Normally I agree with OP and Theo, as controversial as that may sound, buuut I feel like this one's a bit of a stretch.

Now don't get me wrong. Island Sanctuary is shit. It's boring, unrewarding, not much more than a time sink for little if any gains, and shows that SE can do instanced housing but simply refuses to. It probably would improve if Yoshi decided to actually go and play it on his own time, but I also want to say that it's not shit because he doesn't play it. It's just a heavily flawed piece of content. It's one of 14's attempts to cash in on people that want a different genre of game but suffer from brand loyalty.

Where's the hemorrhaging players part coming from anyways? I'm all for that as it would hopefully spook them into making changes the game desperately needs (as well as satisfy my spitefulness), but sadly this is the only other popular mmo on the market that isn't straight up bad like BDO so I can't see it happening. At least outside of the often spike and wane.

The game has problems. Far too many to list here. This isn't as pressing as some of the other ones especially since Island Sanctuary is, well, island content. Has little effect on the game as a whole and just exists in its own realm. That said, I can only hope this gets the touching up it deserves.