FFXIV population decline continues

[Larirawiel]

Comparison of populations for December going back to 2014:
https://i.imgur.com/yuGlLfG.png
Comparisons of populations for each X.15 patch going back to 2014:
https://i.imgur.com/JUXAfn0.png

My reason for making these is to give a sense of if it has fluctuated this much at comparable months or patches.

A good indicator are the steam numbers:
https://steamdb.info/app/39210/charts/#6y

The game has a declining population ATM. Endwalker could retain many players with new content patches. In DT the content patch did almost nothing.



Cheers

[AmiableApkallu]

Endwalker could retain many players with new content patches. In DT the content patch did almost nothing.

And how, pray tell, did Endwalker achieve this? Reviewing patch notes, here's what I see:

Patch 6.01 and 7.01:

• Normal raid

Patch 6.05 and 7.05:

• Savage raid
• Treasure hunt

Patch 6.1 and 7.1:

• MSQ
• Alliance raid
• EX3
• Unreal
• 6.1 only: Final role quest, Crystalline Conflict
• 7.1 only: Pelupelu society quests

Patch 6.11 and 7.11:

• Ultimate

Patch 6.15 and 7.15:

• Capstone Studium/Wachumeqimeqi quest
• Hildebrand
• Custom deliveries
• 6.15 only: Omega and Tataru quests, Arkasodara society quests
• 7.15 only: Chaotic alliance raid

At this point in the patch cycles, the only content Endwalker has over Dawntrail is a few one-and-done quests and… Crystalline Conflict.

[BigCheez]

And how, pray tell, did Endwalker achieve this? Reviewing patch notes, here's what I see:

Patch 6.01 and 7.01:

• Normal raid

Patch 6.05 and 7.05:

• Savage raid
• Treasure hunt

Patch 6.1 and 7.1:

• MSQ
• Alliance raid
• EX3
• Unreal
• 6.1 only: Final role quest, Crystalline Conflict
• 7.1 only: Pelupelu society quests

Patch 6.11 and 7.11:

• Ultimate

Patch 6.15 and 7.15:

• Capstone Studium/Wachumeqimeqi quest
• Hildebrand
• Custom deliveries
• 6.15 only: Omega and Tataru quests, Arkasodara society quests
• 7.15 only: Chaotic alliance raid

At this point in the patch cycles, the only content Endwalker has over Dawntrail is a few one-and-done quests and… Crystalline Conflict.

The difference was that most people still had old content to fall back on during Endwalker.

People remember having a lot more to do during Endwalker but what were they actually doing? Finishing off in Eureka/Bozja, Firmament/Diadem, maybe getting their crafters and gatherers sorted out if they didn't have those done already, BLU stuff, etc.

I can tell you what they weren't doing, and that's playing Endwalker content, because it was barren as hell.