I meant that XI probably won't see a budget increase any time soon which is what a full blown expansion would need. Which btw the dev team or at least part of it would be working on. They still gives us updates because enough people are still playing XI to be feasible for them. Compared to XIV, XI might as well be in hibernate mode. This year alone XIV added a job been working on all patches leading up to the expansion, the expansion, holding three fanfests (one still to come) a 14hr twitch event, got talked about at GDC, was at all the major gaming conventions, are going to be launching in China, and multiple mini events across Japan. Also there are talks in the works for an EU data center.

When was the last time XI got that much exposure? The main thing I can think of was the 18hr+ fight against AV. Most game reviewers we going wait, people still play that? Oh and shame on SE for making a fight that risked the health of its players.

SE has two mmos that it actually cares highly about and neither of them are XI. Yes, we get updates once a month and the devs still seem to care but look at the amount of misunderstanding between players and them. The monthly updates are more like a monthly feeding to rabid animals that scarf down the food in seconds and grumble about the measly offering. While also being unhappy with the food they got because it wasn't the good stuff.