Honestly, I just wish they had simply shut the servers down completely to rework the game. I think there will be too many people that play this game now that will be unwilling to play it when they start charging us. But, poop in one hand and wish in the other I guess. Can't undo it now.

I do think they have lost a huge amount of credibility with this whole debacle though. How you go from making something that, for the last 4 years or so, has been so nicely polished like Xi was to the smoldering piece of crap they released with XIV is still beyond my comprehension. And instead of putting it away for a while and letting people move on while they rework it, this thing has been limping onwards ever since. All while having the majority of the "fanbase" critisize every move they have made to bring it up to speed.

To those that say XI wasn't a success or that nobody wants an XI clone: Certainly you can't believe that an XI clone would have done worse than what this game has done since launch?