Ok let's say it was all because of that. XIV failed to engage those players AND Asmon who gave valid criticisms of the game, plus quit during a really boring MSQ (STB).
Post DT also lost another 600k or more. So how long are we going to blame everyone except this dev team for player loss?
It is as I said. The trend only has to continue one more time, and the game is back where it began, with its perfect jobs and two minute meta, and Player population will be near HW levels.