I may agree in that the team might underestimate us, our capabilities, and our interests. How they changed the classes (while also doing a double whammy on healers by not giving us a new healer and homogenising them, all while giving us the same excuses as last time) was not good.


However, the story was taken in a new direction. The story itself has had tremendous growth. To start, our characters were just goody-two-shoes who could not say no. S/He had to fight constantly. And, as a player, I was burnt out. ARR was total crap. HW was very good, but I was burnt out by the end of that one, too. SB had potential but it was thrown to the wind and not directed very well (imo). Shadowbringers has been, by far, the most enjoyable and potentially FF-like story thus far. It's just a shame that everything else (minus the music) either had corners cut or were sabotaged.


But yeah. It's up to you if you go elsewhere. I remember trying out other MMOs a while back, and even at FF's worst: most MMOs I tried paled in comparison by far. They may have done certain things better, but their pros didn't outweigh FF's cons. That's just my experience, though. You might find your niche elsewhere.