How many players are there per server atm? both total and concurrent???

[Treble]

Each server can hold 5000 concurrent users at one time, so JP has 25 servers, EU/NA has 25 Servers which equals 250,000 concurrent users. I forgot how many they said were online at one given moment, at all times.

Really? 5k? Is that.. normal for an mmo??

That makes me wonder what they're raising the concurrent cap to now, and what the concurrent on WoW servers was during vanilla.

[Kazadora]

This is directly from the Sticky on this forum from Yoshi-P: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-Restrictions

Each FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn World server has been designed to support a maximum of 5,000 concurrent connections. This is not the maximum number of characters which can be created on a World, however, but the maximum number of characters which can be logged into that World simultaneously. When more than 5,000 characters log into a World at once, there is a higher risk of server crashes and login errors. The restoration of crashed servers is usually followed by a rush of players attempting to log back in, which, in turn, puts a strain on our lobby server, and can ultimately have an adverse affect on all of the Worlds.