Quote Originally Posted by Vahzl View Post
1) I am not negative towards the game
2) I asked for a valid reason, this is just pointless self confirmation that the game you are playing is loved by all your Farmville buddies too
3) As most other posters in this thread have pointed out, they aren't going to be in their office going "work work wor.... WAIT STOP THE PRESSES! SOME DILBERT ON THE FORUMS WANTS STATS NOW! SOD THE STOCKS AND GENERAL CONCENSUS AROUND THE GAME! THIS PLAYER NEEDS TO BE AFFIRMED THAT THE GAME THEY PLAY IS POPULAR!" "I don't care Yoshi, stop everything you are doing and feed that players peen now!".

Make more sense to you yet?
no.

ffxi has server stats built in. By taking them out of this game they created the perception that the game is failing. If the game isn't failing and they put it back in, it will help make the game look better and attract more players. It doesn't take a whole lot of work or time. And the only way it would hurt the company would be if in fact the game is failing and losing people.

and this dev team has made the game way better and attracted lots of people back, haven't they?