DUST Search - Somebody be sure to post in this thread when this game passes 5K players

BASSMEANT wrote:

1. at one point during it's closed beta... MAG had 77,000 on. that's just a simple comparison. when i did basic math for the blog about planetary, using the numbers from a random server count on BF3 as the time, they had at least 5 digits in server pop and the numbers still would have been small enough to chop up the multiverse without ever having fired a shot. just some baseline stuff. it took mag a long time to get down to the 7k mark and that was the sign it was gasping.

2. i predicted a rise to about 15k with a lull back down to 7 to 5. i was wrong. never got the 15k.

3. consider this:

"Server Population >Filter By> 514
Filter By> EvE"

if there was a filter in place to see ONLY the 514 mercs... uh, well. not sure how that would change things.

but:

they really haven't spent much on promo from what i can tell.

promotion is a lot in the media bidness, sad to say.
fancy cut scenes and intense edits won't do the job.

still looking forward to some good solid planetary with the hope that the momentum increases in the next few weeks and the ones who haven't started yet bandwagon it.

Peace
B

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snowglobe42 Onikanabo Brigade Caldari State 0	Posted - 2013.05.15 04:32:00 - [31] - Quote Chris F2112 wrote: hershman001 wrote: After today nobody will want to log in again... I swear you made a thread about leaving just yesterday... why do these people never stay gone! its a drug, they just keep coming back for more
wild wendigo KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION 2	Posted - 2013.05.15 04:33:00 - [32] - Quote jaksol darnson wrote: i saw a few days ago over 35000 players almost 40000 That's the Tranquillity server. Most of that is EVE side players
Vrain Matari ZionTCD Unclaimed. 525	Posted - 2013.05.16 13:04:00 - [33] - Quote Th3rdSun wrote: I predicted that the game wouldn't break 5,500.Looks like I was right,not that I wanted to be,but what else would you expect when Sony didn't even bother with any meaningful advertising. This will probably be a worse situation than what happened with MAG and it's lack of advertising. Don't really understand how anyone expects a game to be successful when tons of people either don't know what it's about,or don't know about it at all. With numbers this pitiful,CCP might as well take out the empire control skill,and use that space for something else. Don't remember exactly right now, but approx. 6300+ last night. Would you like to post another number and lose a little more credibility? And don't shoot the messenger - blame the empirical results.
Merc-PEST Control Mikramurka Shock Troop Minmatar Republic 0	Posted - 2013.05.16 13:09:00 - [34] - Quote I logged in at some point today and there where 6,++++ number of players online.
Jin Robot Polar Gooks 441	Posted - 2013.05.16 13:13:00 - [35] - Quote Haha, protoman where did you go? your absence from this thread seems WEAK. 6116 last night. Also proto, the game has been out for 2 days not 1 year.
Laheon Osmon Surveillance Caldari State 518	Posted - 2013.05.16 13:16:00 - [36] - Quote Highest record has been 6,497, at 23:50:08 GMT on 2013-05-15.
Jin Robot Polar Gooks 441	Posted - 2013.05.16 13:19:00 - [37] - Quote Laheon wrote: Highest record has been 6,497, at 23:50:08 GMT on 2013-05-15. Maybe protoman (and others) will realize no matter how big a persons tears are, they are still just one insignificant tiny piece in this, and the world in eve would not skip a beat if they left forever.
Bones McGavins TacoCat Industries 187	Posted - 2013.05.16 15:54:00 - [38] - Quote 6000 players online at once puts DUST at like about half, or a third of the players of HALO 4... Yeah DUST is so dead. Cant even match up to one of the most popular FPS franchises of all time. Pssh.
xprotoman23 Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 1479	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:00:00 - [39] - Quote This game has been out for a year. it was only commercially released this past week. It's nice to see it's numbers rising. However it doesn't change the fact that CCP has work to do in regards to fixing the core mechanics in which they completely butchered.
Jin Robot Polar Gooks 444	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:01:00 - [40] - Quote xprotoman23 wrote: This game has been out for a year. it was only commercially released this past week. It's nice to see it's numbers rising. However it doesn't change the fact that CCP has work to do in regards to fixing the core mechanics in which they completely butchered. Explain the logic behind a closed beta being "out".

