I pointed out in another thread, FFXIV steam charts look really concerning. The peak for EW launch was pretty much replicated for DT. People gave the expansion a chance, there were graphic updates. But the peak for the release of FRU was almost 50% lower than the peak for DSR. Someone mentioned that FFXIV has players outside of Steam, but I don't see why this wouldn't be replicated on other platforms.

Most people in this game don't do Savage or Ultimate, so they are getting close to 0 content for months. One Alliance Raid which they don't even have to reclear, as the next crafted gear will be better than anything we have right now. A (very) small number of MSQ quests — the same MSQ so many people hated. What else? Developers are asking for more time between patches, which means even more time without content.