So why are you so obsessed with server populations?

[Leowilde]

I can't speak for the others, but for myself, I sorely notice the change in the ingame population. When you see only the same players run by you everytime you play, all of them living in the bubble that is their hardcore endgame linkshell, and close to no new blood entering the game...
Well, it simply doesn't feel like the ffxiv it used to be, despite all the flaws that was a fact back then. The game has improved so much by now, that the development itself promises nothing but a bright future for the game. But with no players left to play with, it all feels... empty.

And of course one could easily move on to another mmo, but the fact is, I like this game! I like this fictive world, its lore, its music etc. And I liked the experiences I had months back with fellow players. And with so much potential being inserted into this game with every patch, I really want to experience it again.

That is why I care so much, why I really want the game to be more popular than it currently is, and why I won't leave it behind for another mmo just like that.

[Hanemakikaze]

Um. Yes. Thats how it works.

New topic = new thread.

Welcome to the internet.

More whining you mean. Welcome to the FFXIV Forums.

[Tano]

I mean, does it REALLY matter?

Or are you just trying to prove something?

Even if the game has 4k people total, who cares?

2.0 is still coming out weather 5 people or 5 million are playing. So your "discovering of the real numbers behind how many people are playing" isn't doing anything except making yourself feel like you discovered something amazing that will change the course of the game. But it wont.

Just play.

Love,
Mog

have fun playing an online game alone, lol.

go try and fight ifrit/moogle/sh/dh/anyendgamecontent with no party.


game population is not growing. we see everyday the same players. no problem with that now, but what's going to happen when this game is not free anymore and ppl will start quitting?

i mean, nothing wrong in pay for play, but give us some content before.

[PandaTaru]

I mean, does it REALLY matter?

Or are you just trying to prove something?

Even if the game has 4k people total, who cares?

2.0 is still coming out weather 5 people or 5 million are playing. So your "discovering of the real numbers behind how many people are playing" isn't doing anything except making yourself feel like you discovered something amazing that will change the course of the game. But it wont.

Just play.

Love,
Mog

It doesn't make anyone feel that they discovered anything special, it just makes people who play on low populated server worry that once they start charging, there will be less people to play with until the release of V2.0. I agree it won't change the course of the game, but bitching about the low population will surely urge the dev to implant server switch/merge to keep players happy and around. Ripple effect can be devastating you know. 1 player who quits can becomes 2, then 2 can becomes 4 and so on... This on a low populated server, even if SE wasn't stopping the F2P, can make peak time go from 500 people to just 300 or worse. With P2P coming, less people playing on low populated servers is inevitable.

[Tenshi]

We all understand that a healthy and active population is a vital component to games like this, and I'm sure SE also understands this. There are enough people playing even on my server (the low population Saronia) to make the world feel alive and allow the social components (grouping, markets, etc.) to exist, so why worry about specific numbers and what might happen in the future? That can make for a very unhappy life--on any front. So for me? I'm going to let SE worry about all that (cos that's their job, yeah?) and continue to enjoy the game now (cos that's my "job").

[KitCat]

Unlike most of the obnoxious people here seem to think, I personally want more people on servers so you don't have to shout for 3 hours to find someone who wants to do something. That's only going to get worse when the charging starts. I don't play FFXIV because I think it's a single player game :/ If I wanted single player I'd load skyrim.

[Ilean]

[normalforce]

It would be great if that cross-world content finder could be implemented prior to v2.0.

[DyskoFox]

The reason I find this topic relevent is because I play in Melmond. I am not trying to bitch about the ammount of players. I really don't care about how many players there are overall. So far the peak on my server is at about 500ish people. Which is not a terrible number. But that number is the Jp population peak which I don't play on. As for NA times I have yet to see a peak larger then 290's. It worries me because durring those 290's peaks for NA times 130is of those players are JP's. I have nothing against JP's and I am in a few JP ls's to increase the people I can play with. But if my server peaked at NA times w/ 500ish people most of whom spoke english that would be fantastic. I can play with JP's but not having an actual conversation with a person is not very fun and the Text commands can only convey so much. People estimate that 1/3rd - 1/4th of the people on servers are going to quit (These are the #'s I've seen I really have no idea.) So, If I am maxing out at about 290 people -130ish due to people being jp's, 160 - 20ish due to de/fr that brings me to about 140 players. 20 of which are likely to be afk because melmond has a lot of afk people I afk a lot as well. So, I am sitting at about 120 people to play with that speak english. Then Jan. 6th rolls around and 1/3rd - 1/4th people quit. I have 80-85 people left whom speak english at any one point in time. How is that enjoyable? (All numbers are from population counts at different times. The numbers are not exactly right but as close as possible from what I have seen.)

[RathSkybreaker]

My server count as we speak, which is pretty much prime time on palamecia, is 328 TOTAL... about half being JP.. with this being said it still sucks because all of the linkshells are either stuck doing pre-reqs, gathering, crafting, doing nothing, or grinding 35-40.. With this being said I want to play the game I want to play, its a game, and I should be entitled to do so. I want to fight ifrit because I was screwed with drop rates, thats not happening, but thats to be expected.. OK well what about moogle? No because only elitist pricks are going right now and everyone else is still doing pre reqs. And lastly, how could I forget about the grind, oh yeah its only static parties, or things not in my range.. So what am I supposed to do.. Solo? GTFO out of here with that -rage rage rage-