Lucky Bancho new lodestone survey

[JunseiKei]

It's true, but I think it's a differing of mindset that puts us behind the JP playerbase in this scenario. l.

From my experience this raid tier has felt very accessible to the majority of the community, even more so than creator. I feel as if Square wants to slowly kill the gap between raider and non-raider, casual and hardcore and ideally create content in which both groups can enjoy the same piece of content.

If these comments have any validity to what they are saying, it's actually quite interesting:

The JP pug scene is extremely good, they play it safe and kill the turns pretty easily, no min-maxing, just the same strat in every single pug.
They also have a lot higher patience when it comes to a group, they're willing to do an entire lockout, even if the group has no chance of clearing

It's more that groups have a relatively clear objective and that people are less inclined to overstate their readiness.
Disband conditions are clear. E.g. it might be 20mins to clear exdeath or disband. Or it might just be "early disband possible"(which is a more vague description that just means that if at any point after the 15min cutoff people feel this isn't going to work, a vote will go up, and 90% of the time it will pass). Or there is a clearly stated time. Whatever those conditions are though, people will stick it out.
There are still people that overestimate their ability, but it's nowhere near as bad as what I hear from other servers. Using RF for savage is common and generally people using it are more confident in their abilities than with PF. RF tends to default to disband at 15mins if there's problems, maybe a couple more pulls if it looked like unfortunate accidents. All of this comes down to a more team-play mentality though where people won't join a group they feel like they would be a burden in. The flip-side is if someone bad does join, everyone will just grit their teeth and keep going, kinda wasting everyones time. I don't think I've ever seen a player get kicked from a group
The min-maxing bit is more or less accurate. Most people have ok dmg, but it's generally below 50% of fflogs aggregates. Which means that on O4S that there is actually not much breathing room for damage(I've been topping dmg in my static as a mch, with most of the group under 4k). In general JP is more opposed to ACT.

The Japanese mindset sounds so much more appealing to me.

[Berethos]

It looks good on PR releases because the number can only go up so it'll always seem positive to people who don't know what it actually means.

Pretty much. It's similar to the way companies talk about sales figures of non-MMOs though they include the free trials as well.

It can be indicative of good growth for the game if say that number jumps by a large amount in a smaller time frame (especially when paired with other info that indicates strong performance) but it's only part of the story and by the uninitiated it can be misunderstood and thought to mean the same as active players.

[Ametrine]

The whole "JP are more friendly at raid level" has been a commonly known phenomenon.

Although the whole deal about a willingness to disband after a few tries is new to me, and I personally don't think I like that, but that may be my own experience of players asking for a disband over allowing others time to learn. So, YMMV.

I'm curious now if other modes in the game are more popular with players in different regions.

[Snow_Princess]

My first name is so popular... for male characters.
Didn't even make the popularity list for females.

Just saw the list.
Quite the nosy, edgelordy folks we got on NA and EU. Sheesh.

lol princess is 6th

[Vshunyi]

Although the whole deal about a willingness to disband after a few tries is new to me, and I personally don't think I like that, but that may be my own experience of players asking for a disband over allowing others time to learn. So, YMMV.

The whole disband after a few tries depends on what kind of party you joined. If it's aim to clear or duty completion on RF then the usual 3 wipes = disband rule applies. For o4s, I've seen 30mins on Exdeath = disband. For practice parties, it can last the whole lockout, but sometimes the 3 wipes rule applies if you're doing later phase practice. Say if the o3s PF is library+ phase practice, but the party keeps wiping to thorns phase then it would disband.

[Arrius]

lol princess is 6th

Certainly comes with the western ... ah ... 'culture' you see around the net. Well, you know.
Male names aren't much different if you take a look.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

The Japanese mindset sounds so much more appealing to me.

For prog, I might agree. Afterwards, I dislike their preference to maintain "safe" strategies and never push for better results. YMMV but I find once I've cleared Savage several weeks in a row, just doing it for loot becomes increasingly dull. Of course, there are plenty of JP statics with mindset but I, personally, wouldn't enjoy their midcore scene.

[Snow_Princess]

Certainly comes with the western ... ah ... 'culture' you see around the net. Well, you know.
Male names aren't much different if you take a look.

It is really funny, if you take the NA list and jp list (or eu), the names for both 6th, you get my name.. all three.. the slot for 6th is my name, lol..

[Coatl]

The Japanese mindset sounds so much more appealing to me.

SOrry I might have missed it but where is the NA/EU clear rate for O4s?

[Iromi]

lol princess is 6th

haha mine is on there, 19th..I am surprised. Well, at least I am the only Charlotte Elbourne..I am surprised, no Vampire Hunter D fans XD

lmao "The" is on there..haha I always call them "the"..like "The, are you gonna pull?" lol