Quote Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur View Post
Ehhh...the general consensus was the peak of FFXI was Chains of Promathia which was the 3rd expansion. People sorta jumped off afterwards I believe.

Also having huge system changes in every expansion is a terrible thing for an MMO. Its what initially killed WoW
Actually, what Killed WoW is a much deeper issue, saying change every expansion is a very surface lvl take. What killed WoW was a lack of evergreen content, overly high retention mechanics and lack of content that appealed to a general player, most content only appealed to hard core or casual, it's midcore died for a time. After all that damage, borrowed power systems being ramped up then helped piss people off more. So you're not wrong, but let's not make a boggy man out of needed change.

The goal is to change but make sure it's meaningful change.