Counterpoint to all the Debbie Downers lately...

[MagusMirel]

Very simple explanation for that, back then they needed the veterans to survive.

They needed the people who subscribed even at the end of 1.0 to get ARR off the ground in the first place and they needed them to breathe life into 2.0 because they couldn't be sure that they would attract enough new players.


Right now the game is popular enough that every single veteran who leaves is easily replaced with a sprout. Although according to the last Lucky Bancho census the influx of new players is in decline, so I guess we'll see what happens when those new people reach the state where they have completed all the old content they were interested in and only have the new patch content to satisfy them.

That's exactly the case. And that's a shame. In the past subscribers were rewarded with glamour outfits or a mount as a thanks for their loyality. But somehow SE gave in to those people who were complaining about that. That's kinda when it all started.
I've supported this game back then with all my heart. I wanted success for FFXIV so badly, because the game deserved it. But SE is all about money and not about loyality. That's why they are catering the new mass, which obviously don't have the needed mindset for an MMORPG and think of FFXIV as an 5 minute per day mobile game which you play while sitting on the toilet. In the end the success of the game killed it for me and many others. But what goes up, must come down. And the higher you raise, the faster you fall. That will be the case when SE doesn't change course in 7.0. Mark my words.

[Teno]

That's exactly the case. And that's a shame. In the past subscribers were rewarded with glamour outfits or a mount as a thanks for their loyality. But somehow SE gave in to those people who were complaining about that. That's kinda when it all started.
I've supported this game back then with all my heart. I wanted success for FFXIV so badly, because the game deserved it. But SE is all about money and not about loyality. That's why they are catering the new mass, which obviously don't have the needed mindset for an MMORPG and think of FFXIV as an 5 minute per day mobile game which you play while sitting on the toilet. In the end the success of the game killed it for me and many others. But what goes up, must come down. And the higher you raise, the faster you fall. That will be the case when SE doesn't change course in 7.0. Mark my words.

The words of literally every expert doomsayer for every expansion, every game for a few decades. Don't worry they're fine for a long while, many other more niche games are still thriving despite much more questionable choices.

[MagusMirel]

The words of literally every expert doomsayer for every expansion, every game for a few decades. Don't worry they're fine for a long while, many other more niche games are still thriving despite much more questionable choices.

You've just read the last bit of my post and put everything else into denial. The typical behavior...