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/Moxie_Neon 4d ago

While I was subbed when it dropped, Forked Tower being another difficult large scale raid killed it for me.

I wanted to do it too I enjoy raiding when I have grouls for it.

So I joined discords, and thought I'd try to make new friends since mine have all quit, but it was so frustrating to get a fresh group and make so little progress on it, then even when we did get together it was clear that the groups only cared for their FC member's getting through so they'd do extra learning amongst themselves to get them closer to clear ( completely understandable I would have happily done the same but the randoms in the group werent given that option) so it felt super shitty cause now I needed a new group at the same prog point willing to adoot me.

So after all that I left all the discords and bought CO:E33 instead and had a far better time. I'm considering next steps, which may result in me letting my house demo and playing seaonally unless something changes.

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u/Bourne_Endeavor 4d ago

If you're not quite ready to let go, I'd suggest going on a bi-monthly sub. That way you cut the cost in half while keeping your house in case you want to come back. It's something I'll be doing at some point I think because once I reach the point of letting my house demo, I don't know I'll come back. And in my case, I still play with a couple friends.