Quote Originally Posted by Sygmaelle View Post
You guys are clueless, rofl. One of the best retention rate atm and it ain't gonna drop down anytime soon.

+ christmas comin
SWTOR had 1.7 million subs (that's less than FF boasted last month) immediately after launch in early 2012. They lost 400,000 subs in the following 2 1/2 months. By the month before Christmas they were hovering at 500,000 when the game went F2P. You'd be amazed how quickly these things can unravel. There are myriad options for casual players to choose from, most of them completely free, and to avoid becoming a simple temple of the franchise-faithful this game needs to offer things those other games do not. Things like good, balanced PvP, and challenging, mid-to-large-scale raids. Right now the only thing that makes FF unique is that it's really pretty and has amazing music. That's not enough, in itself, to maintain high retention.