Playing an expansion as current content has been a lacklustre MMO experience

[Striker44]

XIV changes, sometimes it changes for the best. Sometimes it changes for the worst. Right now, it's in a pretty rough spot and I hope it changes again and doesn't just follow Shadowbringers formula like Endwalker did.

Again, it's not a "rough spot" when it just reached the highest player population ever, and even its current late-patch lulls outpace the similar lulls from every previous expansion. It's the polar opposite of a "rough spot." It makes your attempt at an argument ultimately boil down to "I'm bitter because a lot of other people love something that I happen to dislike." The game is at a high spot right now.