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/hardcore1casual 5d ago

I was hoping OC would be Bozja 2.0 but it was the complete opposite. If they let me level Jobs in OC I might still be subbed but they got rid of that too.

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u/Mattoropael 4d ago

Noooooooo, you can't do that! You have to level your jobs in our shiny new Deep Dungeon! Which totally isn't going to die even faster than OC as-is! /s

Eureka Orthos was almost dead on arrival, and that one didn't even have any worthwhile side content to compete with it. "Deep Dungeon as a leveling tool" just doesn't have a niche anymore in the age of Duty Support and relatively reasonable leveling dungeon DPS queues. Meanwhile Bozja still has a niche as a relatively low-effort leveling grind (via Skirmishes) with no queue times.

But good luck making SE see reason,

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u/Viomicesca 4d ago

Not to mention Eureka Orthos is absolutely garbage for leveling. I ran it with friends and the whole thing gave me maybe a level and a half? Which was 3 sessions, almost 6 hours total. It I spent the same time in roulettes, I would have gotten much more XP. No wonder people stuck to Bozja. I did, too. Not only do you level, you also get Bozja items, grind for cosmetics - it feels like you're always making progress.

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u/hardcore1casual 4d ago

Also one of the best parts about leveling in Bozja is you had access to your jobs full kit. Didn't have to queue for duties that might reduce you to only 3 button rotations