Face it, this game is in maintenance mode now, i.e. managed decline

[Stormpeaks]

SE: We'll continue XIV for 10 more years, we're working on the next expansion and graphics update!
People with zero brain cells: ded gaem lul

That's a very stupid take, any company making a new expansion doesnt make the game alive and well.

The game being on a constant high upward trend is literally a cope moment, it's stable at best or on a very slow decline, as I said nothing catastrophic at all but let's not pretend that the game is on an extreme upward trend