The slow decline of FFXIV, a summary.

[AvoSturmfaust]

I can understand people arent happy atm but can we at some point stop doom posting? people are dooming in every expansion and still playing this game, without question the forum people are mostly about talking big without actually real consequences so just let it be at this point, it will not happen that square is changing something and before people now start with "look final is in decline the playerbase is dropping" pls inform your ass, in every expansion since Stormblood the playerbased dropped in between x.0 and x.2 thats how it nearly always was. so just let it be

[ZephyrMenodora]

I can understand people arent happy atm but can we at some point stop doom posting? people are dooming in every expansion and still playing this game, without question the forum people are mostly about talking big without actually real consequences so just let it be at this point, it will not happen that square is changing something and before people now start with "look final is in decline the playerbase is dropping" pls inform your ass, in every expansion since Stormblood the playerbased dropped in between x.0 and x.2 thats how it nearly always was. so just let it be

Sure some people on these forums have been dooming for 6+ years now complaining about anything and everything, and yet are still here. But it is true that the playerbase is shrinking, the writing quality has dropped, and we are back to Shadowbringers sub numbers. What is sad is that XIV pretty regularly grew up through Endwalker, and now it's trending downward. So it's not quite business as usual, there are clear issues that need correction.

Being melodramatic is not my thing and I think some posters here just complain as a bizarre hobby, but I am concerned myself.

[AvoSturmfaust]

Sure some people on these forums have been dooming for 6+ years now complaining about anything and everything, and yet are still here. But it is true that the playerbase is shrinking, the writing quality has dropped, and we are back to Shadowbringers sub numbers. What is sad is that XIV pretty regularly grew up through Endwalker, and now it's trending downward. So it's not quite business as usual, there are clear issues that need correction.

Being melodramatic is not my thing and I think some posters here just complain as a bizarre hobby, but I am concerned myself.

Why did it grew through endwalker ? ask you WHY not because of the great content, because the content is like always, the playerbase grew because of covid and the wow refugees, the covid time is gone, a lot of wow refugees are back to wow so the playerbase ofc sinks again, then like i said earlier between expansion release and x.2 there was always such a big drop

[ZephyrMenodora]

Why did it grew through endwalker ? ask you WHY not because of the great content, because the content is like always, the playerbase grew because of covid and the wow refugees, the covid time is gone, a lot of wow refugees are back to wow so the playerbase ofc sinks again, then like i said earlier between expansion release and x.2 there was always such a big drop

And it grew through Shadowbringers too, before covid, based on an increase in writing quality and acclaim not just from critics but general players. You can't say the entire trend was only due to Covid.

[AvoSturmfaust]

And it grew through Shadowbringers too, before covid, based on an increase in writing quality and acclaim not just from critics but general players. You can't say the entire trend was only due to Covid.

Nah im not saying its only through covid and wow refugees but its the major aspect, i mean ofc is the writing atm actually really bad but do you really thing it will change something to complain here from early to midnight? Sorry but yoshi p and square enix will go with the direction they go and people will still play the game, square could literally sell shit on a spoon and people here would open the mouth and take it with pleasure, thats how the ffxiv community is, i mean if people are happy to doom or complain just go ahead have fun, but let me tell you one thing IT WONT CHANGE ANYTHING it never will and never has