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

[Rufalus]

Superman 64 sold 10 million units, but it was by no means a great game. Well, it begs the question, why did many of us buy it........? Because it was Superman.......Duh?

Wait, did you get Superman mixed up with Super Mario lol. 10m sales would be 1 in 3 owners of Nintendo 64. Mario did it, but Superman wasn't close.

[IkaraGreydancer]

Perhaps the playerbase has not decreased by 70%, but the number of players actually doing content instead of going to clubs certainly has dropped by 70%, if not more.

Aaaand we know this...how?

[Xaruko_Nexume]

Perhaps the playerbase has not decreased by 70%, but the number of players actually doing content instead of going to clubs certainly has dropped by 70%, if not more.

This is absolutely true. You and I are quite opposed with our opinions but I will concede facts when I see them. Party finders jam packed full of RP/venue stuff outnumbering actual content by a lot whenever I look. I see people absolutely everywhere, but many queues are now "more than 30 minutes". Few are actually playing the game, compared to living in it.

[IkaraGreydancer]

This is absolutely true. You and I are quite opposed with our opinions but I will concede facts when I see them. Party finders jam packed full of RP/venue stuff outnumbering actual content by a lot whenever I look. I see people absolutely everywhere, but many queues are now "more than 30 minutes". Few are actually playing the game, compared to living in it.

Got a picture of this or anything? And what's getting 30 min wait times and also at what time of day? Just curious really.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

Got a picture of this or anything? And what's getting 30 min wait times and also at what time of day? Just curious really.

Dynamis data center. Alliance raids, normal raids and even sometimes trials are greater than 30 minute waits. PvP is non-existent. Im sure dozens of others from Dyanamis would back this up but I can post pictures tonight. Its not uncommon to see like 15-20 listings for RP stuff in party finder, and 0-1 for actual content.

[DPZ2]

Dynamis data center. Alliance raids, normal raids and even sometimes trials are greater than 30 minute waits. PvP is non-existent. Im sure dozens of others from Dyanamis would back this up but I can post pictures tonight. Its not uncommon to see like 15-20 listings for RP stuff in party finder, and 0-1 for actual content.

You're on the unofficial "official" RP server for Dynamis. A number of players created new users (or moved alts) to this server to take advantage of the "zero housing has been sold yet" phenomenon.

It was populous back in November, and died out by early this year as players went back to their main characters for raids/trials/etc. It also has half the possible population of the other data centers (4 worlds vs 8 worlds), so it is no wonder that there is a delay in queues or a lack of content PFs. Most of the population is playing on their mains on other servers.

I joined an FC on day 1 on Seraph ... by January I was the only FC player online. I became the FC Master by logging into the game in February, because the actual FC Master actually missed logging in on a weekend. The mansion-style FC house had less furniture than one of my current apartments. Seraph is a place where players go to play House, and not much more. I'm entirely unsurprised you can't find a PF and experience longer queues.

Does that mean the game is "dying"? No. Queue times on Gilgamesh are in the 1-5 minute range for DPS, and immediate for healers.

[Oizen]

I moved to dynamis day 1 and the queues were never good, not even when it was popular to move there for like a day.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Dynamis data center. Alliance raids, normal raids and even sometimes trials are greater than 30 minute waits. PvP is non-existent. Im sure dozens of others from Dyanamis would back this up but I can post pictures tonight. Its not uncommon to see like 15-20 listings for RP stuff in party finder, and 0-1 for actual content.

Yeah, cuz DC travel killed every DC but aether for content. Everyone travels there now.



It's not that the population is just sitting in venues, they all travel to do content now.

[IkaraGreydancer]

Yeah, cuz DC travel killed every DC but aether for content. Everyone travels there now.



It's not that the population is just sitting in venues, they all travel to do content now.

Honesty that would explain why I see so many travelers

[Nav_Fae]

I don't like to tell other people how to play their game. But I'd be lying if I didn't say the number of venues in PF/Shout chat left me feeling a bit depressed at the state of the game.