Quote Originally Posted by s1mulacrum View Post
I agree that this is what people should do, but it seems like you don't understand the point we are making while also making it for us. FFXIV got its big influx of subs from the WoW exodus. WoW lost subs in part by doing all of the things FFXIV is currently doing. If people do leave the game b/c of this pattern of changes (as we both suggest), then that shows that these decisions are making people leave. The OP's entire point is that SE will lose players, which is the opposite of successful.
I personally quit WoW (classic tbc), largely due to what was going on in the company. I didn't feel it was right for me to give money to a company that had a lot of bad corruption come out (and so quickly as it did). There are other reasons (like the game itself etc etc), but this was the main reason. I know of many others that quit for this reason. Also, seeing so many leave and try out other games. WoW was huge for so long and people were just used to playing it and not trying other games.