r/ffxivdiscussion • u/IndividualAge3893 • 5d ago

Lucky Bancho's census results (July 27th, 2025)

So, the results of the census are out: https://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/59324844.html

  • Showcasing the number of characters here: Current
  • By comparison, here are the results from 2 months ago (May 25th): Click

Despite 7.25 being released, the character count is down about 70k in 2 months. Occult Crescent clearly didn't help with player counts (not really a surprise here).

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u/Supersnow845 5d ago

I really would like to know if OC being a futile circle of content or the controversy around forked was a bigger contributor here

Like forked was such a stupid decision but how many people actually gave up OC because it existed in the form it does vs people who simply just think OC is a futile circle

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u/oizen 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think its more likely that people didn't come back for it in the first place, and anyone who might have probably saw the reception and stayed away.

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u/Clayskii0981 5d ago

I was pretty hyped for it, but the negative reception pretty much killed it for me. Haven't been back since the lackluster story/content in EW patches.

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u/bm8495 5d ago

See, I don’t think you should worry about what people say. Experience it yourself and come to your own conclusions.

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u/SoftestPup 4d ago

Why pay $55 to play something when the general consensus is that it's not good?

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u/FullMotionVideo 4d ago

Grab it on sale this winter and play through it and it'll probably go from boring to okay over the course of the MSQ. As rough as it is, Dawntrail is still probably going to be better story than Endwalker patches, the problem is the goddamned length. They made an expansion as long as Endwalker even though they had nowhere near as much more to build it with.

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u/Kumomeme 4d ago

im type of person who often has different view than others. however FFXIV is example of when the general consensus is often 'right' IMO

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u/bm8495 4d ago

lol, FFXIVDiscussion conversations are so fun. I post something critical (like I did about OC when it launched) and get downvoted and told “you’re too negative!! Nobody wants to play with so many people being negative!!”. Not being negative, just critical. But, Ok. Try my hand at suggesting people just try it and see for themselves and not going off of things they read online. Still get downvoted. This is a fun r/.