I wouldn't say it was higher.
The funny thing is, as most mmo vets who've played a few can tell you: Fans always say snarky things like "Bye bye", "Can I have your stuff?", and "There's the door" instead of acknowledging the game's issues until eventually all that's left is too few to support a content cycle that the fans want, and then they also leave.
All the recent mmo failures have followed this. I'm not saying 14 will fail, I'm saying the indifferent attitude toward a game's problems do more damage than good. As much as a game needs its die-hard fans to keep the pace, it needs the casuals looking for fun more than accomplishment.
It's like the WHM tanking titan (Kudos!) or the bikini titan people, or the 1 PLD/7 WHM Ifrit. That's all great, well, and good, but isn't it a shame that that's the best thing you can do with your gear? Go mutilate old content?
How fast I can crank WP for tomes I don't need is only interesting and defensible for so long.