FFXIV Population Grows

[KageTokage]

I'm curious as to how they distinguish between genuine new players and the gil farming bots.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

I'm curious as to how they distinguish between genuine new players and the gil farming bots.

I CAN ANSWER THAT ONE! The names XD

Example: Player A: Vendela Moonstrider
Player B: Vskjoche Mweocloeh <----- GUILTY!!!!!!!!

[Joe777]

I CAN ANSWER THAT ONE! The names XD

Example: Player A: Vendela Moonstrider
Player B: Vskjoche Mweocloeh <----- GUILTY!!!!!!!!

I can't say I've ever seen a farmer with a "proper" name, but I have seen advertisers with them. It's really as simple as using the random name generator, but I suppose a farm bot wouldn't care to bother with that. Imagine if they did though...

[DreamAngel-Ren]

I can't say I've ever seen a farmer with a "proper" name, but I have seen advertisers with them. It's really as simple as using the random name generator, but I suppose a farm bot wouldn't care to bother with that. Imagine if they did though...

If they do have proper names, one way to determine if they're a bot is by how they respond to tells; if they don't respond, then that's a red flag right there.

[Ametrine]

One sure sign of a bot is that they'l have a normal name, but with a random letter at the end. Rodrickn Blackthorneb, for example.

But, I've seen an increase of sprouts as well, our FC is full of em and growing.

I think much of it is from the glowing reviews Stormblood got coupled with the multitudes of newbie friendly systems to help them rapidly progress.

[Vhailor]

I just have to say, from personal experience, that I just re-subbed to the game a few days ago and am once again having a blast. I don't think I'll cancel again. In fact, I cancelled my WoW account to come back here after the Allied Race debacle.

I'm curious as to how long you'll find XIV entertaining (I don't mean this in a snarky way). Speaking personally, I've quit twice, resulting in relatively fresh starts three times. In each case, I had a blast with XIV for awhile - usually months to a year. However, at a certain point, I've always grown bored and left again, for a large variety of reasons that I won't get into here but which many, if not most, players, can relate to.

Also, I'd venture to say that most people on the forums do, actually, welcome positive information. Most people on the forums that I come across are incredibly passionate about FFXIV, and wish it nothing but success. Many do, however, worry about the long-term health of the game given SE's embarrassingly shoddy development practices. Speaking for myself, as an example, I'm not just ripping apart things like the Glamour Dresser for the hell of it; I'm also ripping it apart because I routinely encounter friends debating a return to FF, and when they ask if some of the game's problems have been resolved, I have to either lie or answer in the negative. That's frustrating to me personally, and it's worrisome for the game's long-term health.

Just my two cents, anyway.

[FunkYeahDragons]

Good, fresh meat.

[Joe777]

If they do have proper names, one way to determine if they're a bot is by how they respond to tells; if they don't respond, then that's a red flag right there.

This may be true but there are also normal players that may ignore tells too, so yeah raising a flag is probably all you'd get out of that as to fully ensure someone is a bot you'd need to use additional methods to verify it.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

This may be true but there are also normal players that may ignore tells too, so yeah raising a flag is probably all you'd get out of that as to fully ensure someone is a bot you'd need to use additional methods to verify it.

If they get spammed with tells, eventually the player that ignores tells will eventually give in and either tell that player to "#@$% OFF!!" or set their status to busy so they won't get the tells. From what I've seen, bots hardly ever set their status on busy.

[Krokov]

Not sure how this will be received here because forums are usually the worst place to post positive info, but SE just reported that the population for this game is growing.

I just have to say, from personal experience, that I just re-subbed to the game a few days ago and am once again having a blast. I don't think I'll cancel again. In fact, I cancelled my WoW account to come back here after the Allied Race debacle.

I was only a level 41 BLM when I took a break and am now 47. Looking forward to starting HW content! I'm certainly taking my sweet time to max level.

Edit: For those that don't want to actually drill down through a financial report, here's an article about the numbers.

What was the Allied race debacle?