The Great FFXIV Exodus of 2024

[Reinha]

Video games aren't that serious if you need to be so dramatic as to announce your departure nobody cares - not to say there's not credence to why people quit.
But projecting your despair onto other people because the game just ain't hitting it for you is irrelevant and counter productive. It's giving up and demoralizing to other people - when it's not that serious.

Why is it ok to say things like

Just quit if you dont like the game...

but it's not ok to say

"I quit because I don't like the game"?

I don't get what the difference is. Clearly people do actually care who quits and who doesn't when they urge specific people to quit or say the only feedback that matters is voting with your wallet.

[Kohashi]

Why is it ok to say things like



but it's not ok to say

"I quit because I don't like the game"?

I don't get what the difference is. Clearly people do actually care who quits and who doesn't when they urge specific people to quit or say the only feedback that matters is voting with your wallet.

And now the burning question I have, did you renew your account just to post in the forums?

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

And now the burning question I have, did you renew your account just to post in the forums?

You have about 2-3 weeks or so period where you can still post something on forum since the last time you logged out from the game, doesn't matter if you have paid the sub or not (free login campaign also counts, hencewhy around the same time we tend to see old forummonger arise from their grave before leaving again later).

[Kohashi]

You have about 2-3 weeks or so period where you can still post something on forum since the last time you logged out from the game, doesn't matter if you have paid the sub or not (free login campaign also counts, hencewhy around the same time we tend to see old forummonger arise from their grave before leaving again later).

Hahah okay I will put a mark to remember and check later.

[EdwinChucklenuts]

Ahhh back from a nice break to check out this patch and I see the doomposters are still at it. I kind of wish there was an exodus just to be rid of all the people who are apparently so miserable with the game.

[Kohashi]

Ahhh back from a nice break to check out this patch and I see the doomposters are still at it. I kind of wish there was an exodus just to be rid of all the people who are apparently so miserable with the game.

IKR. On the upside, I am glad people have no real issues going on in their lives.

Be my guest. I'm happy that this thread and my posts provide some content for people because god knows the game itself doesn't, hahah.

Flattering yourself now, are you... I mean, might as well hehe

[Ephremjlm]

IKR. On the upside, I am glad people have no real issues going on in their lives.

What an absolutely lame take. Did you ever think for one second that this game might have been a retreat from the real issues in their lives and that's maybe why they are bummed and upset by the direction of the game? That's arguably why most people play games, unless you still live in your mom's basement and pay no bills and have no responsibilities so you just can't relate.

Like I guess have fun man. I know my sub runs out tomorrow and it has already started to seem quieter in game, in my discord, in my FC, and in the forums, so all the toxically positive people who will religiously give their money to SE can have the place all to themselves like they all say they want. But in two or three years when the mobile game is popping off and the main game starts to shift direction towards those players, I hope I don't see the same kind of post coming from you.

[Supersnow845]

Ahhh back from a nice break to check out this patch and I see the doomposters are still at it. I kind of wish there was an exodus just to be rid of all the people who are apparently so miserable with the game.

I mean genuinely when did you go on break

If you went on break between 7.0 and 7.1 after doing all of 7.0’s content I’m not sure why you are excited about a dungeon and 2 hours of story and some combat beat tribes that actively don’t have combat in them and 1 EX

If you took a break from longer ago then you are basically using 7.0’s content itself such as the MSQ to hide the patch’s problems

[Banriikku]

It's more like trolling and some people make a game to their personality. That means sucess or failure counts for them to their life and for that reason such people even defend the most bs the devs can come up with. Maybe he/she is part of the "i want to win an argument on the internet" crowd. What i read until now from "Edwin" indicates "trolling".

Back to topic:
The game looses players. It is loosing paying players, free to play players are increasing as far i can tell. But those do not stay long and do not bring cash. We will see. SE had one of the worst years for a long time. The earnings report 2025 will do the trick. If enough money burns investors will start rattling the cage to get a course correction.

[JRonnie]

My anecdotal observations are there are still plenty of people hanging out in Limsa posing in glams and rping, still quite a few hard core raiders doing their thing, bugger all people logging in outside of that though. Trying to get any sort of mid-core content done is like pulling teeth at the moment, including the new 24 man.