Quote Originally Posted by Vladmiere View Post
But when that plan has been in effect for a half a year that is an insanely long stretch of time for a MMO. The population has barely dipped more then a few hundred if you go by consensus or do weekly /search yourself. If we have around 20k players that has not really dented the population of Balmung. Census shows from months ago Balmung has only dropped 200-300 active players and I wonder if that is more from people growing bored with the game after the Stormblood launch then moving.
I feel like it is MUCH higher than that. Everyone knows a person that left. Our community feels like it was splintered, and it honestly makes some of us a little bit sad.