Quote Originally Posted by GiseleValkyrie View Post
I figure that might be the case iirc same thing happen when they where trying to save XIV it just seems truly boneheaded to me that If this is truly the case they are letting this happen. You would think they would put some thought into investing into this more seeing as how a MMO can and will destroy a company ffs XIV almost did it once lol.
The MMO industry has been plagued with poor business decisions by management for years. They seem to treat an MMO like any other project they're operating, cutting budgets to try and get the optimal return on the money put into it. Unfortunately with MMOs you can't afford to take the risk of cutting the budget too low. As soon as players feel they're not getting their money's worth they start to quit, and this tends to create a feedback loop of more and more people quitting. If Yoshi's team doesn't get the budget they truly need soon it's possible the game will enter an unrecoverable downward spiral.

I've played through the rise and fall of dozens of MMOs. Doomsaying posts are something of a cliche, I know, but as much as many want to claim it's only a vocal minority crying foul right now, when the ENTIRE forum AND reddit are flooded with absolutely nothing but outrage over a single issue that's usually a sign the game is on the brink. They can save it if they respond to this feedback quickly. If not, then a lot of players will lose faith and the population will begin a steady decline. It happens to every MMO eventually. I didn't expect to see it happen here so soon though.