Would you still play FFXIV in a post-development "maintenance mode?"

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Square Enix and Yoshi P themselves stated that no are plans for a future Final Fantasy MMO and that FF14 may likely be the last Final Fantasy MMO.

I also heavily disagree with you last statement.
There are several MMOs I enjoy even after playing FF14, although FF14 indeed does hold a special place in my heart.

Well that makes me sad. I hope they change their minds or plan on continuing to developing this one for a long long time.

As far as other MMOs the top ones are WoW, FFXIV, ESO, and GW2. Everything else is either pay to win garbage, free to play garbage, korean garbage, or a blending of those three elements. I've always hated WoW since day 1 due to it's massive influence on the genre and I still resent it for killing SWG with it's success. I tried ESO and could never get into it despite it having a decent story and I don't like the cash shop. GW2 is a nope due to the monetization structure and I just don't like the game. Before FFXIV the last MMO I actually enjoyed was Star Wars Galaxies. Though to be fair I'm not a huge MMO person. The only reason I even gave this game a shot was because it is Final Fantasy. I'm convinced the MMO genre is essentially dead besides this game. The innovation is gone. Everyone just wants to build a cash shop and then wrap a bare bones game around it and cash in as much as possible these days.