Are there no new players?!

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I'm currently 1465 gs, and I literally cannot find lobbies for nothing. And I don't mean that I'm not accepted to lobbies, I mean that there literally aren't any!
I only saw people creating lobbies for Brelshaza, Akkan, and Theamine raids (and final guradian raid), but nothing lower.
I just cannot comprehend how it is possible for a game to have 20k players online, and 0 people doing mid-game activites.
Are all those 20k sitting on the end-game?!
Because if that's so, the solo-mode is not an option, it's an obligation!

[Tariffs are a tax on your bill]

And bots.

[mentalrealm29]

in 2 month they gave double 1640 character and 1585 you missed chance

[Nipples]

Originally posted by Indomitus:

I'm currently 1465 gs, and I literally cannot find lobbies for nothing. And I don't mean that I'm not accepted to lobbies, I mean that there literally aren't any!
I only saw people creating lobbies for Brelshaza, Akkan, and Theamine raids (and final guradian raid), but nothing lower.
I just cannot comprehend how it is possible for a game to have 20k players online, and 0 people doing mid-game activites.
Are all those 20k sitting on the end-game?!
Because if that's so, the solo-mode is not an option, it's an obligation!

Sadly it's by design that they make everything besides the newest raids obsolete with free power passes that dump u into end game and skips 90% or more of the game so new players are pretty much stuck solo or waiting for hours in lobbys jsut to get rejected, or they can buy busses and swipe each week for months to try and catch up just to get rejected later lul. It's a shame cause i loved the old content but they just nerf the hell out of it, and progress is timegated so people can only choose 3 raids to do, and they're not gonna wait one of the 3 they can do on older stuff.

[MAP]

Originally posted by Nipples:

Originally posted by Indomitus:

I'm currently 1465 gs, and I literally cannot find lobbies for nothing. And I don't mean that I'm not accepted to lobbies, I mean that there literally aren't any!
I only saw people creating lobbies for Brelshaza, Akkan, and Theamine raids (and final guradian raid), but nothing lower.
I just cannot comprehend how it is possible for a game to have 20k players online, and 0 people doing mid-game activites.
Are all those 20k sitting on the end-game?!
Because if that's so, the solo-mode is not an option, it's an obligation!

Sadly it's by design that they make everything besides the newest raids obsolete with free power passes that dump u into end game and skips 90% or more of the game so new players are pretty much stuck solo or waiting for hours in lobbys jsut to get rejected, or they can buy busses and swipe each week for months to try and catch up just to get rejected later lul. It's a shame cause i loved the old content but they just nerf the hell out of it, and progress is timegated so people can only choose 3 raids to do, and they're not gonna wait one of the 3 they can do on older stuff.

You can go on many raids not just 3 but earning gold only on 3 of them.
Also it's new 2 solo raids so players trying them on, no time to waste.

[Novuhz]

Originally posted by Indomitus:

I'm currently 1465 gs, and I literally cannot find lobbies for nothing. And I don't mean that I'm not accepted to lobbies, I mean that there literally aren't any!
I only saw people creating lobbies for Brelshaza, Akkan, and Theamine raids (and final guradian raid), but nothing lower.
I just cannot comprehend how it is possible for a game to have 20k players online, and 0 people doing mid-game activites.
Are all those 20k sitting on the end-game?!
Because if that's so, the solo-mode is not an option, it's an obligation!

No reason to be doing ~1460 content other than card runs when you can instantly get to 1540/1585 with the free power pass.

[Purromi]

game is P2W and flooded with bots.. they spent more money on early censorship than o a war with cheaters and bots - they also redefined game for solo-players because of bots.. they also spending money on that silly dev-vlogs or whatever this cringe is.. also they are making dark fantasy +18 games that looks more more like game for childs..

[BlairiesTTV]

Originally posted by Indomitus:

I'm currently 1465 gs, and I literally cannot find lobbies for nothing. And I don't mean that I'm not accepted to lobbies, I mean that there literally aren't any!
I only saw people creating lobbies for Brelshaza, Akkan, and Theamine raids (and final guradian raid), but nothing lower.
I just cannot comprehend how it is possible for a game to have 20k players online, and 0 people doing mid-game activites.
Are all those 20k sitting on the end-game?!
Because if that's so, the solo-mode is not an option, it's an obligation!

Game is geared against new players. They should have taken a step back and blueprinted what makes FF14 so populated and banked on that. Cause at the end of the day the idea is to keep a MMO populated in all areas. This is why great games like Blade and Soul burnt out so quick.

It also doesnt help that the reviews scare people away. Hell everytime i try to get back into it. I get people from my friends list going "what the hell are you doing?"

-Instead of a endless power grind make it so you cap off every so often and reward vetsfor helping newer players

-Make old content relevant (cause some of it was pretty good) by rewarding vets for joining a PF system and doing old content again

A plathora of ideas out there but they choose "GIVE ME MONEY"

Game honestly needs a complete reboot with some of the above ideas scorched into its DNA. You'll hear some of the old heads try and coax you but these are people endgame with gear up to snuff who have swiped more times then they would have liked to admit and at that point you dont want a game you spent over 500$ on to die. (logic)

Hell my main mmo is Black Desert and ill admit i spent tons of cash on it. But ive never been gated out of anything, or tossed out of a party, And its put nothing but a smile on my face(what games are suppose to do..) accept for a few gear breaks that drove me nuts.

[lizzo MassReportedvictim]

sadly its all bots, you won't find a single new player.

[pete365]

25k bots and 5k addicted left.

[lizzo MassReportedvictim]

Originally posted by pete365:

25k bots and 5k addicted left.

i can also confirm this

[PandaSav]

Would play lost ark over any garbage f2p pvps these days xD

[DrumsOfLiberation]

dead p2w game, go play POE2 :)

[ADavidGA]

[Dakuna]

I am new, i may get back to playing it, but try to convince me....

[Maru]

i tried Lost Ark, but the moment i learned most of the story was solo progressed me an my mate stopped.