Quote Originally Posted by Rumpelstiltzkin View Post
It is quite funny to see FFXIV do the exact same thing as WoW in terms of progression which is a large part of why WoW is losing subs (aside from the fact that it is just getting old); pure vertical progression to the point where many play for a couple of weeks each patch get bored and then unsub and come back several months later when the next patch/expansion comes around.
Progression doesn't figure much into the equation, unless you're talking about content droughts like having 12 months of nothing but Siege of Orgrimmar.

People generally feel disenfranchised by some of the bullshit blizzard chose to pull with WoD, which is why subs have dropped so sharply. As I said, Blizzard promised a bunch of stuff and didn't deliver, did a bunch of stuff no one asked for (twitter and selfies integrated into the game), made professions worthless, centered the entire Draenor campaign in your garrison, made it a pain in the ass to move around the world, and cut out loads of content (including the zone that would become Netherstorm).