Is the game losing players rapidly?

[taquito]

Week 3 of savage and I noticed that there are not many public savage parties anymore? It's like everyone is tired of repeating the same crap all over again? Is there any other end game options combat wise? Are they going to implement another new tome to make us run old content again as end game?

[Chie_M]

[Equitable_Remedy]

We didn't have to make it any more complicated than this.

/thread

[Silica-chan]

This is not uncommon. (from what I have been told)
A good amount of people just go for the clear, maybe reclear it a few times, before they do something else.
Not everyone cares about the gear since it is basicly useless outside of glamour anyway. Not really helpfull that the next batch of crafted gear, which drops at the same time as the next raid tier, is better.

(This is what friends, that do complete each raid tier told me. Not a raider myself therefore I can not tell if this is 100% correct)

[Driavna]

This is not uncommon. (from what I have been told)
A good amount of people just go for the clear, maybe reclear it a few times, before they do something else.
Not everyone cares about the gear since it is basicly useless outside of glamour anyway. Not really helpfull that the next batch of crafted gear, which drops at the same time as the next raid tier, is better.

(This is what friends, that do complete each raid tier told me. Not a raider myself therefore I can not tell if this is 100% correct)

Your friends are right. Once you clear keeping at it is pointless unless you want said gear for glamour, enjoy getting good logs, Ultimate fight is coming or you really enjoy clearing those fights. Other players that only care about MSQ will also leave once they are done with that and come back at a later date.

As Larirawiel mentioned loosing population is totally normal.

[Wolwosh]

Your friends are right. Once you clear keeping at it is pointless unless you want said gear for glamour,

Lol?
Yeah thats what statics are doing atm that are reclearing. Collecting that sweet glamour...

[Larirawiel]

Every MMO loses ~40% of the playerbase in the first 1 - 3 months after a release. Yes, it sounds like copium but it is the truth. So this is normal.


Cheers

[Illmaeran]

Every MMO loses ~40% of the playerbase in the first 1 - 3 months after a release. Yes, it sounds like copium but it is the truth. So this is normal.

This. XIV's regular, stable, player base is relatively low compared to the number of people who come in for expansions or patches when new content's released. Noticeable ups and downs in population is a standard thing for this game and is to be expected. The actual subscriber/player count is quite a bit higher than those of us who continue playing between major updates.

[Atreides]

Don't underestimate the amount of people that play FFXIV solely as Final Fantasy game for the story. They contributed alot to the queues, however they leave once they've done all the casual content there is and come back at later patches.
Currently you can't create new accounts which plays a role too new players can't even start the game right now.

Also alot of WoW folks that started FF are undecided whether to stick with the game or return to the game they've invested over a decade of their time. Especially now with the Microsoft news and 10.0 leaks that happen they take that copium and understandably so, I wouldn't want my time spent on a MMORPG to be completely wasted either.

Other than that, people play other games in general in their off time, you don't always have to be online in FFXIV. Get your daily expert done, maybe raid which is also a fixed time if you run with a static. Neither beastman dailies nor relic quests are out yet so there is not much else mandatory to do.

[Zaniel]

Also alot of WoW folks that started FF are undecided whether to stick with the game or return to the game they've invested over a decade of their time.

As an ex-WoW player, you would have to be a complete lunatic to return now. I can understand checking it out again in 2 expacs to see if it's rebuilt itself but now? Not a chance.