Remember the arguments during beta?

[Aegis]

Can we please stop reading too much into common marketing practices?


Forum join dates are no real indicators of how long you actually played. I played this game during beta and 1.0 which was around september 2010? Still forum join date is 2012.

A self professed fan boy who didn't register on the forums? Not as dedicated as he would make out either way.

[Delorean]

Uhh

my friend quit earlier because it was difficult for him to keep up leveling 2 classes and no quests, plenty of people burned out and the game's been updated with new stuff for people to check out since.

it's not like anyone loses anything by doing this

[Umo]

I just read on another thread that lots of players have left

I just read on another thread that lots of players have joined. How do we manage this (apparent) incongruity?

PS. Stop reading. Or, at least, search for confident sources / data and do not look at just one tree while on a forest.

[Edellis]

Where on earth is a free 2-days of a successful subscription MMO an admission of defeat to long-term, crybaby players who dont like the game anymore?

Oh yeah, on forum boards

[mindful]

Most modern day subscriptions mmos will after a few months have a weekend of free play or free to play games do offer free stuff to in same time frame.. So those that are left or If they would like try it again can try it again and see if it is better. smart business. Not everyone is on forums or what not and helps friends pass word of mouth for those that enjoy the game , those that do not like it, well they get to try it again and maybe like it.

[Tiggy]

You have absolutely no data on who left, how many people left, what kind of gamer they were, how often they played, or to be honest anything at all about the people who left. All you know is that some people have left. You don't even really have anything more than anecdotal evidence bolstered by the fact MMOs always shed some players shortly after launch.

This is obviously about getting people to look at the changes 2.1 made and, as someone else pointed out, to challenge the ESO beta.

[Roris]

I'm sure people coming back that quit before reaching endgame will have enough time to get to 50 and get the cross class skills and gear to challenge the new content especially Extremes, all that while waiting for the Crystal Tower FATEs even with their fixed timers or doing the new storyline to unlock Moogle. If that fails then I'm sure they will also have plenty of time to experience casual friendly content such a housi-oh

[ApolloGenX]

They should also offer an off-schedule dungeon/loot reset for the weekend- give current players a bone. Have the regular reset again on Monday.

Why not? That would be a treat for everyone and increase overall playing during the target time period.

[Orophin]

I read stuff somewhere, it must be true.

This is a good business decision by SE and they should do it after every patch.

[hallena]

1) You don't know who left or why
2) They don't care about you since they already have you. they want more people
3) "Die hard" FF fan will probably buy whatever crap they throw at you as long as it has FF in the title so they don't even need to try