I don't want this to be a "doom-post" but I'm genuinely at a loss, and genuinely want to know where others stand..

Quick TLDR, I've posted another thread a bit ago with my gripes and dislikes with how SE has been handling XIV since DT's release, and honestly, I think we're hitting a major break point..

I've got friends who haven't logged in for months, almost a year at this point, who had logged in daily before. I myself have been taking breaks with other game titles just because I do not feel as if XIV has anything for me to do.

I know there IS plenty to "do", but when it's all the same stuff, a seemingly less interesting flatter feeling rendition of Eureka/Bozja, instead of it's own ecosystem.. OC feels very.. not genuine.. It feels like it was tossed together to give the community what they "wanted". The way the fates and CEs are handled makes it, far too fast paced feeling, while being the same 5 things repeatedly. FATEs inside die instantly. The 'jobs' inside adding clunky feeling additional things to weave into rotations we've already come to do on repeat..

Moving on from that, as I don't wish to truly shame OC, as it is just the first zone so far, and I'm practically on my knees begging it evolves well.

But, it's more and more evident, at least on my side of the world, that XIV is losing people's care, their passion, and their drive. People who, me included, would LIVE online to just support it, can't even bring themselves to get past what it has become.. And I'm genuinely becoming more concerned of more permanent damage, as far as the playbase goes.

Am I alone on feeling like this? Are me and my entire FC just wrong? Is there supposed to be a new vision that we just haven't grasped yet? Has it become harder to support for anyone else? My sub at this point is to preserve what I've built up, instead of fully letting it crumble, a house, a free company, friends (as rare as it is to see them online), etc.. Being told "just take a break-" but, finding it hard to return to something that hasn't gained anything aside from a repetitive retention attractions.. and finding it hard to actually take a full break because of the fear of losing my house, fc, friends who remain.. It's a horrible feeling..