We lost 70% of our player base half a year in

[DixieBellOCE]

Census data from Lodestone is not "proof of total population drop caused by ..." anything. They have no means to determine the reason the numbers are what they are. They're just data.

You are free to decide in your own mind the "why" for the data points, but never mistake your own beliefs for actual fact here.

Yet the data shows spikes that coincide with patch releases, then drastic declines for the following months leading upto the next patch release.

It doesn't take many braincells to work out that the game hemorrhages players after every single patch release, people return, smash out the 2 days of content that is supposed to last 4-6 months, then unsub.

[DPZ2]

Yet the data shows spikes that coincide with patch releases, then drastic declines for the following months leading upto the next patch release.
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Yes. It certainly does coincide with patch releases. I even wrote that very same point in a prior post.

Your opinion, is that "the game hemorrhages players after every single patch release". That opinion is not based on any data, because the data provided does not speak of motivation, or the current status of any given players subscription.

My point is that your opinion is not fact.