What would make you quit FF14?

[Reinha]

If the game went F2P or introduced a paid feature which is mandatory for me to enjoy the game.

If flying or swimming was discontinued. I already left WoW partially for this reason, so don't think I can't do it again.

Being forced to PvP to progress in PvE.

A noticeable drop in quality or quantity of free in game cosmetic stuff.

Overuse of RNG as a method to increase content longevity. All Greed is an example of this because they could have implemented generic Leg/Gloves/Boots/Chest tokens instead if the goal was to improve people's ability to gear alts.

If they make the game too heavy for my potato PC. A game this old is not worth what upgrading would cost.

Gamer unfriendly decisions like deleting old content (like WoW's legendary quest) or making our options more limited for no apparent reason.

[Vhailor]

If SE keeps doing what they're doing, my time will come. The only reason I haven't yet is because it's a mindless activity to share with my girlfriend; when her interest wanes, I'm out for good unless SE has course-corrected, demonstrated that 'server limitations' are a thing of the past, and determined that standard content isn't going to cater to the lowest common denominator.

[DamianFatale]

- No new race in 5.0

- No new healer in 5.0

- Astrologian gets butchered. I worked so hard on my relic steps for 3.0, and I’m doing the same in 4.0. I swear if it gets ruined someday, I will be so soar.

[Pomelo]

I'm constantly teetering at the edge to be honest, I often take lengthy breaks and play some other stuff. FFXIV does not keep my attention for very long at all anymore.

[XiXiQ]

waiting. and waiting, and waiting. Log in, queue for expert roulette, 30 mins later no pop, log out. Impossible to get into diadem. Getting tired of it.

[Voross]

Any other new/better MMO to be honest. The only reason I'm still playing this game is because I've played 10+ years of WoW and there simply isn't anything better on the market right now. So as soon as we get a new one that looks promising I'm gone and I'll never look back to this...atrocity.

-Terrible/outdated UI, barely any customization
-stale game design
-slow combat
-forums that look like they were made in 2001
-terrible ingame and website support
-too much blatant cash grabbing (mogstation, extra retainers for money instead of expansion via ingame currency, freemium garbage, etc.)

The only good points this game has imho are the storytelling and the somewhat decent housing(if you're able to get a house that is).

[Mayku]

If it become pay to win, if the game becomes too easy (a bit of challenge, I don't want brainless content), if the mog station has all the nice glamours for an extra sub fee every week...

[KisaiTenshi]

-forums that look like they were made in 2001

No, no. vBulletin 4.1.3 was released in 2011. They remain the same ever since.

Really, the reason anyone is playing FFXIV is that it's the only Asian MMO to not adopt the shakedown-to-progress gachapon model. All these new MMORPG's last, at most 3 months and then their North American publishers throw in the towel and let them rot. Here's a summary from a youtuber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV48C6yzfFY

If FFXIV moves anymore towards the F2P P2W model, I'm done. MMORPG's are a lost cause, and you kids these days have no idea that while the "cosmetic cash shop" has been around for like 20 years, the various gachapon models the asian developers keep finding new ways of "it's not gambling" excuse it. Yet where is the actual gameplay? You can't tell me that players login to the game just to pay to play these awful gachapon RNG games in a contest to see who can out spend the other idiots.

[Jandor]

When they push the "optional" extras too far, if my friends stop playing, or if a better MMO comes out.

Despite all the little things I dislike, FFXIV remains a pretty good game.

[Tinibou]

I periodically quit FFXIV haha most of the time it did not have content to make me stick with it so I play other games waiting for a patch and a week or two of play in Eorzea and I'm done.