Quote Originally Posted by NocturniaUzuki View Post
A lot of this is a people issue. If people weren't so hopelessly obsessed with the latest patch all the time, new players would have stuff to do before Stormblood. But it is apparently the fate of all MMOs to suffer from dead content. Even if they make efforts to the contrary, players keep causing the dead content issue anew.

If new players could dive into legitimate raiding at Lv. 50, it would be a lot easier to bear the grind.
In all the years I played Runescape, I never felt like the game suffered from dead content, because they was so much to do at all times.