You want people to return - please add housing and

[Ueki_Kosuke]

Tbh Housing problem is the least reason that the player base is dropping or stopping people from coming back. Like someone mention on previous comment. Its the lack of content that's hurting the game...Sure every patch they will add in new raids/dungeon/msq. But its just feel repeatly and they're just a revamp of the older content. Everyday i login just to do my daily roulettes then afk or go to sleep. I just hope when the ps3 support is gone,the game itself will improve overtime compare to now...

[Eldevern]

Unfortunatly, the main problem sounds rather to be the routine. Daily roulettes, weekly tokens (if need/want) and as soon as you are capped... nothing else to do. The hunt, the Diadem or so? Boring and nothing that looks like a real free open world. We miss fun and surprises. Now, it would be a lie if I would start do pretend it is not similar or worst in others MMO's.
People are ready (if using a high end gaming PC, but is it yet enough? XD) for real time generated open world in which all actions have a real impact but technology isn't. The middle step would be to add interactions in real life (with mobile and enhanced reality) but... people will not have time for work anymore

[caelumsixsmith]

Another plus would be allowing people that buy an expansion to actually play it after finishing ARR. The 100 MSQ interregnum between ARR and HW is mandatory now and that annoys a lot of people that want to actually get to the new zones/jobs. IMO let people play HW after finishing ARR and play the new one after HW - the interregnum quests are good to keep us busy while waiting but you will sell many more expansions if people can actually jump in and play them.

I was liking FFXIV quite a lot until I realized how many MSQ there were until HW and how damn boring they all are. I had to take a break from it even though I had subscribed for an extra two months, and now I only have a month left... I bet it wouldn't even have to be 100-200 quests, cuz most of those add absolutely nothing to the story. I got to a point where I just skip every dialogue and cutscene, and I'm not even halfway through.