Quote Originally Posted by Zabuza View Post
This is what gets me...I've seen this to a lesser extent with Savage as well. So, casuals claim there is so little interest from other people in endgame and yet... as is said here, the twitch viewers shoot up about tenfold when Ultimate comes out. Why is that, if raiders are a vanishing minority? Why is raiding still a big thing in WoW, the MMO that, despite declining numbers from its prime, still holds the most subs? People here keep acting as if adding some raid content would somehow be detrimental, but can someone tell me where all those interested Twitch viewers come from then if there's not people wanting to participate in these raids and see more of them?
Well, maybe because Twitch viewers are interested in watching a show? Fighting a raid boss is a show, a race for a World First is a show, no matter how many people in game are actually participating in said activity.
Doing the same trial x99 for a mount, farming 100500 resources to craft and make gil, decorating a house while 10 times rearranging the south wall - all these are not a show for the Twitch users, though still a very valuable activity for lots and lots FFXIV players.