Quote Originally Posted by Maltothoris View Post
How bout checking Primal and Dynamis which are pretty dead??


EDit: That being said, is the game in a bad spot? No. On the other hand, it is not in a good spot either, especially with the latest census out and how abysmal OC and FT rates are.
Dynamis pretty much never was alive to begin with, and the real issue with Primal there is how the DC travel system has effectively shunted so many people to Aether even if they're based on Primal. It does reveal a problem with DC travel, but not the game's population.

If you're talking about LuckyBancho's, to me it's also jarring that the blue graph representing the new players trying the game during Dawntrail diminishes rapidly.
Not surprising...FFXIV is over 10 years old and finished it's main story arc. How many gamers that are potentially interested in a game like FFXIV but haven't ever tried it are actually left? At some point, there just isn't really a pool of "new blood" left.

as if losing interest from hundred thousand players that was thrown at you for free is any signs pointing toward your game is (un)healthy has been laughably depressing.
It's just the sensible, logical approach. People who were "thrown at you for free" but aren't at all your intended audience just aren't going to stay unless you radically, fundamentally change your game...in which case, most of them will probably still leave, and you'll also have alienated a huge portion of your intended playerbase in the process. Games have intended audiences; changing your game to suit other people is what is ultimately unhealthy.

We were never going to keep those players anyway so even attempting to do anything at all is completely futile something something or some such
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