Are the 70% of the playerbase that quit even coming back for DAWNTRAIL?

[AnimalsALot]

Eh some of these factors are not necessarily down the state of this game, but the state of other games at the time. E.g., the player count just prior to EW had a lot to do with the WoW exodus, and some of the streamers from that side that it attracted, just as much as what it did with the actual state of this game. I would argue a large drop in the numbers was also partially down to this.

I am not saying it is the only reason. But it is a pretty big reason.

Of course the WoW exodus was the principal factor, if not the only major factor.

But is that really the low standards that FF14 players now have for the game? Is it a source of pride for Square Enix to have not been able to capture the vast majority of those WoWfugees? To just let them slip away? Is it a good thing to be handed a golden goose laying golden eggs only for the goose to be so dissatisfied that it ran away in the night?