LuckyBancho data shows that FF14 is in decline

[Bonoki]

I didn't even know you could hide achievements or how I'd do this even if I wanted to. I think most people dont' change their settings on their lodestone or even know about their lodestones in the grand scheme of the playerbase. If public achievements is the default setting, I'd wager the majority don't even touch the setting, and it's a minority who'd care enough to make them private. Because the typical player would either not know about it, or have no reason to believe they need their achievements private because who the hell is checking them? lol

If private achievements are the default setting, then I see your point.

Hiding anything in FFXIV is weirdly extremely frowned upon for some reason. People look at it like you got something to hide or be ashamed of if you hide anything about yourself.

Hide FFlogs? - You probably bought a clear
Hide your Achievements? - You probably cheat or lied about clearing something you did not really clear.
Hide your Adventure Plate? - People won't take you seriously for some reason.
Hide your main on the official forums? - You must be a troll.

The list goes on and on for anything that can be hidden. The only one that you can pretty much get away with is hiding your friendlist. lol

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Hiding anything in FFXIV is weirdly extremely frowned upon for some reason. People look at it like you got something to hide or be ashamed of if you hide anything about yourself.

Hide FFlogs? - You probably bought a clear
Hide your Achievements? - You probably cheat or lied about clearing something you did not really clear.
Hide your Adventure Plate? - People won't take you seriously for some reason.
Hide your main on the official forums? - You must be a troll.

The list goes on and on for anything that can be hidden. The only one that you can pretty much get away with is hiding your friendlist. lol

In terms of not using your main on the forum, at least in this thread, it comes from them using data from a survey where the results are skewed because the data gathered is not public by default, trying to push a narrative, while using a system that let's you hide who you are, effectively proving how bad the data is.