Quote Originally Posted by Thurmnmurmn View Post
That comment about 7.0 just screams FFXIV forums. Shadowbringer and Endwalker had the biggest boom of population in the game but sure, it's gonna die. Not denying that there's problems with the game of course, but you guys blow it out of proportions all the time.
Yeah, the boom wasn't because Shadowbringers was good. It's because WoW was bad and there was a major media campaign to get everyone to quit. We can't really conflate the 2, because if we did then we wouldn't be low pop right now.

It's not like we magically solved all of our problems, and we all of a sudden had better systems than WoW. They're 2 very different games. WoW arguably has better gameplay engagement and longevity overall.

Also don't compare XIV to other MMOs, you need to compare it to all Live Service games. This isn't 2001 anymore, the line is blurred.