Bahamut.Ukiyasan said:
Well after the first wave, the avg player base online was about 2-3k still. As of yesterday during NA primetime, there were 1127 people on actively. I wasn't checking last week, but Agent told me after I told him the number from last night that last tuesday there was only 922 people on during NA primetime. The numbers for NA prime hover between 900-1200 now. EU primetime on Saturday is around the same. JA I'm not sure about. They really did hit the hammer though with 2nd wave.
I saw around 3200 online not too long ago in JP weekend primetime (about 7-8pm Saturday JST, I believe it was the weekend before the last update). I think most other servers still aren't near this number. Everyone says Bahamut is dead, but I think mostly NA players are the ones jumping ship. If people want to believe it's dead, that's fine. Sure, my flist is full of people on other servers. And yeah, da d00nz is completely dead. Finding a tank for a party is like pulling teeth. But I'm not pessimistic nor do I let it affect me as deeply as most people I hear complaining about it. That being said, would I recommend this server to someone returning after an absence (who wants to primarily level jobs and do missions)? Probably not. But if you have at least one 75 that you enjoy playing, I really don't see how this server can't meet your needs.