Loosing players after update?

[Kiara1]

A lot of people in my FC are just off playing Destiny. The housing stuff isn't the reason they aren't playing.

I think this is the reason it appears less people are playing

[Gerolan]

With wow gearing up for patch 6.0 I can see that hitting subs hard for a while too

[ZReport]

I don't know. People need to take time off. I have taken 2 large breaks, each a couple months, from this game. Mostly to play other games for a while because if I just played FFXIV on my PS4 I feel like I wasted my money on a PS4 versus just playing it on my PC.

No one wants to take breaks is the problem. They then complain of burn out. I'm taking a huge break post 2.4 for about 2 months, hopefully to come back to 2.5 and Gold Saucer. If people knew how to pace themselves, there would be few problems.

[Darkdrover]

Im going to get everything to 50, then more or less finish up loose ends for quests and what not, beast tribe dailies, etc, etc. But once the initial crash in subs and players happens here, and it is going to happen, that's when you find other things to play, then check back later. I love this game, my only gripe is the Housing Debacle. Had they been honest, and broadcasted their intentions well before the patch, it would have greatly softened the blow. I can understand server limitations and the difficulty of the situation at hand, but misdirecting and borderline deceiving your customers doesn't make for a fun experience. Long story short, this game has pissed me off, its made me extremely happy in some aspects, so I am going to continue on with it, until I get bored, then I will move on to something else, then come back. I cant count the times I went between FFXI and WoW.
But I have no intention of going back to WoW, ever. So, I am going to enjoy this ride, and when it runs out of gas, I guess I will be walking to the next thing. I suspect that the devs know more than we do about whats going on, perhaps they know there is going to be a mass temporary exodus from the game, and they don't want to invest time and money into the game at this point? Its a safe business strategy, but to me, if you don't believe in your product enough to invest all you can into it, then why should I? Something to think about when you are looking for the next new thing...

[Derpyrose]

It not really losing players but some are taking a break until 2.4 is released in October.

Patch 2.35 and 2.38 were not major patches after all and only provided minor things.

After all playing too much can ruin a person's experience with a game.

If Square-Enix continues down this path with XIV I'm not coming back...... they have basically stated that the servers are running on Ferrets and can't support the player base let alone a swarm of new players for 3.0 good night, sweet prince. we will forever hold you in memory

[Eekiki]

I was playing Destiny before 2.38. I'm playing Destiny after 2.38. I will play Destiny until 2.4. I still log on to FFXIV to do stuff with my little casual raid static and whenever I wanna have fun in FFXIV.

A person playing FFXIV because they find it fun. Sounds crazy, no?

Oh, I also checked out FFXI. I spotted a surprising number of new players there, too. My observation is that all iterations of Final Fantasy Online are doing just swell.

[Teirafon]

No one wants to take breaks is the problem. They then complain of burn out. I'm taking a huge break post 2.4 for about 2 months, hopefully to come back to 2.5 and Gold Saucer. If people knew how to pace themselves, there would be few problems.

Im taking a break now. I only come on when my FC does a raid. And youre probably right about that.

[Bluevann]

Mid-september, school started in most of the world. And yeah, this patch offered nothing interesting.

Just wait for 2.4, you'll feel like Naruto's fandom invaded the game.

[RiverTams]

Lol at the naruto comment. Not a troll thread, just a genuine concern. and while i didnt like housing, if i wanted to talk about it i wouldve made a post about it.

[Divinemight]

For anyone who complains about grind, please go try Destiny first. I hope you are enjoying Diablo 3, but you will need that if you want proceed in the Destiny.

For anyone who complains about RNG, again, please go try Destiny first. I hope you enjoy that Strike doesnt give you anything, but shooting at a spawn cave of lvl 6 mobs 24 hours a day for RNG drops in order to gear yourself for their first poorly and lazy designed raid.

Archage? I hope all you subscribers can even log on when all the F2P wont even log off because of their stupid design concept.

I will enjoy my fun in FF14.

ps. Oh I forgot to mention, the only two cutscenes in the game are setup for the pay DLCs, one for the Robo Girl and one for the Awoken Queen.