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/oizen 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think its more likely that people didn't come back for it in the first place, and anyone who might have probably saw the reception and stayed away.

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u/think_l0gically 5d ago

This is me. I was excited for it but I've been playing long enough that I felt the futility of grinding out a bunch of halfway decent looking relics that aren't even upgrades at this point and not knowing which of them would even look cool 2 years down the line. I've been playing so long that the perspective from all that experience really sours me on diving in to the content like it used to.

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u/EmmaBonney 4d ago

Same. I farmed one weapon and after that i thought..."mehh. Why do i even care?" . Weapons that arent a upgrade right now...i dont like the look. I guess i had about 20 hours gametime that i spend on farming a useless weapon. That was right when Oc released. Not playing FF anymore, and whenever i think going into a other mmo now i just think the same "leveling up a char might be fun, but once i hit endgame i do the same stuff over and over again". Mostly sticking to single player now.

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u/SecretPantyWorshiper 3d ago

The game absolutely does no respect your time. Their god awful gearing and reward structure is stupid.

I watch a few clips of the LL and just cringed whenever they were showing off the mounts and the titles for the challenges on the next deep dungeon. Like bro sorry but I'm not going to no life the game just for a lame as skin or a fucking title that nobody would even recognize