Quote Originally Posted by hynaku View Post
I can sure tell the population is really down and maybe lowest have ever seen it since 1.0. When using would world travel or datacenter travel most worlds novice network was completely full and couldn't join. Now no matter which world go to I can always join it now.
Umm...hate to break it to you, but the current population even in its "trough" is still several times over what it was in the ARR-SB days.

Looking back at 2024, do you feel like we got 12x13$ + 40$ for DT expansion price worth of content?
Depends on how much you do and how quickly you do it. For me? I always had plenty to do the entire year, and certainly felt I got my money's worth. Of course, I go at a rather slow pace. Then again, if I completed things quickly and truly had nothing to do...why would I stay subbed? The game only costs the price you listed if you subbed the entire year.

Take something like Netflix...when I've got a backlog of things to watch, I definitely feel I get my money's worth. If I finish my list and nothing new catches my eye...I just stop my subscription for a bit and come back when something new gets released that I want to see. You can do the same thing with a sub-based MMO like FFXIV. If you play through everything quickly, you really only need a 1-month sub, maybe 2 months at the most. At that price, the 60+ hours of new content in DT's initial release alone seems very much worth it. It's only if you continue paying month after month with nothing to do that it seems pointless...which is no different than maintaining a Netflix/Hulu/Max/etc. sub without watching anything.