On the point of not having enough hours in a setting, I did the math when this interview first came out. Between the seasons of Fantasy High, the one shots, and the side quests, they had around 100 hours in Spire. That was before Junior year, so it's now more like 150 hours. That's not bad, actually. It's mostly been around Elmville, but they've given little tastes of lots of different locations in Spire. So there's a lot more content than Brennan might be giving himself credit for.
On the point of not having enough hours in a setting, I did the math when this interview first came out. Between the seasons of Fantasy High, the one shots, and the side quests, they had around 100 hours in Spire. That was before Junior year, so it's now more like 150 hours. That's not bad, actually. It's mostly been around Elmville, but they've given little tastes of lots of different locations in Spire. So there's a lot more content than Brennan might be giving himself credit for.
So maybe this reality could change someday soon :)