FF14 player count reached the lowest point in 4 years. We lost 75% of the playerbase.

[Emitans]

Were we ever promised a new Criterion? The website only mentions Variant. Was it on that Fan Fest slide?

We generally consider Variant and Criterion two halves of a hole but the fact they've only mentioned one of them sounds like we might only get Variant since it was played by more of the community due to its ease and rewards.

[Exmo]

Whenever the developers say anything, some people always treat it as a promise. As if they're children being invited to a birthday party. You have to understand the difference between a promise and a roadmap.

[yesnt]

Whenever the developers say anything, some people always treat it as a promise. As if they're children being invited to a birthday party. You have to understand the difference between a promise and a roadmap.

Exactly. People need to stop expecting something for their money.

[Exmo]

Exactly. People need to stop expecting something for their money.

If you paid money for something you knew wasn't even in the game yet, you made a very silly financial decision.

[yesnt]

If you paid money for something you knew wasn't even in the game yet, you made a very silly financial decision.

Exmo upset I didn't fall for bait, Exmo upset and tryin harder.

[Exmo]

Exmo upset I didn't fall for bait, Exmo upset and tryin harder.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6722212

[Milea]

anecdotally it does seem in decline at the moment

[Gunz_Zbestest]

Lol last 30 days is now 14,515.8, there wasn't even a bump in the month for 7.25 lmao

Yeah well bot armies in limsa aren't real players. How come these bleeding hearts always show up with this. Necroing posts and telling people to unsub when the weebs seemingly get their extremely sensitive feelings hurt?

[bic12]

By the way... August was also the most disastrous month on record since Dec 2020.

[Supersnow845]

I’m amazed that people don’t see how “forums only seem to have energy when stupid controversy borne of squares awful decision making comes around” isn’t just a massive red flag in it of itself

And I’m one of the “manic” poster exmo would be describing, even I barely care anymore