another thing to ignore feedback and directions from the rest of the group, and continue to be terrible in silence. This is especially a problem in the baby dungeons like Sastasha, where people are grouped up for the first time. Even an "ok" in /say is enough to let the rest of a group know that you can read their comments. Usually if I can get at least that from a silent sucker, they'll get rapidly better by the end of the dungeon. If I don't get that acknowledgement and they don't show any improvement, we're probably going to end up kicking them if it's egregious enough in later dungeons.

I agree that there is a lot to offer, but my main point was that it dries up pretty quickly. Your first class to 50 can have a nice, even mix of all that there is to offer. Your second class to 50 won't have access to any of the quests or behests you went through on your first class though(unless they changed behests). If you're leveling your 3rd class or job to 50 then you can't escape seeing the same FATEs and dungeons to grind for experience. From that point on you're essentially doing the same dungeons or handful of FATEs you did the first few times.

In other games there are enough areas with quests that you could have a dozen unique paths through it. The only thing I can think of in XIV that's similar is choosing what zone to go to for FATE chains, but the options are fewer and further between. There are enough quests in other games that you could completely skip several areas your first time through. I had to level 4 classes in TERA and 7 classes in WoW in order to see all the questing content there was to offer. If you mix in dungeons, PvP and other leveling activities from other games(just as you would mix in guildleves, dungeons and behests in XIV) that gap widens significantly.

In XIV, it's not possible to level a class solely by questing because there are not enough quests. In other games, not only can you level a class to cap by questing; you're forced to change areas at some point because there are so many that you stop gaining experience from them. Now I'm not suggesting that people rely solely on quests for leveling, but the advantage some of the other games have when it comes to keeping low level content fresh speaks for itself.