It's just another aspect of the cult of personality surrounding this game that makes me really cross my fingers and hope that one of the upcoming MMO's proves to be a smash hit. The more I think on it, the more it certainly feels like anyone who wants FFXIV to have a thought provoking story with solid game play is being 'pushed out' despite many of us criticising the current direction having played for far longer than the newcomers.

Oh well. I've been playing ESO more than FFXIV recently and both Ashes of Creation and Pantheon are shaping up to be to my liking. If FFXIV improves and throws a bigger bone our way? Great! If not? Well, that's a shame but following the trajectory of WoW will lead to the exact same outcome in the end.