227 people....

Weeew Kashuan!

But seriously I can't wait for server merging.. actually I can't wait for language servers ~

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Originally Posted by Mikita

Hi Altera. ^^

I think it really depends on what time you check. Saronia seems to be right in the middle in terms of server population... of course, it is most active during the 9pm - 1am Japan time window.

I suppose the English speaking population has dropped off significantly, which was compounded by the breakup of some of the larger English-speaking Linkshells over the past couple of months.

It will be very interesting to see what the server population is like tonight, after the billing system starts.

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Good to see other people from Saronia in here.

I had the impression that the numbers on our server were lower. I do think it's mainly because we have a bigger JP than US population; I party with JP players on occasion myself (for small things like Behests and whatnot). I actually think the numbers get active at 6 PM their time (~11 PM Hawaiian Standard Time for me), but I can only physically stay up until around 8 PM their time to see the peak population. The JP peak population seems to be bigger than the Western peak population for sure.

I also wonder how much of a population hit they're going to take versus the West. I remember an informal poll we did looked at losing maybe half our population when billing hits in the West. I wonder if the JP are more tolerant of the issues this game has compared to us.

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Originally Posted by Bahn

Good to see other people from Saronia in here.

I had the impression that the numbers on our server were lower. I do think it's mainly because we have a bigger JP than US population; I party with JP players on occasion myself (for small things like Behests and whatnot). I actually think the numbers get active at 6 PM their time (~11 PM Hawaiian Standard Time for me), but I can only physically stay up until around 8 PM their time to see the peak population. The JP peak population seems to be bigger than the Western peak population for sure.

I also wonder how much of a population hit they're going to take versus the West. I remember an informal poll we did looked at losing maybe half our population when billing hits in the West. I wonder if the JP are more tolerant of the issues this game has compared to us.

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Hi there. ^^

It does seem to me that the English-speaking population on Saronia has dropped off significantly over the past couple of months.

There is still a very strong Japanese player population, and you're right -- they do start to log in around 6pm Japan time, but it doesn't really hit its peak until about 10pm.

I am a bit anxious about logging in tonight.
Most of my closest friends will be continuing, but I'm sure there are other Japanese players who will not.

In general I think Japanese players are a bit more tolerant of FFXIV because it is a domestic game that does cater to Japanese tastes. And even if they are dissatisfied, many Japanese people tend to remain quietly so, rather than posting it openly (unless you have a very anonymous system like 2-chan).

I think that player demographics, play styles, and expectations are also very different.

I guess we'll see the real impact soon enough.

I know the devs and Yoshi-p talked about server merging, but did they say anything about the threshold?

I mean what the low number they wanna see before starting the merge?

I see alot of servers around 200-300 wich is pretty low, even if u combine 3 server that will still give u less than 1K players wich is considered moderate pop in a regular MMO.

FFXI usually has around 2k-3k people per server during peak times. Probably would be nice to have somewhere around there.

Which is a lot nicer then FFXIV with getting groups. In FFXI you can seek and get a group within mins or show up at a exp camp in abyssea and someone will probably invite you.

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Originally Posted by Kairyu

wow there is 227 people logged onto bodum server right now. I cant see paying to play a game with this little people that play it. What a joke

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Well that's why they're fixing it then isn't it?


...isn't it?

213 on Wutai as of this moment!

313 on saronia at this time

156 on karnak

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Originally Posted by Shenten

You use the search function.

486 folks on selbina a couple hours ago, which felt low compared to the usual population actually. I can't imagine how empty the other servers feel with lower population.

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My Search function give result of max 200/200 How do u know population higher than that?

if u read the thread you would already now how to get higher numbers, or if u just use ur head.... separate searches by level and then add them up. i know thats really complicated and i have no idea what genius thought of it but we should all thank him for THINKING

Wow so. Selbina is the highest populated server?

I thought it was a close tie between lindblum and besaid.

I was wrong >.>

Anyone on Lindblum? I gotta go to work in a minute so I can't check till later today.

Sadly I'm stuck at work so I can't say how many are online on Besaid right now though it always appeared there was a healthy amount of players on at most hours of the day.

700+ on Lindblum atm ^^

627 on Mysidia 30min ago. o.o

It's actually quite nice to read that there are still lots of players playing. I hope they can maintain (or raise) these numbers in the next month and for the rest of the year.

This is part of the JP prime time. This is when you should expect your highest numbers.

450 online yesterdy night, and 400 one hour ago on Rabanastre

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Originally Posted by TonyMontana

This is part of the JP prime time. This is when you should expect your highest numbers.

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So tonight, when most english speaking players usually log...that would be when we can see the real diference between who stayed and who left?

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Originally Posted by Fanzeron

So tonight, when most english speaking players usually log...that would be when we can see the real diference between who stayed and who left?

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Not sure man.

