Quote Originally Posted by XiaoliVorgan View Post
I'd like to think that despite the number of "I quit" threads, the game may still be thriving. People tend to notice when friends and associates of FC and LS leave, you don't pay attention to the number of new players coming in. People are going by the number of their circle leaving. It sad to see buddies leave, but in the long run, no one wants to pay to play something they aren't having fun with anymore. Thems the brakes.
One current player quitting is much more detrimental to the game as a whole than one new player joining. Most of the ones who've been here for a couple months into their sub have already solidify their place in FC and LS. So once they announce that they will quit, it will more than likely send the same signal to others in the same boat to jump ship.

Also beating the dead horse, there is obviously an odd flux in the number of active subscriber that is deemed unsafe for public disclosure. It is sad that Yoshi and SE are not confident enough in their number regardless if they plan to hold out until PS4 and Chinese release to inflate the population. Whatever happened to being a humble niche MMORPG that try to be content with their target goal of 400k~ subscribers?