Lance 2ballzStrong SyNergy Gaming EoN. 1609	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:03:00 - [41] - Quote xprotoman23 wrote: This game has been out for a year. it was only commercially released this past week. It's nice to see it's numbers rising. However it doesn't change the fact that CCP has work to do in regards to fixing the core mechanics in which they completely butchered. Proto i disagree with you on the game being out a year. Agree on the core mechanics need fixing.
Jin Robot Polar Gooks 444	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:05:00 - [42] - Quote Bones McGavins wrote: 6000 players online at once puts DUST at like about half, or a third of the players of HALO 4... Yeah DUST is so dead. Cant even match up to one of the most popular FPS franchises of all time. Pssh. Give it time, it will grow as HALO 4 shrinks. Lets revisit the stats in 6 months. Unless you are scared to give it more than two days after release.
Laheon Osmon Surveillance Caldari State 521	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:11:00 - [43] - Quote Jin Robot wrote: Bones McGavins wrote: 6000 players online at once puts DUST at like about half, or a third of the players of HALO 4... Yeah DUST is so dead. Cant even match up to one of the most popular FPS franchises of all time. Pssh. Give it time, it will grow as HALO 4 shrinks. Lets revisit the stats in 6 months. Unless you are scared to give it more than two days after release. That was sarcasm, dear. Just in case you missed it.
Bones McGavins TacoCat Industries 187	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:25:00 - [44] - Quote Yeah man. People are somehow off the rails with DUST player counts as though they have any idea of what those numbers mean. Are they massive? No. But for a game with little or no advertizement, and a core, solid playerbase, and incentive to stick around, it aint bad. COD pulls insane numbers constantly, but most other FPS dont. This isnt EVE, or another MMO where folks sit around chatting and not actively playing. People log onto other MMOs ALL DAY. In an FPS game, you have a lot more people coming in and out. So your active player base is going to be a lot lower than your real total player count. 6K isnt amazing, but its not bad compared to other FPS games, even AAA ones with lots of advertizing. Not to mention, its a console game, not PC. Planetside 2 is down to numbers a little higher than DUST. And its on the PC so bigger install base, had the a pretty big marketing campaign comparitively and is a sequel that already had a core player base.
Jin Robot Polar Gooks 444	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:26:00 - [45] - Quote Laheon wrote: Jin Robot wrote: Bones McGavins wrote: 6000 players online at once puts DUST at like about half, or a third of the players of HALO 4... Yeah DUST is so dead. Cant even match up to one of the most popular FPS franchises of all time. Pssh. Give it time, it will grow as HALO 4 shrinks. Lets revisit the stats in 6 months. Unless you are scared to give it more than two days after release. That was sarcasm, dear. Just in case you missed it. Derp, I missed it. Herp derp.
BASSMEANT ZionTCD Unclaimed. 241	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:20:00 - [46] - Quote 1. at one point during it's closed beta... MAG had 77,000 on. that's just a simple comparison. when i did basic math for the blog about planetary, using the numbers from a random server count on BF3 as the time, they had at least 5 digits in server pop and the numbers still would have been small enough to chop up the multiverse without ever having fired a shot. just some baseline stuff. it took mag a long time to get down to the 7k mark and that was the sign it was gasping. 2. i predicted a rise to about 15k with a lull back down to 7 to 5. i was wrong. never got the 15k. 3. consider this: "Server Population >Filter By> 514 Filter By> EvE" if there was a filter in place to see ONLY the 514 mercs... uh, well. not sure how that would change things. but: they really haven't spent much on promo from what i can tell. promotion is a lot in the media bidness, sad to say. fancy cut scenes and intense edits won't do the job. still looking forward to some good solid planetary with the hope that the momentum increases in the next few weeks and the ones who haven't started yet bandwagon it. Peace B
Crash Monster Snipers Anonymous 276	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:22:00 - [47] - Quote Isn't proto dork going to come back and start looking for a higher number... or tell us why meeting this number doesn't mean anything anyway?
Buster Friently Rosen Association 445	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:24:00 - [48] - Quote BASSMEANT wrote: 1. at one point during it's closed beta... MAG had 77,000 on. that's just a simple comparison. when i did basic math for the blog about planetary, using the numbers from a random server count on BF3 as the time, they had at least 5 digits in server pop and the numbers still would have been small enough to chop up the multiverse without ever having fired a shot. just some baseline stuff. it took mag a long time to get down to the 7k mark and that was the sign it was gasping. 2. i predicted a rise to about 15k with a lull back down to 7 to 5. i was wrong. never got the 15k. 3. consider this: "Server Population >Filter By> 514 Filter By> EvE" if there was a filter in place to see ONLY the 514 mercs... uh, well. not sure how that would change things. but: they really haven't spent much on promo from what i can tell. promotion is a lot in the media bidness, sad to say. fancy cut scenes and intense edits won't do the job. still looking forward to some good solid planetary with the hope that the momentum increases in the next few weeks and the ones who haven't started yet bandwagon it. Peace B You probably won't see a huge influx over the next few weeks. That isn't CCP's way. They prefer slow, steady growth, and I think that's what you're going to see with Dust. Also, again, for those who care: http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust You can see, the lifetime max is just under 6500 players.
BMSTUBBY KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION 227	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:25:00 - [49] - Quote There are more that 5000 people trying to DL the small patch right now.
Laheon Osmon Surveillance Caldari State 525	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:26:00 - [50] - Quote BASSMEANT wrote: if there was a filter in place to see ONLY the 514 mercs... uh, well. not sure how that would change things. Just an FYI, this link shows mercenary player count at any one time.

