What I meant was that it wasn't "somewhat recent",but actually recent.
As for Rhine Labs,they've actually covered pretty much everything they hinted at when the game first came out,both in the game itself through extra trust locked lore for each character and the comic itself.
We now know how Ptilopsis became the under table machine speaker,how Silence became the hindsight naive Mommy #1,how Saria became bumbling Mommy #2 "Daddy",how the entire Diabolos scenario went down for Ifrit,how oblivious Magellan and Mayer were to literally everything,how Muelsye got her cheeky elf butt all around,and how Kristen lost a significant portion of her life again but due to her own actions.
We also know that Rhine Labs is a horrendous place to be,with the likes of Parviss being the LEAST of anyones' troubles.
Meanwhile,we have yet to get a proper resolution for AEgir itself,Ulpianus,Andreanna,and most importantly Deepcolour.
Black Steel,if we take the comic along with the extra trust locked lore,has basically been covered,Karlan Trade got done and dusted in a single event,the adventures of the Nearl line have one more step to go,Lungmen keeps getting more fun stuff but is pretty much complete,Penguin Logistics still has loose ends that extend into Laterano and Sirucusa,Leithania is one step close to completion,Ursus Student Self-governing Group got one PTSD filled event to cover it all,Yan was barely touched,Minos had one footnote,Bolivar has an entire three way war to explore,Sami is practically just mentions,Higashi even less mentions,Rim Billiton has just sat there,and even Columbia itself hasn't been explored.
So we definitely got a ways to go.