We're in the most active time in Shadowbringer's expansion post launch.

[Metalwrath]

Looking forward to what direction they'll go with in the 5.55 relic patch; will they keep the 5.45 relic formula which I and others believe have given the game a boost or will they go back to the relics you can complete in 1 day? We will see, but I think it would benefit them to keep adding long grind relic steps going forth and into Endwalker earlier than patch than the .3 patch.

Honestly so far im really disappointed they havent incorpterated Shadowbringers fates into the relic steps.Maybe we will see this in 5.5.
It seems like a complete waste not to ecnourage the use of them considering the shared fate currency system and rewards.It would also help newer players get to level 80 on alt jobs instead of just spamming roulettes.Furthermore i think they need to have more interaction with the shared fate system in general to get a better feedback of what rewards people cared about and what to scrap in the future shared fates for 6.0

[TroySoFab]

And we are still active. More active than before. Hurray for activity! Hurray for FF14!

[Amnmaat]

And we are still active. More active than before. Hurray for activity! Hurray for FF14!

Heh, I was right. Good relic leads to high activity. You can't deny it SE.
As much as I loved Stormblood it was hemorrhaging players between patches because of how calamitous Eureka was.
All we can hope is that they have learned, hopefully this time we get the relic step in 5.2 so that the game stays active after the initial launch.