Giving up

[Mijeme]

This is the 2nd complaint you made in a day. When you leave can I have your stuff?

[Absurdity]

And I know someone who is struggling to find 1 person to fill their 2 nights a week static.

That's been our M4s experience for almost 2 months now. The fight isn't even hard, getting into the instance in the first place to get any kind of prog is. We've been waiting up to 2 hours a night on a single DPS.

[CaedemSanguis]

Take a break, it's been a week that my sub is over and I dont plan on resubbing until FRU is released

[Sensui]

That's been our M4s experience for almost 2 months now. The fight isn't even hard, getting into the instance in the first place to get any kind of prog is. We've been waiting up to 2 hours a night on a single DPS.

What do you mean? This doesn't happen! There are over 150 active parties at all times just churning out reclear after reclear. Never has there been a shorter wait time for parties to fill. This sounds like a "you" problem.

[Hyperia]

Using statistics, any sample size that is in excess of 10,000 people is considered a high quality sample. The Steam userbase is well in excess of 10,000 users so we do have valid data that can be used as a sample. While yes, it is a sample, it is good enough to make calculations and analysis based upon it. I highly doubt that there is a significant difference between Steam users and the rest of the userbase.

[Havenchild]

Using statistics, any sample size that is in excess of 10,000 people is considered a high quality sample. The Steam userbase is well in excess of 10,000 users so we do have valid data that can be used as a sample. While yes, it is a sample, it is good enough to make calculations and analysis based upon it. I highly doubt that there is a significant difference between Steam users and the rest of the userbase.

Except it represents quite literally a fraction of the overall playerbase comparatively, and specifically a steam playerbase that increased during the WoW exodus when the steam version became significantly more popular due to them finally fixing that versions issues as well as a more seamless purchasing experience (with work arounds for mogstation). Meaning the userbase on steam is close to a majority now being a relatively novice install base in the lifecycle of XIV overall.

Also, idk how you consider extrapolating data from such a small base is synonomous to the more experienced base on PC.

[Sacae]

I seem to recall their being some kind of controversy with the Steam version of this game, back during Shadowbringers, I think? The forums were going nuts over it at least, with the general consensus being that no one should EVER use Steam for this game, and that making some waves in the wider community. I would be interested to see actual numbers on the Steam vs direct from the Square Enix store PC population, as, IIRC, PC players do make up a majority of the players, if only in the west.