And those numbers will drop by 15-25% after the event.

And those numbers will drop by 15-25% after the event.

don't just pull random numbers out of your arse. that's nonsense.

common sense

You can also check out how many characters there are in the game here:
http://dustboard.com/global

I see you have been spending a lot of time with IWS or joined his BS Wagon. I have about 21 alts and all those alts are listed in dustboard. What dustboard doesnt tell you is how many of those people actually play dust?

MAG too has over a million characters but guess what;- the servers are being shut down.

PS: In addition to that what am I going to do with 5 million plus characters when I have little or no people to play with.

I see you have been spending a lot of time with IWS or joined his BS Wagon. I have about 21 alts and all those alts are listed in dustboard. What dustboard doesnt tell you is how many of those people actually play dust?

MAG too has over a million characters but guess what;- the servers are being shut down.

PS: In addition to that what am I going to do with 5 million plus characters when I have little or no people to play with.

I too, have a zillion alts. Those alts are not new folks coming to dust. They are just me. A scrub who has been here since closed beta days.

/facepalm

I'm an Eve Online player. Don't think I don't know that already. I have alts as well, you know. I'm talking estimates. ESTIMATES! Also, I'm not into the IWS bandwagon. Me and him still butt heads on a few things.

Ok! As long as you are not enrolled in IWS School of Dellutional Numnuts I'll play nice.

Even though dustboard has 5 million plus characters it doesnt mean that I get to play with a good amount off them. When I see eve-offline.net and see 3300 players online;- I know that if I login in now to play Dust I will be playing with 3300 players.

This is an improvement from whats it was a month ago where there were literally less than 2500 players online when I would log in.

I am trying to raise a point that people will come back to Dust as long as there is a good enough reason. Events like Operation Shinobi and the 5WP/3SP have helped that If CCP can continue this trend we might see a lot more people come back and new players take it up more.

I heard his smallest hairs are long enough to do braids. Comment away IWS.

Honestly I would prefer to see real content like more racial suits, racial weapons, racial vehicles, more unique maps, more game modes, PvE and an open market. Those will bring in more players per hour than what we have now. Since suits and weapons are now being added in 1.8 and we are now getting cloaks in addition to plenty of scout love for once, I foresee many players coming back to Dust.

So... I make it a point to visit the Eve status monitor server occasionally and this is what I am seeing;-

Currently online: 3,375
Max (24h): 4,325 (2014-01-24 00:05:00)

For those of you that dont understand this;- there are currently 3375 people playing this game as of this post and 4325 players have been on at any single given instance of time. In the past these numbers hovered around 2300 for players online and 3700 for maximum number of players at any single given instance of time.

One could attribute these numbers to various improvements that CCP has made to the game (CCP gives true meaning to the phrase better late than never) in terms of handling the lag and bringing in in game items but I would attribute the increase in these numbers to 2 aspects and here are my reasons why;-

1. Operation Shinobi

The reason this event is so unique is that it encourages a different kind of gameplay away from the normal stand 100 mts away and use my proto rail rifle gameplay. It encourages people to get up close and personal which can be challenging and fun. Yes! I used the word "fun"! Something Bust 514 hasnt been for a long long time. The reward system in place too for this event also actually makes it worth running around with a Nove Knife stabbing people.

2. 5x in game SP and 3x XP cap

This is not only a good way to bring back vets but also help the noobs gain valueable SP in a short period of time. While the vets can use that SP to unlock a pretty new dropsuit or try out a new weapon, the noobs can use the SP to get that proto weapon or suit or core skill they so long wanted to.

So essentially what CCP has done here either knowingly or unknowingly is that they have created a fun and challenging event with good rewards while catering to the need of the community. Shocking isnt it? Something that as vets have been asking for over a ******* year! If CCP can continue this trend (fingers crossed);- MLK's statement of "I have a dream that Dust 514 will be a great game" will come to pass. Now all that needs to be seen is if its 2020 or 2016.

All in all there have been a good amount of improvements and lesser amount of **** ups.

PS:

IWS: Your opinions are as insignificant as the tiniest hair on my left nut.

Also CCP's track record of screwing up 10 things when fixing 1 has reduced to practically 0. I hope this continues.

Well fine Ill stop suggesting new events then.

Well fine Ill stop suggesting new events then.

Just so everyone can know, those numbers only reflect the number of people that are CURRENTLY playing. It doesn't represent the overall number of players in general who play Dust at all. That number can be estimated by taking the current number of players online and multiplying it by about 15-20 hours (not all timezones are utilized due to geography) and there you will get an estimate.

You can also check out how many characters there are in the game here:
http://dustboard.com/global

I think the 3xp cap is just to much sometimes i mean you have to grind to get all of the sp and i think theres a better way to do it instead of having one huge week of cap sp maybe have it be a two week event

If these events were your idea mad props to you. If not I will raise your teabagging bounty to 2 million per teabag.

While I kinda sorta agree with what you say it does help the noobs spec into something good if they grind it out. That gives them an option to go with someone head to head. More competition means more fun.

No.

That shows the number of connected PS3 platforms but not the actual number of players.

What am I talking about?
EVEtards with SEVERAL pS3s running Dust(but just chilling in merc quarters) to make it look like theres more actual players.
Fanatics!!!

I think the 3xp cap is just to much sometimes i mean you have to grind to get all of the sp and i think theres a better way to do it instead of having one huge week of cap sp maybe have it be a two week event

Man! The tinfoil hattery is strong in this one.