Unofficial Census 2016 for FFXIV

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Im glad there is people bringing data into the discussion finally.

But im sad to see me and the usual "haters/ranters" have been so right... Populations are struggling. The game is having a hard time keeping people arround and even if many of us hinted it from before (for example i notice it in the market board) now we have real back up data.

This all just shows that, no matter what, a change of focus needs to be done, one year into the expansion, three years into the game, the developer team needs to really re-evaluate several things about their content. Progression vs grinding, reward vs effort, timesinks vs update patchs, server populations vs queues...

Honestly, the game looks like it could use some server merges.

[Remus]

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Well even without the data its quite easy to see. Even though chances are this isn't accurate it does give a somewhat close number that i expected and i'm not too impressed. The way they have handled content i'm not surprised by that outcome. They focus on trying to get new players too much and forgetting about trying to retain current subs.