Honestly? I like Yoshi-P but salvaging 1.0 into something playable wasn't that impressive a feat and neither was it something accomplished by a single person. Many of the same people who praise him for it have nothing but contempt for the ARR era these days which is to me an admission that actually things weren't all that great after all.

To a large degree, I'd say it's more so the 'Final Fantasy' name that caused many people to give the game a second chance. Coincidentally, many of the other MMO's that are still chugging along these days also lean heavily on player nostalgia. GW2 has GW1 to tap into, ESO has the various Elder Scrolls games to work with and WoW did very well for itself whenever it referenced the Warcraft games.

But, yeah, the whole 'go play other games' never sat well with me because many of us do that already. It doesn't change the fact that when someone is up to date with FFXIV's patch cycle then there's often a lack of things to actually do that aren't just a tedious grind for the sake of a tedious grind. More content like Crystal Conflict that is easy to just jump right into with no setup would be wonderful.