MSQ Needs Further Condensing

[FoxyAreku]

The fact is this game is an MMORPG, with a large focus on end-game content, that being trials, raids, gearing, ect.

I could not disagree more with this. There's barely anything to do at endgame even as a savage raider, and gear is pretty much entirely a pointless endeavor past just being at the minimum for duty finder, if someone is trying to rush to endgame and 'catch up' they're doing it wrong. The story is 80% of the game and the main focus, if square cared about the endgame we'd have more than a whopping 4 fights every 6 months.

They could stand to condense the post-story of ARR a bit more but that's the only thing I can see happening.

How do you guys think people are playing other mmos with optional story? That are all doing better than XIV player base wise?

The only MMO that has a bigger playerbase than FFXIV (and isn't free to play) is WoW, and even they have their story being mandatory now.