For a lot of players, the part on the beginning of the MMO where you're progressing quickly is the best part, and reaching the part of the game where progression starts to slow down is exactly the point where you start looking for something new.
I've had a lot of praise for FF14, but I'm currently at endgame and haven't touched it for over a month because grinding the same four fights over and over for the next three months is a lot less interesting than literally anything else I could be playing.
For a lot of players, the part on the beginning of the MMO where you're progressing quickly is the best part, and reaching the part of the game where progression starts to slow down is exactly the point where you start looking for something new.
I've had a lot of praise for FF14, but I'm currently at endgame and haven't touched it for over a month because grinding the same four fights over and over for the next three months is a lot less interesting than literally anything else I could be playing.