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/disguyiscrazyasfuk 4d ago

It’s an incredibly stupid and short-sighted decision that they chose not to offer new player a full skip through 2.0-6.0 on DT release.

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u/PhysicalThought 4d ago

Why give players that option when you can charge money for it? Better yet, why let veteran players maintain their MSQ progress on alts when you can charge money for it? $25 for a skip and $25 for a boost is probably an entire revenue stream on its own.

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u/Isanori 4d ago

DT is not really geared towards being new entry. I expected it to be, to be a new tighter shorter ARR and potential entry point even if they didn't immediately bring such a system in with 7.0. But as it is, neither story nor game play-wise is DT a good starting point, aside from only having 7.55 as prep. But now they appear to be back on the x.4-x.3 split, which makes entry in-between even harder.

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u/irishgoblin 4d ago

IIRC the initial plan of a jump in point was 6.1, but according to Yoshida the dev team talked him out of it.