RP goes into lulls just like anything else. People can tire out on it. Or perhaps they get burned out from the common "BUT WAIT IT GETS WORSE" spiral that a decent amount of "bad things happening to my character for development" plots do. Just like doing content, it comes in waves of interest. When then interest goes elsewhere, people don't log in, and then it gets more noticeable.
I'd consider FFXIV to be one of those games that appeals to MMO hoppers. As in, people who jump from MMO to MMO playing a bunch of them. Like how we see a population decrease when WoW gets a patch. Or when the next Blade & Soul or Black Desert Online comes out.
I'd consider FFXIV to be one of those games that appeals to MMO hoppers. As in, people who jump from MMO to MMO playing a bunch of them. Like how we see a population decrease when WoW gets a patch. Or when the next Blade & Soul or Black Desert Online comes out.
