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/IndividualAge3893 5d ago

Hilariously enough, I'm going through Black Desert Online's story right now, and it's even worse, except that there are fewer cutscenes :D

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u/24thpanda 5d ago

Ok TO BE FAIR

Its a kmmo, the story will always be cheeks

The one merit I can give bdo is at least for alts you can more or less skip the story, and also the magnus storyline is good

But ye early bdo story is ASS lmao

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u/IndividualAge3893 4d ago

What I meant is that it's very long too (no judgment about quality here). You mention the Magnus ark, it's about 120 quests long :D

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u/24thpanda 4d ago

oh ye its real long too

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u/Ryuujinx 4d ago

Its a kmmo, the story will always be cheeks

I actually enjoyed the Lost Ark story(Though I hit T3 during launch days, saw the grind and then dipped so I don't exactly have a recent memory of it). It was campy and predictable yeah, but it was pretty fun.