Why is Yoshi P turning his back on the playerbase that loves this game the most?

[Elkanah]

Nothing you said is actually "difficult", it's just extremely long. Yes, I didn't do any relic, but I did far enough Dynamis with my HLS to several members create theirs.

I don't think so. XIV is a good case of "came for the name, stayed for the game".

The only reason you joined an HNMLS was to get gil for hunt drops and loot for your main job for endgame. You joined a Dynamis LS to help the leader fund their relic weapon, which most dropped or quit the LS after they got what they wanted. But during those times you got sea and sky drops along with dynamis drops. The endgame goal of the relics were a pain to obtain. It took me 5 years before I finally got Kikoku on my Nin and I was happy about it, but I was equally insane or also irritated by how long it took since I farmed it myself, since you dont see any of that relic coin drops when you do dynamis in a DynaLS. Was it worth it? Yeah. If I thought about it now? No. lol.

The currency wasnt the issue. Getting the drops for the R/E supplies was the issue. The drop rate was a 5% on mobs that nobody wanted to do. Along with having to use the WS 100+ times in events, which the avg ws for certain jobs was dependent on what class you were on or what you were doing. Getting a Mandau was a pain because most THFs sack pulled instead of being able to really WS until after the clear. Which only gave you 30min or so after you were done. You waited til Full Moon or hoped the drop would come, which FM wasn't for 3+ days irl time and ingame. So you'd hope it'd land on FM on the night you went in or you were praying for drops.

[Reynhart]

Getting the drops for the R/E supplies was the issue. The drop rate was a 5% on mobs that nobody wanted to do.

...which is still not difficult, just random. You don't need skill, knowledge, gear or preparation to obtain a drop, you just need...to be lucky. That's no difficulty.