Quote Originally Posted by Evergrey View Post
I play both FFXIV and ESO.
Have played both for many years each.
And I play them for different reasons now.
FFXIV is for raiding (for the most part now) and when new content is launched.
ESO for when I want to feel more emerged in the game due to the freedom of choice on how to play and how the game world feels so much more living than FFXIV's does.
And I don't sub to ESO when I know I won't play much for some time but I can still jump in and just do whatever.
I don’t think raid logging (log on, raid, log off) is healthy for a game. While it says raiding content is good enough to keep people coming back to it I know way too many people who do the same. To me those are signs of a game in life support.

It would be one thing if they did this because of IRL problems like jobs or other stuff but unfortunately the main reason is there is actually nothing interesting to do.

Ultimately I think the overworld direly needs to look like the developers or someone cares about it beyond its release window and after it serves as an MSQ vessel. These are the sort of things that make games feel special rather than generic and abandoned.