I recently resubbed to FFXI due to the content drought. Savage and Ultimate do nothing for me, and the MSQ can be done in a single day. PvP was okay while it lasted, but there's little incentive to do it after reaching Crystal and completing your Series (Battle pass).

Too bad most of the stuff I'm interested in has been relegated to just questing (Relics obtained through Hildibrand), or they are going to arrive at 6.25 at some point in September-October.

I used to treat the relics as my version of "endgame", in lieu of not doing Savage or Ultimates, but even that has lost its staying power. Now I just log in to do my beast tribes, and that's it. Sometimes I delve in Bozja to get the last remaining mettle buffs I need.

I understand people's desire to defend the game. I get it. I'm a huge fan of this game too and consider it my main MMO. I've just had less and less things to look forward to over time. Glad the current system is working out for some people though.