Why do you think FFXIV is performing so badly form the content creation side?

[Doozer]

I'll never understand how something like that even matters

Agreed. A game's success and design being palatable for streaming, YouTube, etc. aren't really linked at all. Certain games are easier to just sit down and watch other people play. I like to watch people play certain games, but have no interest in watching them play this one. Not because the game is bad, but because I'd rather just play it myself and chances are whatever they're doing doesn't interest me. There's so many different ways to play (raids, RPing, Hunts, treasure maps, crafting/gathering, etc.) that you can't just go "oh, this person is playing FFXIV, I'll watch that" because there's just too many different things it could be, and not everyone is into every possible thing in the game.

I briefly saw a stream once of someone just fishing and whining about irl religion. No thanks, lol.

However, there's a decently-sized community that like to post gpose screenshots, but not everyone is into that either, and a rather unfortunate percentage of them use mods. So after a certain point it's not even really the actual game anymore.

[Iscah]

However, there's a decently-sized community that like to post gpose screenshots, but not everyone is into that either, and a rather unfortunate percentage of them use mods. So after a certain point it's not even really the actual game anymore.

I'm not keen on seeing mods either. Some of my friends keep posting them in private chats and it's just... sure, it looks great, but it doesn't look like FFXIV.

Eorzea Collection has a strict "no mods" rule which is nice. I like seeing what people do when working within the game restrictions and outfits.