Is the game losing players rapidly?

[Illmaeran]

Every MMO loses ~40% of the playerbase in the first 1 - 3 months after a release. Yes, it sounds like copium but it is the truth. So this is normal.

This. XIV's regular, stable, player base is relatively low compared to the number of people who come in for expansions or patches when new content's released. Noticeable ups and downs in population is a standard thing for this game and is to be expected. The actual subscriber/player count is quite a bit higher than those of us who continue playing between major updates.

[Saraide]

Maybe a lot of people also just wanted to try out savage for the first time and noticed they're not having fun with it.

[Shikiseki]

Well I was part of the PF casual raid mercenary but part of a static now for p3s+ cause honestly going through those first 2 fights with randos every single week seemed absurd.
PF P4S at this time seemed just impossible (maybe in 2-4 weeks).

I would have stopped doing them once I had the gear I needed from those tiers at any rate and I'm sure many got the gear they wanted or slowly got equip from the tome vendor.

[Equitable_Remedy]

We didn't have to make it any more complicated than this.

/thread

[Knot_D]

Good, no more crazy queue...

[Hanayumi]

Its true though the gearing routine is getting a little boring now. But the drop is just a normal occurrence, once folks get their savage clears and Bis (a lot of raiders just hav3 a single main for statics) a significant portion of those players move on to other games until next patch especially for the the initial launch as there really isnt any other new content yet like relic, 24m, ults, or dds.

[ApolloGenX]

Yeah, my sub expires in a day or so... once I finish the MSQ, I quit until the end of the expansion to get all the goodies and be ready for the next expansion.... usually a week or so before new expansion drops.

Content is pretty fast to get through and I see no point grinding time gates/tomes. You get it all superfast at the end of the expac. Theme park games just work differently than sandbox games for me.

[Jeeqbit]

People subscribe for a month after a patch and then go and play something else. A lot of people subscribe for the expansion and then leave for 2 years. Sales were paused as well which will contribute to "losing players". I haven't seen a reduction though.

[Listrella]

i've been playing a lot less recently, I've finished most of the content this game currently has, just grinding tomestones and relic tokens, I'll be back for 6.1 though.

[Wolwosh]

Your friends are right. Once you clear keeping at it is pointless unless you want said gear for glamour,

Lol?
Yeah thats what statics are doing atm that are reclearing. Collecting that sweet glamour...