Quote Originally Posted by Regentwill View Post
Since the game blew up it's been far more regular. And most of the players that came to FF14 from what I understand were from WoW (Based on information I've seen posted on forums, from my experience ALSO playing WoW, and watching streamers and their chat talk about their experiences moving from WoW).
The game "blowing up" happened in stages. Every expansion added an additional 200,000 consistently active players (these may be different people returning who replace someone who is taking a break).

I've never played WoW, but this is what I noticed. WoW started to go wrong in 2016 or earlier and although most people brushed it off, some people saw the signs immediately and switched to this game. Their 2018 expansion was the last straw for a lot of people and it began to bleed players heavily from 2018 onwards. Some of them went back for the 2020 expansion which confirmed to them that they were done. The people leaving had only played it several years, so it was easier for them to leave. The 15-year vets would never leave. Then the streaming thing happened and the bad PR happened which was the push that made 15-year vets leave. Many of those people came to this game, but it was a gradual process that had been happening for many years in stages.

That being said, LoL players are Toxic AF.
One of the things you might have noticed is how players have gradually started to say "gg" after a dungeon and they didn't used to say that. That shows how many of the people playing now are used to games that are not an MMO.