January 9, 2016 Active player census (and savage clear rates)

[Alahra]

"733,267 have met the above criterion" (actively playing)

Thanks! That's what I was curious about. It seems the game is actually staying somewhat stable. That survey from April was during the relatively content-lite period prior to the release of HW, which adds some context to the current numbers as well, since HW has also had a bit of a content drought so far.

Newbies seem to replace the capped player losses.

Part of me suspected this was happening to a degree based on the steady trickle of newer players I'm seeing on my server, but I couldn't really verify it.

That ~200k that had finished A1 in September also roughly tracks to the ~200k that have finished the 3.1 MSQ. I'd imagine there's significant overlap in the two—those interested in finishing the story are also most likely to engage with newer content, I would think.

So while the game doesn't seem to have any major subscription bleed, it's likely that it saw a population influx at the beginning of HW, and then settled back down to its pre-HW numbers, probably due to lack of content/burnout.

[Reinha]

Part of me suspected this was happening to a degree based on the steady trickle of newer players I'm seeing on my server, but I couldn't really verify it.

That ~200k that had finished A1 in September also roughly tracks to the ~200k that have finished the 3.1 MSQ. I'd imagine there's significant overlap in the two—those interested in finishing the story are also most likely to engage with newer content, I would think.

So while the game doesn't seem to have any major subscription bleed, it's likely that it saw a population influx at the beginning of HW, and then settled back down to its pre-HW numbers, probably due to lack of content/burnout.

I agree with you on all points. There's a steady trickle of new players in my fc as well, and at the same time a few older players have unsubbed for reasons unknown to me. The fc seems about as active as before Heavensward but with some new faces in the mix. Not entirely sure how the raiding is going compared to before but it's probably in line with the overall clear rates of Alex savage compared to coil.