The Great FFXIV Exodus of 2024

[Reinha]

I’ll not mince words because this should be clear to anyone who has been around for a while. Very recently an unprecedented amount of people have been talking about unsubscribing, or have already done so. I’m curious to know what you think about it. Does it represent the silent majority? Are your in game friends talking about taking a break or leaving entirely? Has your fc become more quiet? And most importantly, has Square Enix noticed?

I’ve also seen players express how they have not moved on yet but are considering it. Some have stated they are mainly still subscribed to keep their house but aren’t logging in anymore. A common sentiment right now is that people feel like there is no content left to do for them and/or they dislike the direction this game is heading.

I did a quick sweep of the threads I’ve been active in, and these quotes below are just from the past month. Seriously, has there ever been a month in the history of this game when so many people have simultaneously announced that they are done?

My own sub ends in January. It’ll be my first time in 5 years of letting it go.

I left the Discord and uninstalled the game, and now I'm waiting for my sub to lapse.

I think once my sub is up in december, Ill probably go back to xi fulltime till mh: wildlands releases in february.

Mao finally cancelled subscription

Can't say I'm surprised glad my sub is ending here soon.

I'm now in my retirement tour & plan on retiring from 14 when I finish DT story & 7.1

I no longer feel I am getting value for my monthly sub. After years of supporting the game (from ARR till now) it's clear SE doesn't want to invest in the game any more; and I'd rather not pay monthly just to have my money go towards more failed projects of theirs.

Unsubed.
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No friends. A Bad taste in my mouth. No 'enjoyable' BS free 'gameplay' for me.

Unsubbed. Issues as listed in previous threads.

I've unsubbed because square enix seems to have forgotten what this game is for.

Cancelled my legacy sub (yes, Legacy - true ride or die FF player here) because this patch held about 8 hours of engaging content

Update: i have destroyed my house and canceled my sub, bye.

I don't plan on renewing my sub until 7.2 after it runs out (idk maybe ill stick around for starlight).

I haven't paid for this game since June and it's been more than 2 weeks since I've used my free time so idk why I'm still allowed to post but I'll stay as long as I can to air out my grievances.

My sub expires this week and i won't be resubbing until at least the next tier, but idk if i want to raid anymore even.

As someone who unsubscribed after months of feedback, allow me to explain. People unsub when they hit their individual limit and give up.

i left my sub to run out in 2 days

i already unsubbed both my accounts

Quite honestly I'm going to cancel the sub again when the three months are done and me resubbing later will depend on if Yoshi P can get his shit back together with this game and stop being so out of touch.

I cancelled my subscription for this game after 1800 days being subscribed and I will not return till 8.0 hoping things changed to the better, see you in 2 years.

I unsubbed for the first time in more than 1000 days just after 7.05. There is nothing to do, my whole fc quit the game.

I'm out. Last two days. Haven't logged in since the 30th. I'm pretty much done for the foreseeable future.

After this new dungeon I'm done. Unsubscribed. don't care if my house gets auto demolished anymore.

My subscription ends in 7 days and I will not be renewing. There's a lot of reasons for it. I already swore on it once, but 7.1 was the final nail on the coffin.

Gonna hand over my FC house to a friend this weekend then hit the cancel button.

Editing to add these after the thread's creation.

Same here, sub ends in 4 days.

That's it...i am voting with my wallet

my subscription will not be renewing this December because I clearly was not, or ever was, this game's target audience.

My sub runs out at the end of the month then im done.

i've unsubed for the 1st time and i might comeback for 7.2 or before if square enix put the auto demo house timer back in europe (spain water issue)... but i might not comeback at all tbh

On and off but consistent player since ARR and I have canceled my sub for the foreseeable future.

I kept my subscription running with minimal playtime up until Dawntrail's release, because I had faith that something at least enjoyable would be offered, but after keeping it open for one more month to wait for the first patch and realizing I don't want to be a part of this story anymore, I'm calling it here.

My sub runs out in a few days

I un-subbed because I'm tired of seeing the same mechanics, PF being so dead, awful fight designs, and im just bored when I log on.

My six month sub is finally up in 10 days. I'll be unsubbing for at least a month.

none of this will really matter once my sub is up.

Unsubbed yesterday after being on a sub spree for around 3 years, with very high chances of not coming back.

My sub will run out at the end of January and I don't know if I come back for the next expansion.

Turned my account off today.

I am at the point where I am ready to end my sub until a month before 8.0 and blast through the 7.X content then.
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However, unless 8.0 looks really compelling, I may not come back at all.