No whining, no science, just thoughts with some reality behind it. If MA is hoping that the new planets will save the game from the ongoing recession they are dead wrong. What they need to do is to get more people to start playing actively and deposit. As it is right now the fairy tale of the 900k+ accounts we keep getting shoved down our throats is just utter bullshit. It may be that there is actually 900k+ accounts created, but to honestly believe that we are so damn gullible that we think that is the same as 900+k PLAYERS that is also bull. My guess is no more than 10k, tops. Get the big PR machine spinning and get more ppl to play is the ONLY thing that can save this game at the moment. I would bet that we only have 30-40% of the player base left that actively play on a regular basis. The ones that keep hoping (me included) that the game will regain what it once was, is obviously depositing smaller amounts than they used to do. Just look at the MA reports. What they need to do is to get the game play more interesting and do something about the loot balance to keep players interested. Interested and happy players will spend more money on the game. Its as simple as that. When I uses to play actively (3-6h/day) I was depositing between 2-5000 ped each month, but in the last 5-6 months ive cut it down to under 1000 ped if I even deposit. By this I am NOT saying that I get better loot and dont have to deposit as much as I used to, ive just cut down on the game time. People get bored/pissed when they waste thousands and thousands of RL money and get just more decay and lesser loot as they used to get. And the vicious circle continues. The game consists of (to be blunt) 4 types of players. 1 the new players that just started and dont deposit yet = no profit for MA yet.. 2 0-2 year players that just started to play more seriously and started to deposit small amounts = low profit for MA 3 2-4 year old players who regularly deposit each month just to get peds to buy ammo, normal items and pay for the decay = high profit for MA 4 the Uber Ubers who has it all and rarely deposit anymore and is able to play at a level where some of them even manages to withdraw on a regular basis. = none or low profit for MA If I just look at my soc and my ingame friends who consists mainly of cat 3 players and a few lucky cat 4, almost all of them has ether quit playing or drastically cut down on the time they play and also due to getting shit loot, cut back on the amount they spend on the game. So, if they keep loosing more cat 3 players that will in the end loos it all. cat 3 players is (based on %) the ones that are paying for the game and also at the moment the ones that are leaving the game. This generalisation is of course just to get some for of argument. Im sure that there is cat 4 and 2 players who deposit lots of peds without withdrawing a pec. But the ones ive talked to dont so dont get yer panties in a twist. ;) FFS MA! Get your head out of your ass and help us get the fun back in to the game again. Start by attracting new players and even out the loot so that we will thing we have a fighting chance of getting something back. As it is right now its not worth the money. spending 2kpeds and only geting 20-30% back is just bull. Im I the only one thinking like this? Holy shit this was suppose to be a short post.. lol well well Braastad XO FTW!
There are about 2600 unique avatars globaling atleast once per month before this migration. I would call that the active playerbase so yeah,we have 2600 players and not 900k I also agree with your post mostly:D
MA profit =/= deposits And active players are more like 7-8K if you check the ranks at entropiatracker.
Based on what? Amount of avatars tracked? When I use reliable trackers such as other ones the the number hasnt been over 3,5k in ages. If you dont global even once a month then there is something wrong. Yes I know deposits is the livelyhood of MindArk and I do truly think they would do alot better financially if they made the game cheaper so alot more people would actually stick with PE than leave
It took me over 3,5 years to get my first global, and I do not global more than once every 2-3 months atm... I play several hours each day. I know several people that, as me, do not global more than once every 2-3 months or so, some has never ever globalled. They play at least 3-4 times a week. To track the amount of players by using global trackers is totally inaccurate and can not give any proven results.
I agree. My wife plays almost everyday. Hunting, mining, crafting. Something. However, since VU10, she's had almost no love. Lately if she globals once a month, it's a surprise. Of course she's a n00bie & doesn't hunt big game, so... Counting small game hunters, and folks like Lebanner, and dedicated team hunters, I'm sure we can count the number of globalers and double it. So call it ~7k active players. Only 20% of which contribute 80% of the deposits. (Old 80/20 rule.)
What do you hunt? How much ped do you cycle a day in average? Only time I have never had a global in 1 month has been during bans
to be fair, im not sure this strategy was created with recession in mind, it was initiated before the banking problems and is a long term strategy. thats said alot of people are in for a surprise if they think anything much is going to be different on the new planets, its going to be like going to a big CND, some different mobs and mechanics (thinkg of mining). its all about promotion, if the new planets dont draw anyone in then the net effect will be worse as the existing base is spread out.
I agree with predden. i have been on about exactly this for a while now, and I have many times flagged Mindark directly, for their bad custommer relations. Look into my MA-Support Department posts and you will see, i saw this comming and develloping, before my eyes, and I am NOT even active for 12 Months now. But I get my info from Forums and news and many other mediums outside the verse. Sadly MA see the verse, as a fast cash turnover idea, when in fact it is not. Heck! I saw it comming eventually 2 years before my ban. It was obvious back then, how Swedish Mindark, is just terrible with relating to their account holders. They have been pushing too fast on the CE2 implementation, then their is this on-mass planet implimentation and Verse expansion. all this and the world hasnt yet climatized properly to the idea of virtual realities and dimensions. Worse, is they are so vain and arrogant to even bother to listen to peops like us, so they keep screwing themselves into oblivion.
