(04-30-2015, 12:24 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: Just wanted to point out there's no "them" doing any sort of cannibalizing. Everyone making the decision to change is doing so of their own accord, presumably, so there's no phantom boogeyman to blame.
People play what they want to play. Whether your choice is to play something popular or not is just making the choice an individual wants. You can infer trends and correlations through this type of data if properly gathered. The data itself can lead to interesting insights. Race breakdown before and after Au Ra as well as race breakdown among new subs particularly interest me. The census definitely played a huge part in making Au Ra.Â
You can't tell much on an individual level but you can see how effective a new race is through the different types of data.
Edit: Oh derp, I really should have scrolled up. After reading some of the previous posts I missed out on, I'm going to add this:
I think what is being meant by 'cannibalizing' is not shaming people for playing what they want to play but seeing the flow of racial breakdowns with the inclusion of Au Ra. It's the difference of: How much Au Ra are completely new subscribers vs. how much of Au Ra are existing subscribers. Perhaps also considering what races reroll moreso over others. (According to this poll, the hardest hit are miqo'te and hyur)
But we won't really see accurate data until Census 2015.
