Why telling people to unsub is a horrible defense of the game.

[Ransu]

The difference all of you fail to realise is that WoW had more substantial mid expansion patches then FF ever has. New zones, new raids, new dungeons, new quests, more gear sets, more sylvanas simp main story quests, more crafting recipes, ect. Like, actual content to do - There was always fun end game content to grind out. The PvP in WoW is, and remains fun retail or classic despite its problems - and you can grind it out for some genuinely decent rewards. Same thing with raiding. Grind it out as much as you like until you get what you want.

Of course WoW did have gigantic gaps between some of its patches, (Looking at you WoD.) But compared to the drought of content from 6.2 to 6.4? (August - May)

Islands, Forgettable content you can do in 2-3 weeks.
Raids that can be cleared to BiS in 5-6 weeks.
Eureka which is just a blatant rip off of PoTD and HoH
Criterion dungeons with 12 endings you'll just google.

Lets not even kid ourselves, wtf is with the PvP rewards in FF? Some recolor lvl 50/60/70 sets? Crystal tower gear but black? Recolor mounts? Is this the best they can do with 9 months of time?

I'll take the "forgettable" content over having zero content for 12 months. Go play WoW or something.

How long should this break be? 9 months long? Should we just quit the game for 2 years between expansions? Whats even the point of being a subscription based MMORPG if your mid expansion patches have nothing of substance.

There's literally nothing wrong with that. I have a few friends that do exactly that. They buy the expansion, play the new story content and then they unsub. Just because its an MMO doesn't mean everyone has to treat it as the one and only game they play non-stop.