I guess it's time

[Obysuca]

There's another factor to consider as well: Overall playerbase size. Currently, FFXIV is far larger in terms of player count than FFXI ever was.

By "far larger" I assume you mean only about 100k-200k larger >_> XI peaked at around 500k-600k ish, XIV's got about that, maybe 700k ish. Don't go off of the "4 million accounts" that SE's mentioned. Accounts =/= active subscribers. Let's also not forget, part of that 700k ish are rmt. Also, just to point out, did you notice that when you search all on XIV, it won't tell you how many are actually on, like XI did? Kind of makes you feel like SE doesn't want people to know how low it really is.

[Azrael]

Also, just to point out, did you notice that when you search all on XIV, it won't tell you how many are actually on, like XI did? Kind of makes you feel like SE doesn't want people to know how low it really is.

Exactly, SE doesn't want to let us know how many people are playing this game, even though I managed to with some trick, here is what I did on my phoenix server a while back,supposed to be one of the most populated EU servers:
There is a search function that you can use, what I did was searching for 2-3 classes at once making sure the result would never hit the 200 players cap. You can test this on your server too, if you got some time, if you are curious to know how many players are online on your server.
So for example look for all warriors 1-30, then 31-59, then 60. Add the results up and write it down. Remember make sure you don't hit the 200 cap. if you hit the cap with 31-59, make a search for 31-50 and another one for 51-59.
Do this for all other classes. Don't forget the J D E F languages.
Can't remember the exact number, but my results was something like 1200-1300 players logged on at the same time. If you ask me this is a low number compared to the 3k+ I had on my ragnarok server back in the golden days of FFXI.

[Obysuca]

Can't remember the exact number, but my results was something like 1200-1300 players logged on at the same time. If you ask me this is a low number compared to the 3k+ I had on my ragnarok server back in the golden days of FFXI.

Exactly. For some reason people seem to think theres 7k+ per server. Not to mention that considering my data center has the "two biggest servers" on it, you can't possibly tell me that with how big its supposed to be, that not a single tank or healer are queuing up for half the roulettes. More evidence that XIV isn't doing as well as SE wants us to think, just look at FCs now compared to pre-2.3. Back then, a majority of FCs that I saw had 30-50 active members on at a time. Now? Most I've seen while just running around is about ~15 online and thats one of the previous bigger FCs, while a lot seem to hover around 1-5 online through most of the day.

XI actually still has 2? 3? servers that are still over 1.2kish online, though most seem to stick around 500-800.

[Cakekizyy]

Exactly, SE doesn't want to let us know how many people are playing this game, even though I managed to with some trick, her all
Can't remember the exact number, but my results was something like 1200-1300 players logged on at the same time. If you ask me this is a low number compared to the 3k+ I had on my ragnarok server back in the golden days of FFXI.

Doesn't busy prevent being found by search?

[Azrael]

Doesn't busy prevent being found by search?

No, it doesn't.