More Horizontal Progression please

[Zarzak]

This game is still young and quoting it like its already dying when its subs continue to grow just seems like alot of guesswork.

No? Past behavior is a good indicator of future behavior. XIV is right on track to mimic every MMO that has released in the past 10 years. Likely the biggest reason it still does as well as it does is A. the name and B. the fact that PS3 and PS4 players don't have the options PC players do.

There's a drop off after an expansion, but let's try using real numbers when making a point instead of just making them up, shall we?

For more real numbers (already posted a couple posts ago)

70% of players quit after playing WoW for 20 months.

Once again most of WoW's success would be attributed to unparalleled marketing and recognition. WoW is the gateway MMO to new players these days. Equivalent to cigarettes, beer, and weed. Everyone tries it, matures, and quits the game to hopefully find something better. Sadly they instead run into a bunch of people trying to sell a game that has an expiration date printed in big bold letters "F2P failure INC" the day it releases.