Lucky Bancho new lodestone survey

[alimdia]

It was posted in his lodestone blog http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/3566066/

Full document http://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/50842146.html

O4S clear data https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...a_101/dnr50eg/ (note since it uses mounts to track it's not very accurate, as not everyone will get the mount)

Population of "active" per server https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...a_101/dnru3kx/ (as usual this doesn't include players under certain level to prevent adding bots)

The total number of "active" players is 831,334 (compared to 663,496 during SB launch) and out of those 831k a total of 436,131 are level 70.

I have to say that was a nice population boost, let's see how many survive 4.1.

Also several NA servers surpassed Gilgamesh in population, though nothing has dethroned Balmung yet, Levi is close to doing it unless they lock it.

[Vahlnir]

If this is indeed true, then this is a very good thing.

[Sandpark]

I knew raids get cleared less than most content in most mmos. 3% seems kind of low though. How accurate are these numbers?

[Claviusnex]

I knew raids get cleared less than most content in most mmos. 3% seems kind of low though. How accurate are these numbers?

I believe they use mounts to track clears so the numbers will be lower than actual.

[loreleidiangelo]

Are actives counted from a character value, or an account value? If so, active alts will inflate that number slightly. Two members of my raid group have three active characters each alone.

[Zfz]

Odd. Zeromus has less than 7k characters but was taken off Preferred Server, while Pandaemonium has close to 10k characters but is still on Preferred.

[Canadane]

My first name is so popular... for male characters.
Didn't even make the popularity list for females.

[alimdia]

I knew raids get cleared less than most content in most mmos. 3% seems kind of low though. How accurate are these numbers?

They use the mount to track, only 1 person in a party of 8 can get the mount per week, meaning that it depends on how early the static started to clear, either 1 or a full static could have mounts, it gets weirder when you account for PF clears. Unfortunately there's no accurate way to track clears through the lodestone, so treat that number as a ballpark.

Are actives counted from a character value, or an account value? If so, active alts will inflate that number slightly. Two members of my raid group have three active characters each alone.

Character, but active alts that actually have some sort of update in their character (gear/exp/hp/etc) are very small to impact the numbers, the most you'd get is a couple hundreds due to RP servers, the majority is only active on one character and their alts would show as inactive if they dont actively level or gear them.

Odd. Zeromus has less than 7k characters but was taken off Preferred Server, while Pandaemonium has close to 10k characters but is still on Preferred.

Zeromus probably has many new players that aren't accounted for in this survey, the full spreadsheet shows how many people have transferred in and out of the servers, and how many people are fully new and not transferred.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Odd. Zeromus has less than 7k characters but was taken off Preferred Server, while Pandaemonium has close to 10k characters but is still on Preferred.

Lucky Bancho only accounts for active characters. This would exclude people who don't have specific mounts or minions, which is likely what causes the disparity.

[Arrius]

My first name is so popular... for male characters.
Didn't even make the popularity list for females.

Just saw the list.
Quite the nosy, edgelordy folks we got on NA and EU. Sheesh.