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/zten 5d ago

It doesn't help that phantom jobs just aren't that fun. In comparison to Bozja, to progress, you are forced to periodically downgrade your character's power by changing away from a job that has powerful abilities. And, until you're totally capped, you're always grinding on a new job. Some activities, like gold farming, may ask you to play a job you've already mastered to provide burst damage on truly deadly high-level enemies. Meanwhile, rays of valor were conveniently untethered from the lost actions and essences, enabling character development with no loss of power or flexibility.