Quote Originally Posted by Yeol View Post
Usually, people will be very hyped for an MMO before it's release.
They hype tends to slow down after each expansion because there are some players that MMO jump. Meaning they get so excited at first, then they say bad things about it like "It's just another MMO" then move on to the next new thing.

For me, I'm very hyped about Stormblood. Many of my friends returned back to play after they saw the full trailer and fan fest live. So I don't think hype have died from people who are faithful to this game.
The problem is that SE is too tight lipped about information until the last possible moment, and the info that we get points to the expansion being the same as we already play.

For example, had they announced that the Omega raid would be a 16-person hardcore raid and showed some of its gameplay, people would be discussing that to heck and back.

But we know that it'll be just like Gordias, so there's not much to discuss (or get hyped about).

This is why WoW, very early, was talking about Mythic+ dungeons, Artifacts and open world legendaries. People want to be surprised, without surprise its hard to get people hyped.

I don't think it's because of MMO hoppers, but rather because we veterans already know what to expect.