Unofficial Census 2016 for FFXIV

[Musashidon]

5'000'000 account registered, 225'000 people playing (500'000 logging once in month). Is it good emount? I don't think so.

yes but if you then shun the casual players (its the general term i am using) you will see those numbers much much lower as they would have even less reason to play.

raiders aren't going to keep those numbers.

They have already dropped. Throughout the patch cycles. Also no matter what kind of player you are hardcore or casual you are still a sub in the end and if Raiders leave they are still losing potential money they could keep. They have already said they plan on making changes to how Savage is when Yoshi-p got asked about it from the Level -5 CEO saying how Savage has no incentive and they should fix it on a Live Letter so clearly they care about Raiders and not just Casuals.

yes they dropped but the number of players is still pretty high (not compared to WoW but wow is in a completely different league of every other game out there)

i never said yoshi p hates raiders or doesn't care about them i simply said they are currently not focusing on them and giving more to the casuals.

If casual jump ship because all raid gear is 5 ilvls higher, then maybe they should leave the game? That seems something pretty petty to plant your flag in when you consider how hard raiders work for their gear.

people play for different reasons telling people to quit because they can't get gear you don't want them to get is pretty petty itself, not all games have to be about end game giving you the best (but i said that already haven't i? :P)

[zosia]

yes but if you then shun the casual players (its the general term i am using) you will see those numbers much much lower as they would have even less reason to play.

raiders aren't going to keep those numbers.



yes they dropped but the number of players is still pretty high (not compared to WoW but wow is in a completely different league of every other game out there)

i never said yoshi p hates raiders or doesn't care about them i simply said they are currently not focusing on them and giving more to the casuals.

This game is primary servicing casuals, do you really see a small bump in ilvl in raiding gear a "shunning the casuals"? Is 5 ilvls such a big difference to you that it would hurt the ego of so many casuals? It's literally five ilvls, the power difference is on the order of 0.5-3% depending on the slot and itemization.