I'm not trying to be provocative, just trying to understand what else could Scotland get without going full-on independent?
In practice, some of this has happened, but perhaps not as much as would've been if the debate were more public.
popularly known as Devo-max.
Technically both sides were proposing more powers, it was a difference of degree in what was being offered. At the last minute more power was offered when it seemed like full independence had a chance of winning.
The wording of the question was decided by the Scottish Parliament and reviewed for intelligibility by the Electoral Commission, an independent body.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Agreement_(2012)
It was openly known that the nationalists wanted the option, and the unionists didn't. Perhaps it was negotiated away for something else the nationalists wanted, but still the point stands, they wanted it, and didn't get it.
That referendum was restricted to two options, what the UK government wanted and what they thought was too extreme a position to win. By excluding the middle way option, which polling suggested would win they hoped to get their own position rubber stamped.
The fact that it came so close us a testament to how badly they played their hand.
See also Brexit.