The health problem of hiding numbers while catering to high-end raiders

[Striker44]

To be fair, becoming more like World of Warcraft was a major factor FFXIV 2.0's successful rising from the ashes of 1.0.

I would say also to be fair, though, the WoW that FFXIV 2.0 modeled itself after is very different from the WoW of today that caters to the M+ and high-end raider crew. It's actually the shift in focus that caused WoW numbers to plummet.