Is this game slowly dying?

[corticarte]

yes atm the game is dying and boring but i think it will chance when the first Xpack comes out but these little updates wont change the fact that players will always come and go as content gets cleared by them and they quit again and they find the game boring again

[Mattlex]

There will always be lulls in MMO's usually when other new games are released.
Certainly for me I haven't played a great deal in the last few weeks as I have been hooked on Destiny but I wouldn't say that this game is dying.

I played FFXI for almost 6 years and there were many times where people said this game is dying and the servers were quiet but the game is still going and people are still paying subscriptions for it 11 years on. Though I doubt the numbers are what they once were there must be a stable player base for them to continue to release updates and patches.

There will always be loyalists and even though it will get quiet I doubt this game will ever die as SE have invested way to much into it to let it go that far.

[Avarghaladion]

I do believe it could be healthier... I see the normal comings and goings with each patch but I also see a steady, constant flow of players quitting due to SE's decisions with regards to issues like Atma and "Personal" housing.

[Zarckd]

constant flow of players quitting due to SE's decisions with regards to issues like Atma and "Personal" housing.

Worst problems in the game...huh?

[LalaRu]

The MMO and the dedicated player

The Game opens! A brand new world to conquer!
Day1: The dedicated player will starts immediately to find the most efficient way to cap the level. After some experimenting, and some forum post with his own pro friends in endgame forum, he got the right path, and will makes the world-first character cap. Its friends follows almost same time. All of them, subtle or less, braggin' hard on forums.

Day2: Endless farming of whatever gives the best armor of the game. Eventually whine about lockouts on forums, they are slowing him.

Day3: Storming everything haven't been unlocked or done previously. Endlessy grinding anything that drops something to brag about. A pet or a skin, who cares, it must be a rare!

Day4: All gone and done, telling all the world on forums that game is boring and dying and asking for expansion soon. All other players (the noobs!) still running to get the the cap.

Day5: The dedicated player moves to another game, new or updated. Rinse and repeat.

[Granyala]

So I am going to lvl to 50 and gear my toon just to have the game die and all my time and effort become worthless...

Newsflash: All MMOs die at some point. Even WoW is slowly dying.
To expect an online game like this to last forever is a bit deluded.

That being said: AION(EU) crashed HARD.... I was there.

[Riardon]

Again one of those posts.

[Alise]

Very MMO is slowly dying, but that is good case.
Bad MMO is rapidly dying.

[Moqi]

Must we get a thread like this every patch.... /eyeroll

My ps3 still can't load everyone on mor Dhona, so there, plenty of people are still playing.

[Gextiv]

Unfortunately, as a player returning from a long break, I believe the player base has dwindled down from my observations so far.

Time in ques(tank), Twitch viewers, etc., all small clues that can give insight into how the game's population is doing. Hopefully, subscription numbers don't dip down to the point that they consider F2P.