VirtualxBucaneer Chatelain Rapid Response Gallente Federation 48	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:27:00 - [51] - Quote Confirmed, +5K of players, Last night.
LT Dans Legs The Tritan Industries RISE of LEGION 93	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:28:00 - [52] - Quote Had around 6500 yesterday afternoon when i logged on. Maybe 6700. Cant remember exactly. I was like wow theres 2000 more people on than usual.
Jin Robot Polar Gooks 444	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:30:00 - [53] - Quote Current record is 6497
Th3rdSun L.O.T.I.S. RISE of LEGION 334	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:34:00 - [54] - Quote I saw 6300+ when I logged on last night. While i didn't expect it to get past 5500(which it didn't on launch day),I was actually pleasantly surprised.
KING SALASI MAJOR DISTRIBUTION 12	Posted - 2013.05.16 17:46:00 - [55] - Quote BASSMEANT wrote: 1. at one point during it's closed beta... MAG had 77,000 on. that's just a simple comparison. when i did basic math for the blog about planetary, using the numbers from a random server count on BF3 as the time, they had at least 5 digits in server pop and the numbers still would have been small enough to chop up the multiverse without ever having fired a shot. just some baseline stuff. it took mag a long time to get down to the 7k mark and that was the sign it was gasping. 2. i predicted a rise to about 15k with a lull back down to 7 to 5. i was wrong. never got the 15k. 3. consider this: "Server Population >Filter By> 514 Filter By> EvE" if there was a filter in place to see ONLY the 514 mercs... uh, well. not sure how that would change things. but: they really haven't spent much on promo from what i can tell. promotion is a lot in the media bidness, sad to say. fancy cut scenes and intense edits won't do the job. still looking forward to some good solid planetary with the hope that the momentum increases in the next few weeks and the ones who haven't started yet bandwagon it. Peace B Dust will never reach the numbers mag had in it's prime never. Mag was awesome and fun, you also had other things to do besides kill. Mag actually had support roles and was very diverse. My issue with dust is the gameplay mechanics. Im sitting on $150 us to spend on dust till ccp fixes the dropships, the guns, and gameplay. I love but im not spending my money until these things are fixed.
SmileB4Death Seraphim Auxiliaries CRONOS. 80	Posted - 2013.05.16 18:47:00 - [56] - Quote 5360 on now at 18:50 GMT.
Vrain Matari ZionTCD Unclaimed. 526	Posted - 2013.05.16 20:24:00 - [57] - Quote My take on the promotion thing is that CCP knows the game is not ready to be promoted, they've released now with the new build because they think it will get them a bump in player numbers, which they need for testing purposes. I think once they have the core mechanics ironed out(basically aiming, the mesh and actions) plus a little more work put into the new player experience, they'll turn the marketing machine on. At that point the trickle will turn into a flood. And if they can manage to fix aiming and the mesh early, word of mouth may make their marketing campaign redundant.
crazy space 1 Krullefor Organization Minmatar Republic 1165	Posted - 2013.05.16 20:49:00 - [58] - Quote The new cod only has 30,000 people logged in at once, that's less than eve online. Dust will make it of they fix the game , dropsuits, skills art
Mobius Wyvern BetaMax. CRONOS. 1550	Posted - 2013.05.16 20:52:00 - [59] - Quote SmileB4Death wrote: 5360 on now at 19:50 GMT. Welp, there we go.
Laheon Osmon Surveillance Caldari State 527	Posted - 2013.05.16 21:04:00 - [60] - Quote 6403 as of 21:03 GMT.



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