Final Fantasy XV rush over is passed?

Last day I got my first login queue for the last weeks regardless of peak time or not. (Moogle Server, European Datacenter)

I've also noticed more players online in outposts or hunting around.

Do you observe the same thing? Are the players who went busy playing FF XV come back more active in FF XIV?
Or do you think its due to some other factors?

To my knowledge a majority of the fans beat the game within the first week or so. Granted being on Coeurl, I havn't noticed any real decline either way.

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Originally Posted by Chocolys

Last day I got my first login queue for the last weeks regardless of peak time or not. (Moogle Server, European Datacenter)

I've also noticed more players online in outposts or hunting around.

Do you observe the same thing? Are the players who went busy playing FF XV come back more active in FF XIV?
Or do you think its due to some other factors?

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Expansion hype. People getting ready for RDM. Holidays being over.

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Originally Posted by Vaer

Expansion hype. People getting ready for RDM. Holidays being over.

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Yes, end of holidays might be a factor, but I've noticed a sunden decline since FF XV release which so started before holidays, when suddenly the login queue at peak time did not appear anymore (usually I had always something like queue: 12~24)
Hmm I guess the incoming days will comfirm that feeling or not :)

About the hype, is not too soon for it to have a real effect? The expansion is still like 6 months away.

Plus people are getting an early jump on currency grind for pvp crossover event.

Eh no different from what I have noticed as Balmung is always busy with the amount of people it has.

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Originally Posted by Chocolys

Yes, end of holidays might be a factor, but I've noticed a sunden decline since FF XV release which so started before holidays, when suddenly the login queue at peak time did not appear anymore (usually I had always something like queue: 12~24)
Hmm I guess the incoming days will comfirm that feeling or not :)

About the hype, is not too soon for it to have a real effect? The expansion is still like 6 months away.

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Consumers (e.g. us players) are easily swayed into things. With the expansion hype, it'd guarantee that at least some players that quit previously, be it for FFXV or any other game from however long ago, will feel compelled to come back sooner, rather than later. Nostalgia and imposing prerequisites are often more than enough to trigger that result. The power of marketing spans far deeper than most people think (thus the attraction). Newer players, or those with little attachment, tend to be the ones who start back up later or closer to said thing that caught their attention (the expansion).

I've noticed people coming back too. RDM hype and it's almost patch time help too.

Patch 3.5 part 1 is just around the corner so of course players are coming back.

I never trust the queue. You can just cancel it then enter again to bypass it. So much for that "queue"

I've never seen a queue on Leviathan other than after a server crash or when a major patch/expansion has been released. Never occurred with a X.xx patch or most X.x ones, just major stuff like the Gold Saucer release.

Expansion hype, thats it. People trying to finish up last minute styles, relics, etc

Speaking of relics, anyone know if the continuation is coming in 3.5 Part 1 or 3.5 Part 2? I tried to find information on it, but could not do so.

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Originally Posted by Derio

Expansion hype, thats it. People trying to finish up last minute styles, relics, etc

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I noticed that as well, I've seen more "Fate Relic grind stuff" in Party Finder these last days.

I never noticed a decline either tbh

It could be the XV rush. But normally people start returning once the next patch is about to drop. So probably a bit of both.

Balmung never had a popularity drop anyway. I don't think that game has any effect.