4. Story
I think many can agree with me that the biggest draw in of FF14 is the story having peaked with Shadowbringer und most peoples opinion and had an worthy climax in the Endwalker finally. And the along comes Dawntrail with expectation higher then ever and and many player disappointed in what was delivert and spiteful of Wuk Lamat a character many see as annoying and immature which the story bends around to please.
I recent years we had many franchises in similar positions and everyone decide to stick with it and go one...
I say as it is no matter how much you seek and may even manage to improve the story... noting will change the fakt that it is build on a rotten foundation and everyone who will from now one play your game has to go through the rot to get again to the good part.
Do what no one else dares to do and take out the rot. Unmake Dawntrail take what worked of the story and build on it but take out the things that killed the players enjoyment. Stop relegating Krile to B plot. Humble Wuk Lamat so she can grow as a character or cut her out entirely. But change Dawntrail for the better... or you will have once again a point were many players will simply drop out.

I know... the Devs will never read this... Many other will take 1 look at this and either laugh or simply belittle me... so let me say it in advance... I know nothing of this will ever happen... I know that the devs have made there minds up a LONG ASS TIME AGO and that nothing will change.
This... is simply my moment... to scream into the void... trying to be heard... hoping that even for a moment people my start considering what could be and not just swallow what it has become.
As much as I love this game we have reached the point were the only way I can help the game... is by walking away from it.

I thank everyone who took the time out of there day to read my crashout... I may log in once ore twice on a weekend to help a friend finish of Bozja and then maybe Eureka if they feel like it... but as it stand... this is a Goodbye... and I feel it may be forever because this game will not change... it will get dumbed down 8.0 will merge every Class into 1 and only give the Cosmetic animation packs to differentiate them...

for all that matters... Endwalker was precisely that... THE END.