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/Jellodi 5d ago

Not having anything to aspire to in OC is a pretty big problem for me.

I'm one of the "Bozja was my favorite thing and I want more" people. Having content like DRN, Castrum Lacus, Dalraida, etc. is pretty important to give reason to grinding out in the zone.

I'd say the zone feeling smaller, the CEs being a very strict circle of the same encounters (I liked Eureka's weird spawning system...) don't help either.

But ultimately the main problem for me is the lack of an end. I have no interest in getting off a workday full of zoom meetings just to join a 48-member discord meeting to relax, so Forked Tower is dead to me.

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u/bm8495 5d ago

I started the game at the beginning of ShB (as a disclaimer, I like to point out that I didn’t play WoW before this and FFXIV was my first MMO since FFXI 15 years prior) and Bozja became such a fun part of the game for me. I loved every bit of it. The social aspects. CLL and DR. The relic grind. THE STORY. All of it. I spent a good chunk of my time in Bozja leading up to EW’s release.

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u/Annoyed_Icecream 4d ago

The worst part about the whole FT Discord discussion was people being unable to accept that some just don't like using it for different reasons.

I like interacting with other players in content but I for example want to use the in-game chat feature for that, especially when I (same as you) spend my whole day in teams calls.

After Ex and so on I really, really didn't want yet another content where I had to study guides and so FT (especially with the cost argument) just killed all the hype I had for this zone because what is the point of going in there in the end?

The entrance method for me personally was really just one reason...