no merges, the numbers are actually decent it doesn't feel dead but nothing like launch. I'd say we had 1500 subs on around xmass for EST and now its more like 900 for EST. The JP crowd is pretty stable and has more ppl then NA/EU.
The community is actually strong, when talking on forums most of the original haters have finally left and whats left are the ppl who really want the game to succeed. The devs have made several efforts to directly incorporate player feedback into patches and also make lodestone forum responses to hot topic issues. So far I have no complaints but really it all comes down to these battle patches. For me this is the end of my patience. If we dont' get both content and real significant battle system updates in 1.18a/b/c then I might look to other games.
Sutien replied
759 weeks ago