Quote Originally Posted by Raikai View Post
I don't think XIV reached a dangerous low *yet*... That's boiling down to how they'll steer the game in 8.0, in every aspect. In fact, the Fanfest will be a crucial selling point to that expansion, which makes me think if this is related to not even having the Fanfest announcement yet.

If I could compare, it feels like Dawntrail is closer to WoW's Warlords of Draenor "low" than Shadowlands, which was the bottom of the barrel for that game.
Comparing to WoW is a bad metric in terms of subscriber numbers. Even on it's ABSOLUTE WORST year, WoW still had more subscribers than probably the peak of 14

But spiritually I agree, Dawntrail is the Shadowlands of 14. Endwalkers rush job started the downfall imo. They just don't have enough patience to focus on a solid expansion anymore, they need to make it a forced two-parter rush job with a very divided story.