We lost 70% of our player base half a year in

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If anything it does prove that player retention over time is very low.

They could combat this by adding more endgame content, but any mention of this and the community goes into full white knight mode saying the game is perfect.. but the stats dont lie, if it was perfect players wouldnt leave after a raid tier finishes.

No, the only thing it proves is that retention among Steam players (which is a very small portion of the playerbase and likely to have other interests and profiles than those who play on console or use the SE launcher) follows typical MMO patterns. And even there, the majority of the "drops" have been under 10%. Go in-game and you see a thriving population and realize Steam clashes with reality.

Also, I can't think of a single person who has ever said the game is perfect. Way to set up a straw man when you know you have no actual argument.