FF14 player count reached the lowest point in 4 years. We lost 75% of the playerbase.

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They were new to the role, but they were hardly new to writing in XIV. The lead had been doing side stories since 3.0, worked on MSQ patches in SB, and was Matsuno's right hand for all the Ivalice content.

Here's the thing though. Ivalice sucked, SB has the same story issues that DT has and 6.1-6.5 patches were a trainwreck.