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    Melee Summoner
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    Server Populations

    I got really bored with XIV yesterday so I decided to do something "useful".
    Scraped lodestone to get a complete character list. Currently scraping job level data and such for characters on Besaid, but it is slow going. I will post stuff as it finishes.

    SERVER characters
    Gysahl 15302
    Cornelia 16567
    Figaro 16893
    Mysidia 17252
    Selbina 18087
    Trabia 18747
    Melmond 19007
    Palamecia 19161
    Istory 19247
    Karnak 19500
    Kashuan 20111
    Fabul 20516
    Lindblum 21352
    Wutai 21470
    Saronia 21606
    Bodhum 22156
    Besaid 22214
    Rabanastre 22769

    Total 351957

    DoW/DoM/Physical Distribution
    data:
    https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?...NNUFhT1E&hl=en
    graph:
    https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B40...MmM3MmMx&hl=en

    Top job levels on Besaid:

    job | level | url
    Conjury | 46 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1001653
    Sword | 42 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1001446
    Armorcraft | 40 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1003252
    Armorcraft | 40 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1208989
    Hand-to-Hand | 39 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1962046
    Hand-to-Hand | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=3662722
    Sword | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1082335
    Thaumaturgy | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1527664
    Woodworking | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1001386
    Woodworking | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1003237
    Clothcraft | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1003210
    Clothcraft | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1207759
    Fishing | 37 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1294624
    Hand-to-Hand | 36 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=2505025
    Sword | 36 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1046245
    Conjury | 36 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1007014
    Conjury | 36 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1018189
    Conjury | 36 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1995808
    Conjury | 36 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=3477187
    Armorcraft | 36 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1383028

    Top physical levels:

    job | level | url
    Physical | 50 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1047667
    Physical | 49 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1003252
    Physical | 49 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1041823
    Physical | 48 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1019776
    Physical | 48 | http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1208989

    I hope to be able to give average skill/day at some point but lodestone is really slow.

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    Old Merits
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    Be epic to do this once a week and make a line graph out of it. Then note where updates get released and see the effects of the population.

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    Melee Summoner
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    Quote Originally Posted by Egon View Post
    Be epic to do this once a week and make a line graph out of it. Then note where updates get released and see the effects of the population.
    Yeah I agree. But I am not sure how long it will be before SE's web admin will shut me down. It took about 50k web requests to get this far and it will be another 350k to collect all the character data.

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    Vuitton
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    I wonder if the lodestone shows characters who have canceled their subs.

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    Melee Summoner
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vuitton View Post
    I wonder if the lodestone shows characters who have canceled their subs.
    Going to assume they do. There are a LOT of physical level 1-5 characters. Really hard to keep physical that low and actually play.

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    Wow thanks for the info.
    And the total populations is very close to the numbers on this chart (which did not include Japanese sales): http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales...sy-xiv-online/

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    Saronia is listed as one of the highest population servers, but it's usually quite dead. Server merge incoming...

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    Mithra Ero-Sensei
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    JP hours, the server populations pretty high actually for msot server's i'd imagine.

    like for my server its hangs around 1000-1200, then around 3-4am it goes up to 2000-2400

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    Yeah this stuff is interesting, keep up the good work!

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    4 ranks from cap... God.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miokomioko View Post
    4 ranks from cap... God.
    It's rather sad really.

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    I can confirm that Saronia is really dead.
    900-1200 average with occasional 1600 peaks during JP prime. During wekeends it's 1300-1600 instead.

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    What amazes me about that "top 5" list is that only one of them has a reasonably high DoW/DoM job. It's all crafting!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dooom View Post
    What amazes me about that "top 5" list is that only one of them has a reasonably high DoW/DoM job. It's all crafting!
    I agree. The SP junk for a DoW/DoM is so unbalanced compared to DoH and even DoL. Personally, I know most of my levels came from crafting. It sure as hell didn't come from grinding mobs on my MRD. I joked that it would be possible to hit level 50 by Halloween. I wasn't far off apparently.

    So, does this mean the Surplus System failed to "slow" down the hardcores and keep the casuals close to them? I would guess even casuals have been able to hit mid 20s to early 30s as well.

    It would be great to see an actual average posting of server levels and ranks.

    *edit* To the OP: Thanks for putting in the work to collect and post this info.

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    Telliani
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    I would guess even casuals have been able to hit mid 20s to early 30s as well.
    well, leveling mostly just off of level quests once in a while (with husband, sometimes friend) - maaaaaaaaaybe averaging about 10 hours a week on our melee/mage classes, he's at 19, almost 20. I'd be there too if I wasn't getting screwed over by SP gain (I am still halfway to 19.)


    edit: we've been playing since CE release - minus 5 days cause of being out of town beginning of Oct.

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    As predicted by a lot of people, the surplus system simply increases the divide between a casual and a hardcore player. Unless your definition of "casual" is very loose, a casual player will not want to make the time investment necessary to progress through surplus because surplus reduces the value of his or her time.

    My anecdotal observation seems to indicate that Rabanastre is actually more active during NA peak compared to JP peak time. Over the past week I've noticed ~1,600-2,000 players on during NA peak and closer to ~1,200-1,400 during JP peak.

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    This game is not for casuals anyway. The most casual-friendly content this game has to offer right now is soloing 8+8 guildleves each 1/2 days, which takes no less than 5 hours if you move between the 3 cities. That's not the definition of "casual" in my book.

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    Strange, I expected Figaro to be higher up on the list... during NA times it's relatively quiet (1300-1600ish?), but during JP time the population shoots up above 3000 almost daily and the game becomes very difficult to play in many areas. Then again Figaro was supposedly designated as a "JP Server", so take that as you will.

    And as far as Phys level goes, I've leveled pretty much exclusively combat classes; and while I am by no means high level my Phys level stays about the same as my highest job. Grinding on my lowbie jobs I don't even get Phys EXP until the teens (besides in leves), and it stays low until 20ish.

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    The Defense is ready, Your Honor
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nevex View Post
    This game is not for casuals anyway. The most casual-friendly content this game has to offer right now is soloing 8+8 guildleves each 1/2 days, which takes no less than 5 hours if you move between the 3 cities. That's not the definition of "casual" in my book.
    That's not what the White Knights say. You must be doing something wrong. You must! Everyone who doesn't see how casual this game is must be wrong!

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