Zepla: Endwalker is the Worst FFXIV Expansion I have played

[Lauront]

I think, if you only started playing up to or after Endwalker launch, you might not be the target audience for the video or this topic discussion. The game is good. Great, in fact, there are thousands and thousands of hours of content to keep you occupied.

I'm pretty sure Zepla's video is expressing the thoughts and opinions specifically of someone who's been playing the game for several years. When you've done all the older content, you want to keep occupied with the new stuff; and unfortunately, Endwalker just doesn't deliver as well as previous expansions. It's not bad, it's just not good either.

The issue is you're not going to be new forever, and it is not uncommon for newer players to ask of more experienced ones where the game currently is sitting once you hit max level (partly to find out if it's worth investing the time), not to mention you may well be in a FC with them and notice they're not on as much as before.

At the moment their formula seems to be working for them but I don't think it can work indefinitely, especially now that a lot of the hype surrounding EW is gone and SHB is in the past. And with the long gap until DT and the time between patches, sprouts won't be sprouts forever.

Basically I don't disagree with what you're saying but I believe forward-looking newer players might grow concerned as well.