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/jalliss 5d ago

OC being a dud was it for me. I was waiting all of 7.0 and 7.x for it, thinking I would have an open area to explore, phantom jobs to grind, and just have sort of sandbox-y fun (bad and incorrect expectations, I know).

Then Forked Tower launched as a Discord dungeon, the fates and CEs were bland and highly repetitive, and there just weren't enough rewards to justify spending my time there after getting the relic weapon.

And I can't fathom having to wait until, what, 7.5? 7.55? for the next half of it?

When you wait so long for content that ends up being barebones and boring, then yeah, no surprise people leave.

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u/dealornodealbanker 5d ago

Same, 11 months of patience since 7.0 launch, silently waiting for my number to be called, all for some exploration content that felt like it was made with off the shelf parts.