FFXIV made it onto a list of healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2019

[Nedkel]

Leave that term to the F2P games. Try to play competitive there to understand what a real cash cow is.

You are not wrong, infact you are right with this statement however.
I fail to see where the competitive gameplay is in our game tbh. You could do absolutely nothing and it doesnt matter really apart from savage content. There is very little reason to do anything in the game once you get your i460 set. FC are barely ever alive also.
Compare it to BDO which is a pay2win game, but a game that makes you want to progress with your character further and further.

[JunseiKei]

You are not wrong, infact you are right with this statement however.
[snip]Compare it to BDO which is a pay2win game, but a game that makes you want to progress with your character further and further.

Until you get your perfect gear, which is all buy-able (costing around $100 per piece if you REALLY want to skip the RNG fiasco that is that enchanting system and get PEN) and you have nothing to do. Once you're there, all you can do is squabble and PK each other over favorable spots to grind for ... what again? Oh, right, nothing.

There's a reason BDO is joked about being the best character creation game out there.