Quitting ffxiv for good

[Carin-Eri]

Is it incorrect, though? A lot of people dramatically talk about quitting and then come back later.

Agreed.

Speaking from experience, those who genuinely quit a game tend to do so without any noise or fanfare at all.

I quit the so-called F2P MMO I'd played for over ten years back in 2021 for various reasons, the primary reason being the studio sacrificing new content (only two new episodes, worth about 45 minutes of play time, a year last time I checked) in favour of gamble boxes. There were other reasons too, but I digress.

In my case I silently quit that MMO as realised that, in that game's case, complaining about their sleazy marketing tactics and the poor quality of the game on it's forum/social media didn't matter - because if you do that, but give them your money anyway, you are communicating exactly what you are willing to accept in the primary language they understand/care about.
And yes, I'd have to concede that for some the same might apply to FFXIV.