Players are leaving?

[Kaizlu]

It might not be hard for you because you have had so much practice on it. But just think the people that are new to this game, especially primal fights? Come on.. do you know how long it took people to kill Ifrit? Be for real man!

It took long because it was new and nobody knew what to do.

By now, you can look up videos, strategies and even some images showing what to do during the fights. I understand some people would want to find a "personal strategy" (or something), but if you really must/want to beat content you can do some research and get to it.

Of course, the "get a group of people who take the fights seriously" part is another thing and that's up to the community, not the game.

Again, from a personal perspective I feel that Mog, Ifrit and DH are the easy part of endgame content. CC, AV, Garuda and Hamlet aren't that easy and ask more from the player/party to be completed - but I don't see them as impossible.

[darkstarpoet1]

yes, the vast majority of my friends have left the game. most state they will return for 2.0, but it's made me sign in less and less lately due to them being gone.

[Riv]

Many people do suck at their job due to power lvling, i agree. And then get frustrated when they can't beat anything cuz so many ppl suck. This is why i do no big fights with pick up groups, and the "content finder" or w/e they add will probably be full of fail.

[DeadRiser]

Update. Just got one of my newer friend in an Ifrit party. He survived even past hellfire and this was only his second attempt. Just takes patience and someone who can explain things

[Asiaine]

To touch on main topic:
I notice many people from my LSs who used to be active not be so active now.
I also notice many new faces.
I also notice that a lot of content is now mainly being done within LSs (Especially Garuda and Hamlet).
I also notice a lack of anyone doing content such as the first 3 strong hold gold coffers.

All of these combined give the impression that players are leaving. I do not think that really is the case. I think it is a lot more of the 'experiened' players playing less and only playing within their linkshells that give this impression.

[Chardrizard]

I'd love to see locked content and see people whine somemore, because when it comes to locked content, people will only invites the jobs with the best succesful rate and safest so they dont waste their timer.

When it's already happening now, it will get multiple times worse if locked content happens.

[prymortal]

Only reason why people i've talked to are leaving is because certain things are to hard to level up & the raids like AV & CC where you need to kill a monster stand on 1 foot, tap your toes togeather 3 times & beat everything in 3 mins or else no chests crap.
(well the raids are my words but theres were : "its because of the B/S invovled in AV, CC & when you kill something you should be rewarded but were not!") & the lack of drop rates, lack of solo or 4 person events, very rarly is it due to real life or other things.

I was going to leave because of lack of solo ways to get decent seals + above, but meh to lazy to leave