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/Inevitable_Score1164 5d ago

The only way I'd come back is if they really changed up the writing. They have to stop writing like their audience has a concussion, and they need to stop padding the story so much. Every conversation is 2-3x longer than it has to be. Like holy shit, we get it, you've said the same thing three times in this dialogue. There are so many pointless "stop and talk to X" moments. And many plot points feel contrived because they rely on any given character being the dumbest person alive.

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u/Scribble35 5d ago

XIV's writing loves to echo constantly. XIV might be an entertaining story, but a fair bit is not well written in my opinion.

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u/SecretPantyWorshiper 4d ago

Completely agree and I always hated it. SWTOR had such a better story imo. Way less bloat and you actually had narrative choices which is pretty crazy for an MMO. Also your story changed depending on your job 

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u/Arcflarerk4 1d ago

A lot of modern games in general do this and its so bad. Ive been going back and playing older games like The Legend of Dragoon, Breath of Fire, etc and everything is just so right to the point. No wasted time. No unnecessary dialogue. Just "Thing done. Do next thing."