playerbase down 25% in 4 months?

[GhostInfinity]

I quit around Oct due to work and not enjoying FFXIV's gameplay in general. My work hours lightened up around the time 1.18 and decided to give the game another look and I'm actually enjoying it somewhat. It still has a ways to go imo but it's definately moving in the right direction. I can easily see this game growing by leaps and bounds if the patches keep reflecting what the community wants to see.

[XxOstiaxX]

The problem with this game, is that it is as boring, repetitive and predictable as abrael's responses....

True story

[buritoslicer]

Square enix... plz shut this game down and just focus on FFXI >.>.... Ppl still actually play that game...

no thank you... I prefer my game to look good when I play it. it's 2011... XI is something I cannot go back to.

[Alexis_Arteme]

There could literally be 0 players and the game would continue into the new year. They decided a year ago that this would be the "new beta". Their objective is to get the game running and in good condition by Christmas, for the "re-launch". If they don't bring back the numbers after that, I would imagine by next Summer it will be gone (or F2P), what have you.

Speculation, but pretty sure I'm accurate. So please, drops in subscribers? Nobody cares, especially S-E.

[Youngblood]

Face it folks, alot of people that have left FFXIV are the old players that either gotten bored of the game or played out all that it had to offer. When mass-scale content gets implimented, at least half or more of those vets will return for sure. I'm sure in a years time a newer player base will dominate over the older one and SE knows this. Old saying goes...out with the old and in with the new, right!?

[Rinsui]

Oh, with the last patch the game definitely has moved into the right direction. No doubt about that. I just fear that it may take another couple of years until an adequate amount of content is implemented, and the remnants of the old system (physical levels, characterless characters due to excessive cross-class skilling) are finally eradicated. Because by then even the graphics will be just "average".

[Murugan]

This thread is old and really not based on much, if anything the population has probably increased at least 25% since 1.18. At least it seems that way on Selbina.

[indira]

where the hell people getting the numbers from?

[Seif]

Population is extremely low no matter which way you look at it. I can't believe some are actually debating this.

Much more useful would be to ponder what SE can do to win old players back. Like area re-design, AH, large scale battles and so forth. Nobody's going to re-install the game to see AA or new skill icons. They might improve gameplay but are next to useless as marketing tools.

It might sound superficial but SE needs a "shiny" game feature that's easy to understand just by looking at a screen shot that makes new and old players want to pick up XIV on their play-list again.

[Murugan]

Population is extremely low no matter which way you look at it. I can't believe some are actually debating this.

Much more useful would be to ponder what SE can do to win old players back. Like area re-design, AH, large scale battles and so forth. Nobody's going to re-install the game to see AA or new skill icons. They might improve gameplay but are next to useless as marketing tools.

It might sound superficial but SE needs a "shiny" game feature that's easy to understand just by looking at a screen shot that makes new and old players want to pick up XIV on their play-list again.

I reinstalled the game for 1.18. At least 15 other people on my friend's list told me they reinstalled specifically for 1.18, probably many more people did the same. Also many people bought the game because of 1.18.

Is the game still underpopulated yes, but I think you need to rephrase your whole "nobody" is going to play the game for the changes they are bringing/have brought.