Come on server merge! Markets are dead and I've got gil to spend! :D

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

this one is from yesterday JP 1/5 - US 1/4
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01.　23:03 1217 ▼(1246) Selbina　　△=+from previous　▼=-from prevous
02.　22:38 1040 △(1013) Gysahl 　()previous day
03.　23:00 959 ▼(985) Cornelia
04.　23:01 876 △(817) Figaro
05.　22:53 785 △(752) Mysidia
06.　22:48 703 △(686) Lindblum
07.　22:50 674 △(608) Trabia
08.　22:47 647 ▼(651) Kashuan
09.　22:48 623 △(608) Saronia
10.　22:58 616 ▼(639) Besaid
11.　22:33 592 ▼(631) Fabul
12.　23:01 567 ▼(581) Istory
13.　22:40 567 △(533) Palamecia
14.　20:40 501 ▼(513) Melmond
15.　22:28 500 ▼(514) Rabanastre
16.　22:45 417 ▼(437) Karnak
17.　22:44 406 △(404) Bodhum
18.　22:58 365 ▼(395) Wutai

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2012/1/6 23:00 JST prime time

<Time> <Current number> △/▼ (Previous number) <Server>

23:02 1088 ▼(1217) Selbina
22:29 973 ▼(1040) Gysahl
23:05 880 ▼(959) Cornelia
23:10 795 ▼(876) Figaro
23:00 684 ▼(785) Mysidia
20:38 490 ▼(703) Lindblum
22:07 492 ▼(674) Trabia
23:01 556 ▼(647) Kashuan
22:00 534 ▼(623) Saronia
23:00 551 ▼(616) Besaid
23:16 558 ▼(592) Fabul
22:50 516 ▼(567) Istory
22:53 448 ▼(567) Palamecia
22:52 466 ▼(501) Melmond
23:05 439 ▼(500) Rabanastre
22:35 369 ▼(417) Karnak
23:29 361 ▼(406) Bodhum
23:05 344 ▼(365) Wutai
Total: 10,544▼(12,055)

Fabul currently 539. Not joking.

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Originally Posted by Eyn

Total: 10,544▼(12,055)

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"It's over, FFXIV is finished!" How ever will we survive this staggering 13% decline?! </sarcasm>

4.17 PM today GMT Total online on Saronia is 529.

Seems majority of players on this server has gone P2P ^^

I'm paying to play, I'm just not playing. So that explains -1 player on Bodhum.

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Originally Posted by Raikki

Fabul currently 539. Not joking.



"It's over, FFXIV is finished!" How ever will we survive this staggering 13% decline?! </sarcasm>

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Nice so there might still be 30-40k people playing thats HUGE in the MMO world!

Now since all other regions than Japan the payment starts today so we have to see todays (Japan 1/7) totals to see how much it changed.

304 on at Palamecia, and this is a transition period. US people at work, while JPN are heading to bed.

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Originally Posted by TonyMontana

Nice so there might still be 30-40k people playing thats HUGE in the MMO world!

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...was that serious?

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Originally Posted by Zanfire

...was that serious?

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Heck yeah was serious 30,000-40,000 is only three zeros away from being 3 times the population of WOW...THREE TIME!!!

And here I thought Wutai was pretty populated...

I am failing as a entertainer D:

Yeah cause every MMO needs to have same population as WoW right? Along with its utterly unpleasent community. Tony. Go to wow and have fun there, you obviously dont like XIV so why bother posting here?

I left WoW, and i do not post on Blizzards forums anymore or any other WOW related forums for that matter. Im over that game, why cant you do the same?

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Yeah cause every MMO needs to have same population as WoW right? Along with its utterly unpleasent community. Tony. Go to wow and have fun there, you obviously dont like XIV so why bother posting here?

I left WoW, and i do not post on Blizzards forums anymore or any other WOW related forums for that matter. Im over that game, why cant you do the same?

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I like posting here. I havent played wow in over 18 months but i have logged into FFXIV as recently as just a few days ago. Thank you for your concern tho.

So why bring up that XIV has less subscribers then WoW? Why does the amount matter at all as long as the players enjoy their time on the game?

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Originally Posted by Jinrya-Geki

And here I thought Wutai was pretty populated...

I am failing as a entertainer D:

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I thought we had decent numbers as well. Honestly idc how low it gets, unless I'm forced to merge I'm not leaving Wutai.

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Originally Posted by Altera

So why bring up that XIV has less subscribers then WoW? Why does the amount matter at all as long as the players enjoy their time on the game?

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Because I was asked if my statement about 30-40k players being "HUGE" was serious. So I used the largest player base in the MMO world to compare it to.

How bout this I will compare it to FFXI.

Heck yeah I was serious 30,000-40,000 is only about one seventh the population of SEs 9 year old slowly dying MMO!

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Originally Posted by CrystalWeapon

I thought we had decent numbers as well. Honestly idc how low it gets, unless I'm forced to merge I'm not leaving Wutai.

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I'm waiting for the merge ;_;

It really doesn't feel that lonely, but it is. Wait, are we in last place?

Hmm, wonder if we'll have to setup a circus to attract people.

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Originally Posted by Kaizlu

I'm waiting for the merge ;_;

It really doesn't feel that lonely, but it is. Wait, are we in last place?

Hmm, wonder if we'll have to setup a circus to attract people.

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Could always hold an event like (Miqo'te Mudwrestling Mondays®). Only on Wutai.

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Originally Posted by TonyMontana

Because I was asked if my statement about 30-40k players being "HUGE" was serious. So I used the largest player base in the MMO world to compare it to.

How bout this I will compare it to FFXI.

Heck yeah I was serious 30,000-40,000 is only about one seventh the population of SEs 9 year old slowly dying MMO!

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30-40k players is about average for a Standard MMO..

Granted this is a "AAA" MMO, but never the less 40,00 players is pretty decent for a failed game.