playerbase down 25% in 4 months?

[Nipa]

The player numbers showed a almost identical drop across servers until October (second link on the Allakhazam page). What makes you think Cornelia, the original No.3, became a "special exception" since then?

Well, in fact the /sea counting method indicated the connected population at Japanese peak time, while the current method indicates the total server population. If we can most certainly generalize Cornelia case to the whole Japanese population, it may be a bit too direct to do that on the EU and US populations.

I don't know whether Cornelia has a consequent EU and US population. If it's the case, then yes, we can apply its decrease to the whole game population, but if it's not, maybe we have to factor in another unknown parameter.

But well, frankly, I think that EU and US populations are decreasing faster than the JP one (since more knowledgeable of others current MMOs), and thus, in the worst case, the global diminution is worse than on Cornelia...

[darkstarpoet1]

Well, in fact the /sea counting method indicated the connected population at Japanese peak time, while the current method indicates the total server population. If we can most certainly generalize Cornelia case to the whole Japanese population, it may be a bit too direct to do that on the EU and US populations.

I don't know whether Cornelia has a consequent EU and US population. If it's the case, then yes, we can apply its decrease to the whole game population, but if it's not, maybe we have to factor in another unknown parameter.

But well, frankly, I think that EU and US populations are decreasing faster than the JP one (since more knowledgeable of others current MMOs), and thus, in the worst case, the global diminution is worse than on Cornelia...

it's not a hard concept. if the average was the same up til a certain point then unless something drastically changes on that one specific exception then that one should continue in line with the rest. if all of a sudden one server got new content and new gear and people left one server to be there because it had it then, yes, it may be different, but since the same game additions are on all servers it can be reasoned they would follow the same trend.

sure some servers may be losing more than 25% and some may be losing less than 25%, but if they were in line originally within a reasonable limit logically it should continue to do the same.

[Keftenk]

Well, in fact the /sea counting method indicated the connected population at Japanese peak time, while the current method indicates the total server population. If we can most certainly generalize Cornelia case to the whole Japanese population, it may be a bit too direct to do that on the EU and US populations.

I don't know whether Cornelia has a consequent EU and US population. If it's the case, then yes, we can apply its decrease to the whole game population, but if it's not, maybe we have to factor in another unknown parameter.

But well, frankly, I think that EU and US populations are decreasing faster than the JP one (since more knowledgeable of others current MMOs), and thus, in the worst case, the global diminution is worse than on Cornelia...

The EU and US population on Cornelia has always been low, since release. The JP community out numbers us significantly.