i think the reason why ffxiv got such a huge tide of new players from shb wasn't just wow starting to seriously crumble, but also because they started slowly improving the beginning of the game
Keimgeim always felt some kind of way about killing him, as a fellow Sea Wolf and as somebody who just wanted to do right by the people and places she loved
aurum vale still standsahcape westwind was also memorable for old arr players
"oh this is better, but it's not THAT much of a change"