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PureDante said:

Alright well, 2 million active characters =/= 2 million active accounts lol, considering you can have up to 16 chars on one account (iirc)? Not to mention the # of RMTs lol. 

Even so, its interesting, simply because XI in its current state >>>>> XIV. I stopped playing XIV, and refuse to until the game has a purpose besides crafting. XI right now, with all the abyssea updates seems as if its learning a lot from WoW: shorter linkshell events, easier in difficulty, and more rewarding, which all in all makes it a lot more fun. (On record, I hate WoW. But every MMO is going to be influenced by WoW in one way or another in order to attempt to challenge it/be successful).

RMTs aren't exactly in the game anymore due to how the game is over powered. All the great gear is now rare/ex. There is like no point for the RMT to even be there.

2M Characters doesnt equal 2M accounts like you say but most people do have about 1 or 2 subs on avg. So you can bet they still have around 250k subs.