9/15 LuckyBancho Census (with UwU numbers)

[alimdia]

All links to Reddit since formatting here sucks

Main thread https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...s_uwu_numbers/

Historical data of all census https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...mbers/e61d0ww/

Population per server https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...mbers/e61h8ei/

[Magic-Mal]

TL;DR Stats:
-Besides 2 servers(1 in NA, 1 in EU), NA/EU still don't know how to beat raids
-Population is increasing steadily since 4.1
-During 4.35, 50,000 players unsubbed thinking the WoW expansion would actually be good but it wasn't so they're all back now already.
-Balmung is almost at 18,000, get the padlocks again
-Jenova has more people than Gilgamesh
-Mateus is 2nd in line behind Balmung, put it on watchlist

[Rokke]

-Balmung is almost at 18,000, get the padlocks again

We are fully locked. The population grows when players return to the game, not from players creating/transferring characters ^^;

[Magic-Mal]

We are fully locked. The population grows when players return to the game, not from players creating/transferring characters ^^;

:0 I thought it was still unlocked

[Ramesses]

All links to Reddit since formatting here sucks

Main thread https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...s_uwu_numbers/

Historical data of all census https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...mbers/e61d0ww/

Population per server https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...mbers/e61h8ei/

Interesting data...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

:0 I thought it was still unlocked

It was only unlocked for 2-3 weeks. It's been locked again for like, over a year again lol.

[Magic-Mal]

It was only unlocked for 2-3 weeks. It's been locked again for like, over a year again lol.

Must've been unsubbed when it got locked...

[Liam_Harper]

-During 4.35, 50,000 players unsubbed thinking the WoW expansion would actually be good but it wasn't so they're all back now already.

I don't mind admitting I was one of these. Pagos still sucks, but jeez BFA was a tremendous flop.

If they fix up Pagos and this patch and Pyros goes well the tables could well indeed turn.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

-Besides 2 servers(1 in NA, 1 in EU), NA/EU still don't know how to beat raids

I'll quote myself from the reddit post.

"JP puts a higher priority on clearing even if it involves carrying bad players through. NA/EU are more concerned with FFlogs and are more likely to disband or leave if people perform poorly. For example, JP 2nd Forsaken strat is to have the two melee disengage completely and stack their puddles south, then fan out along the edge of the range puddle drops.

You'll never convince a NA/EU group to do that because uptime.

Another major factor is how JP typically views content. A lot of people there feel they should do it because it's available. It's one of the reasons we keep getting new leveling type content lately. A big complaint from JP is they have nothing left to level. Meanwhile, NA/EU won't touch things they don't care about.

Of course, this all applies to average parties. Plenty of JP players still push uptime and whatnot."

It isn't that NA/EU don't know how to beat raids or JP has an abundance of superior players. They simply approach it differently. Japanese culture is heavily group influenced. Someone lagging behind is the responsibility of the group as a whole. NA/EU, by contrast, is individualistic. If you make a mistake, you're impeding the group and continuous mistakes may lead to a replacement or disband. Many JP players have posted on reddit citing the number of players with Savage clears have no business getting said clears if based purely on skill.

[Darrcyphfeid]

Haven't been able to glean much from LuckyBancho all year, in terms of active playerbase size. Free login campaigns keep interfering to a completely unknown extent.

27 January 2018 - 606,000 (4.2)

11 March 2018 - 536,000 (4.25)
19 May 2018 - 622,000 (4.3)

15 July 2018 - 577,000 (4.35)
15 September 2018 - 627,000 (4.4)