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I think this whole thread is BS to be honest... When I started a year ago there where about 2300-2600. Today, we have anywhere from 3000-3500. I haven't seen any real big change.
When i start to play 2 years ago right after NA release it was about 5000-6000 players with not much lag. What's your point? The laging and disconnecting crap now SE giving us has got me thinking if they have degraded their server for FFXI. Back then i won't even have a disconnect for no reason for months. Not to blame them or anything, but since they release couple new MMORPGs such as FrontMission online in JP and some others, it seems logic to me. You know buisness is still buisness. They need to think every possible way to make more profit. Such as lowering cost to maintain server, just like companies sometimes fire some of their employeers.
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From:FINAL FANTASY XI
Jun. 7, 2005 06:30 [PDT]
Applying for World Emigration (Jun. 7)
The character population has increased significantly for many Worlds and shows no sign of slowing down. To help balance the overall distribution of adventurers, we have decided to invite players from select Worlds to emigrate to less heavily populated servers.
If you are the one who writes about this news in POL. You got to give a reason for players understands why you perform the Emigration. And EVEN IF it is true the real reason behide it is they want to balance the server so it's easier for them run the game on a degraded server. You won't just go ahead and say the reason is "The character pupulation has DECREASED". Unleast the news writer wants to lose his job on the very next day. And NO, you can't just say SE want to perform a Emigration without any given reason. So what will you write if YOU are responsible to write this news?? Huh?
Go ahead and ask around those who have played FFXI since NA release. Ask them how much players usually online back then. It was once break through 1 million pupulations and POL has it on front page one year ago. But i have never heard them claim they have reach 1.1 million pupulations since then.