Quote Originally Posted by TheFatHousecat View Post
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Wasn't using my friends, but simply using myself as means of extrapolation. Until recently I'd never completed A4, just because I didn't care to do it. Not mentioning Savage, for obvious reasons. So I am but one person out of how many that play this game?

Now by no means am I stating that the game can exist without content that you're speaking of, but blindly cutting content because someone thinks it detracts from the whole is just as folly. Ignoring any groups of people in an MMO can have pretty sharp repercussions; and using your examples, WoW and XI are primary examples. XI who in it's early life only permitted; for the VAST majority, group based play beyond a certain point, essentially chasing any sort of solo player away, thus never becoming a Massive hit as WoW or what XIV already is. WoW's issues are a bit of cluster in that it being what 11 or 12 years old now, but constant reinvention, the PvE vs PvP balance struggle, and other issues.

Point being, cutting content from either side is going to; potentially, yield unfavorable reactions from your base. And if this is a status quo that is going to be around for an extended time, do you keep slighting one side, or seek balance?