Quote Originally Posted by Basteala View Post
Looking at the second chart with SHB and DT, it seems like--if I'm reading it right--FF14 has fallen back to pre WoW migration numbers. Only I imagine you have some refugees still here, and some of the old guard that dislikes the changes brought out by those refugees, hardcore raiders, etc, have jumped ship--but you also have a lot of refugees going back to WoW since the game's gotten good so all is forgiven with the scandal /s.

That's my read on it, at least. Similar to how WoW was at a low point during FF14's high point in SHB.
My sub here runs for a bit longer but I find several non-high end things to be much more painful than I like.

The 2 main ones are:

- The inventory management hassle. Needing so many retainers to juggle what is where gets to be a real pain when leveling professions as I level my main.
- The forced nature of the main thread. I have very little choice of what I do there if I want to keep making progress.

It is a different playstyle than WoW (or ESO which I played prior to this) and it lacks some of what I want as an intense casual.