I never said that it was some powerhouse mmo, but to say it’s on deaths door like we’ve been hearing forever is just hyperbole especially when you’ve self admittedly played only to level 20 however many years ago. Of course it’s not for everyone, people most certainly would love an official classic server from SE and I think you’d get a pretty healthy population right off the bat because there are people who miss what the game offered during era.

There are things I like and hate about XIV as well as things I like and hate about XI. What is annoying me is people who haven’t played the game in 10 or more years are talking about the state of the game now when they have no idea what they are talking about. Most people I know think it’s probably the best place retail has ever been, there’s a lot of QoL improvements while keeping core aspects that made the game originally fun. I love XIV, I was one of the initial people who got clowned in XI for leaving to go play it in 1.0. I want it to do well but really since EW I log in and within minutes I’m just…bored and want to log out and play something else because it just feels so repetitive and reskinned to me. I just would love to see varying content like XIs endgame offered that targeted the mid level players that gave them a sense of progression.