Expansion Data
With the release of the Wings of the Goddess expansion, the world of Vana'diel has expanded further than ever before. The following section of the census focuses on mission progression from each expansion, with data only taken from characters who have accepted mission offers.
Let's start out with the Rise of the Zilart missions. Just like last year, many characters have received offers for the last missions after Ark Angels, coming to a total of around 80% of players. Another interesting fact to note is that the percentage of characters who have accepted an offer for “The Last Verse” has increased by about 5% since last year. This is an honor that can only be enjoyed by those who have beaten all of the missions from both Rise of the Zilart and Chains of Promathia, as well as various quests. The road to beating “The Last Verse” is certainly not an easy one.
However, the percentage increase may also be due to Chains of Promathia missions being made easier, and experience points no longer being lost for characters KO'd on the battlefield.
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Next, we have the mission progress data for Chains of Promathia.
By looking at this data, we can gather that mission progress is moving along reasonably well, just like Rise of the Zilart.
Because the number of characters who have accepted mission offers for “Emptiness Bleeds” has only increased by 3% since last year, one might think that mission progress is moving slightly slower than Rise of the Zilart--but actually, the number of users who have accepted Chains of Promathia missions outnumber Rise of the Zilart users by 1.5 times. This change is actually very small.
Because of the large number of areas with level restrictions, and the elaborate care required to obtain items used to lower the overall difficulty, it's considered difficult to find party members for this particular expansion pack. However, looking at the current situation, the difficulty level has been lowered and now highly useful battlefield items can be easily found at auction houses.
Since players who have already beaten a mission's battlefield can gain additional experience points by challenging it again, this has encouraged players to cooperate with each other, making it easier for players to take on the challenges of Chains of Promathia.
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Next, we come to Treasures of Aht Urhgan, which had its final mission added on August 28, 2007. When last year's census was released, the most recent mission was Sentinels' Honor, and the percentage of characters that had beaten Sentinels' Honor came to 11%. According to this year's data, the total percentage of characters to have beaten the final mission Eternal Mercenary has already exceeded 15%. By looking at the percentages for each mission, we can see that missions with battlefields are somewhat higher than others.
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Now we continue on to Assault's mercenary rankings.
Because players can be promoted up to First Lieutenant by raising their mercenary assessment and passing rank evaluations, it beats Private First Class by a hair's length with 9.69%. Because players who wish to become captains need to complete all Treasures of Aht Urhgan mission and all Assaults in each area, the percentage is slightly lower.
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And finally, we introduce data from the Wings of the Goddess expansion.
The following information may drastically change a year from now according to future version updates, but we present the results of our research into allegiance distribution in Campaign and Campaign medal acquisition.
Let's take a look at allegiance distribution first.
Since all players in the world of the past are bound to take part in the Allied Forces of Altana, and there is no identification to the same allied nation in the world of the present, players can freely pledge allegiance to any nation in the past as they please.
As a result, the percentage for each of the three nations is almost equal, with a slightly smaller percentage of players allied to the Republican Army of Bastok.
≪Campaign Allegiance Distribution≫ (*All Worlds)
Let's shift our attention to Campaign medal acquisition.
The best part about Campaign lies in the ability players have to participate as their favorite job for as long as they want. As a result, players are able to acquire medals by laboriously participating in Campaign for even short periods of time.
There are various merits in acquiring such medals, but most likely the lure of Campaign ops available through higher rank medals, and the obtaining of items that can be used in trade for Allied Notes, spurs so many players forward to get better and better medals.
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