I just unsubbed and don't have plans to renew, but in part this is always perspective. Game burnout is real and priorities change. I left because FFXIV's style no longer fits my interests as a player, and the niche content that gave me a good challenge for awhile (PVP) is dead.

That would leave only EX/Savage content as something that I can really immerse myself in outside of the few aspects of the story that I enjoyed, and it's not worth it. Pretty much any game out there has a larger community than FFXIV's raiders, and is easier to meet people and network in.

Letting go of a game is hard. I made many friends here I talk to outside of the game, but I feel like I'm wasting my time when I log in. Instead of FFXIV, I could be meeting new people to talk strategy with in HotS or playing Terraria all night with friends and tackling bosses blind. In FFXIV, I sit in front of the FC house and listen to people talk about glamour, crafting, and RP in between scant story content and PVP that's mostly PVE every ~3 months.