Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Yeah, I'd definitely consider there to be some genuine competition right now. I've been spending more of my gaming time on ESO and Lost Ark. There's also some upcoming MMO's that have piqued my curiosity.

Truth be told, I'd rather just pick one MMO to play and stick with that but FFXIV has been making all sorts of odd decisions lately. The biggest red flags for me are that the 'new story' looks to be more of the same thing and that all of the new expansion features have yet to be implemented.
Honestly I'm really interested in what they're gonna do with the story now, and not in a good way. At the end of EW it seemed like a new tale was gonna start, Emet hinting at several places we could visit for a new journey as an adventurer. But then when 6.1 dropped we got a 75% Drowned City of Skalla plot and we're back with nearly all the Scions again. Furthermore, it seems we're now gonna focus heavily on The Void, and it would honestly not surprise me if we end up saving that shard in an afternoon.