Eh, I made it through the first five minutes of the video because I found her voice and style annoying.

I can only speak for myself when I say that my playtime in this game has decreased dramatically because I felt like the story ended with Endwalker. And even though I was right here on the day DT launched, and will continue to play it, I don't login nearly as much as I used to. I'm playing other stuff these days.

I will say that YouTubers are always going to have clickbait titles and takes because that's what gets clicks and views. I will also say that the forums of any MMO are the worst. Doesn't matter the game, the forums will always say it's in the worst state it has ever been in.

At the opposite end is Reddit, where the game can do no wrong, no matter what. That's just as bad in my opinion. The truth is somewhere in between.

I don't care as much about gameplay as many of you. I primarily play for the story and THAT'S MY CURRENT PROBLEM WITH THE GAME. I feel like my journey is over and from what I've seen in Dawntrail, the story hasn't really grabbed me yet. It has some interesting concepts, but nothing has made me feel like I need to jump in and figure out what's going on. I'm not all that invested.

One word of warning, though, for those of you who have been saying the game is too easy. Every time a developer has tried to make their game more challenging, at least in my experience, it has failed. Badly. What Lucy Pyre said in her video about SE dumbing down the game for money is 100% correct. If they suddenly make this game way more challenging you'll see what's left of the population here crater spectacularly.

Think about it. FFXIV has largely been marketed for its story, and up through Endwalker, it had great writing, memorable characters and a lot of depth. It's all about understanding your target audience. And for years, that audience has been here primarily for the story. Not raiding or PvP. Those things were there, but it was never the main focus of this game. It was a niche game for many years.

If they suddenly start making MSQ dungeons and trials very challenging, people will simply stop playing them and stop playing the game as well.

The only ones left playing will be those of you on this forum who will sound a lot like that guy from the Dead Ends dungeon who nuked all his enemies and cheered, but there was no one left to hear him.