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Ryder Azorria
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.08.23 09:30:00 -
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Yet another person in desperate need of being hit repeatedly in face with a maths textbook...
An average of 3-4K concurrent users implies an actual active player base of anywhere from 60-100k, not a raging success, but not a total failure or 'dead' game either.
Also, that daily bonus probably will get people playing more often - even if it is just a couple of matches in a day they wouldn't have played. |
Ryder Azorria
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
509
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Posted - 2013.08.23 10:45:00 -
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Shion Typhon wrote:Ryder Azorria wrote:Also, that daily bonus probably will get people playing more often - even if it is just a couple of matches in a day they wouldn't have played. Umm no? The daily bonus will get people to log in then log out like a job. All that programming effort could have been used to develop some form of bonus that COMES FROM PLAYING THE GAME. Example: In game achievements: +100 SP for hacking 5 objectives in a match, +100 SP for each 3-killstreak, hell, anything but more passive stupidity.
Yes some people will just log in and out, but others will play a few matches, sort of a 'well while I'm here...' thing.
And every time achievements and the like have been brought up they have been shot down with the exact same argument. FORCING PEOPLE TO PLAY THE GAME CERTAIN WAYS IS BAD M'KAY. |
Ryder Azorria
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.08.23 11:43:00 -
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demonkiller 12 wrote:Ryder Azorria wrote:Yet another person in desperate need of being hit repeatedly in face with a maths textbook...
An average of 3-4K concurrent users implies an actual active player base of anywhere from 60-100k, not a raging success, but not a total failure or 'dead' game either.
Also, that daily bonus probably will get people playing more often - even if it is just a couple of matches in a day they wouldn't have played. I dont think the active player base is even over 20k players, on another note im going to loging each of my alts each day for that sweet weekly bonus of 31,500 SP
You're suggesting that these 20k players play for 4-5 hours a day, every day, in perfect shifts with no overlap.
No, I'm reasonably certain that isn't the case. |
Ryder Azorria
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
511
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Posted - 2013.08.23 11:51:00 -
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Shion Typhon wrote:Ryder Azorria wrote:Shion Typhon wrote:Ryder Azorria wrote:Also, that daily bonus probably will get people playing more often - even if it is just a couple of matches in a day they wouldn't have played. Umm no? The daily bonus will get people to log in then log out like a job. All that programming effort could have been used to develop some form of bonus that COMES FROM PLAYING THE GAME. Example: In game achievements: +100 SP for hacking 5 objectives in a match, +100 SP for each 3-killstreak, hell, anything but more passive stupidity. Yes some people will just log in and out, but others will play a few matches, sort of a 'well while I'm here...' thing. And every time achievements and the like have been brought up they have been shot down with the exact same argument. FORCING PEOPLE TO PLAY THE GAME CERTAIN WAYS IS BAD M'KAY. F'ing seriously? As in forcing them to not AFK is a bad thing? That is just insane. Achievements are a tried and true, tested psychological mechanism in like just about every modern game. Just because some EVEtard cries about it isn't a reason to not use them.
Not afking is ofc a good thing, but forcing a sniper (a good one, not a redlining SoB) to cap a bunch of objectives to get his SP, or a dedicated medic to go on a murderous rampage? Not so much.
You can have commendations tied to different play styles, that would actually be pretty useful for ranking players by profession, but don't tie them to SP, or trophies, or anything that's required to 'complete' the game. |
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