Keep telling yourself you'll quit if this game doesnt get better

[Ardeth]

Dog this isn't the 500 IQ take you think it is. This is the exact same nonsense people were saying in WoW. And guess what. People left WoW. That's why it has 4 different versions of the game running at the moment to keep players hooked.

And in before sexual harassment lawsuit take. WoW was hemorrhaging players long before this happened.

Also, to add a large and I mean large chunk of that playerbase didn't follow that news and didn't believe it happened. Free Hong Kong and the breastmilk situation went over all my old Wow friend's heads. Either blissfully ignorant or willingly, they all chugged on. When everyone left, they noticed, but the game had to fall off a cliff first.

[Avoidy]

But you won't

LOL

I mean, anyone capable of posting here pretty much has to be subbed. If you log out for 14 days, your forum account won't let you sign in anymore. 99% of the people you are talking to can only reply back because they are subbed. This forum guarantees that you are incapable of talking to someone who quit.
I absolutely unsubbed though. This game was offering me nothing that I enjoyed gameplay-wise, so I quit. The only reason I can even post this is because I logged on yesterday through the free login period.

[Clockworks]

I mean, anyone capable of posting here pretty much has to be subbed. If you log out for 14 days, your forum account won't let you sign in anymore. 99% of the people you are talking to can only reply back because they are subbed. This forum guarantees that you are incapable of talking to someone who quit.
I absolutely unsubbed though. This game was offering me nothing that I enjoyed gameplay-wise, so I quit. The only reason I can even post this is because I logged on yesterday through the free login period.

You still add to the population numbers by the way by using the free login period. So you are giving them the boost they need to pretend that the game is doing okay.

[Avoidy]

You still add to the population numbers by the way by using the free login period. So you are giving them the boost they need to pretend that the game is doing okay.

I have looooooooong since given up on SE being moved enough to do anything to fix their issues. It's part of why I finally just left. At this point, as long as they're not getting my money that's all I care about.

[Drayvexx]

You are wrong though. Yes there are reasons to keep subs. Its mostly FOMO for events and PvP pass, and so they don't lose housing. Without those reasons, people will easily cancel sub and wait till next expansion or even longer. I log on to do Frontline, and step into FC house every day. Its a daily chore for me. I wouldn't even do that, but I am the FC leader and my one sub lets everyone else drop theirs while we play other shit.

[TaleraRistain]

While there probably is a measure of sunken cost fallacy in some cases, I think you're also underestimating the power of hope. Someone loved something about the game before. They desperately want it back. So they keep waiting and hoping. It's a powerful emotion.

I'm not at that point with XIV but I can empathize because for me it's the Assassin's Creed series. I just can't seem to completely let it go, even when I know I probably should. I just keep hoping to see the things I miss come back. So I completely get it for anyone who is like that with XIV.

[Kazuke_Miso]

You are wrong though. Yes there are reasons to keep subs. Its mostly FOMO for events and PvP pass, and so they don't lose housing. Without those reasons, people will easily cancel sub and wait till next expansion or even longer. I log on to do Frontline, and step into FC house every day. Its a daily chore for me. I wouldn't even do that, but I am the FC leader and my one sub lets everyone else drop theirs while we play other shit.

Aka you fell for the traps that SE deliberately engineered into the game

[yesnt]

Unsubbed, there you go.
Valention Event not even bare minimum.
Hilda hair a mockery to the situation.

Looking forward to the LL update in 15h.
Preparing for disappointment.

[Zarkovitch]

You fool, when you know content and accept it and enjoy you never quit . HAHAHAHAHAAHA

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I'll probably let my sub lapse every now and then, but I doubt I'll quit for good, I generally enjoy the content the game has to offer and I enjoy a few rounds of Frontlines during the week.

I don't expect the game to change course all that much, but I enjoy the game for what it is than what it isn't.