Is there a bug on the player count thing? Almost 5K? Wow, thought this game was doing better on launch day. Seriously it's player count is less than DCUO's.

I wonder why...

- Lack of Developer Communication?

- Lack on non-broken gameplay?

-Making the game feel like a job?

-Lack of balance for a VERY long time?

-Lack of a good training mode?

Any of these, anyone have any other reasons?

(And please, don't come out with the "It's Monday" excuse, all American schools hit summer break last week, so if nothing else, I would expect 6k minors playing a GOOD game, If this were one.)

What's even worse are the 5-6k left that really believe and deny that the player count isn't dropping.

Like, Really? Almost breaking 10k players daily to hitting 6k max on weekends is hard not to notice....

Expect the numbers to get even lower.

U forgot one

- Total negative forum bombardment buy whiney kids with no patience who don't realize they do this game no favors with constantly flooding the public forum with needless threads about how bad the game is yet still play the game and still feel the need to convince others how bad it REALLY is .

Do people not realize the new game starts off at say 100% capacity but after the first week it drops dramatically to around 75% or less and continues to drop until it gets to around 30-50% and stays there for a long while until people slowly leave. My numbers aren't accurate but in the ps3 market don't expect the player count numbers to rise unless word spreads that the game is amazing but I've never seen that in any game. If the game doesn't work people quit and don't come back.

Not trying to discount the low number but it is Summer. I know id rather be outside right now than playing the game, a lot of games lose numbers during the season.

Vacations for us adults plus the fact our dang kids are home not giving us any privacy and kids having camp and summer school all add into this fact.

Plus it is a Monday in the middle of the day...it will pick up tonight some.

But yes the game needs some vast improvements.

This. We're having on average one thread a day that misinterprets stats to confirm the preconceived notions of the OP.

People forget or willfully ignore that numbers are useless without proper context and try to make them show whatever it is they believe to be true.

Do people not realize the new game starts off at say 100% capacity but after the first week it drops dramatically to around 75% or less and continues to drop until it gets to around 30-50% and stays there for a long while until people slowly leave. My numbers aren't accurate but in the ps3 market don't expect the player count numbers to rise unless word spreads that the game is amazing but I've never seen that in any game. If the game doesn't work people quit and don't come back.

I seriously doubt that ccp has this kind of businesses plan in mind .

If it is then yes u are right dust is total fubar .

But its not .

I think that they want to start small and work out the kinks and bugs and slowly build there player base after each free upgrade .

Exactly like they did with eve .

Or...The game is bad.

Idiot. A huge MINORITY of the games populations actually inhabited the forums, most people didn't even go to it, and if the game was truly worth playing in their eyes the forums wouldn't have mean **** to them. They would've played anyway. Try again.

His post was brilliant.
I'm afraid you're the idiot here.

How many posters here on the forums are playing the way they use to? or playing at all. There are many that post on game forums long after they stop playing the game. Just cause some may complain about game, doesn't mean they are still playing it.

The game play is a chore sometimes. and tho I'm a constant here on the forums. Hi ladies. My actual gaming has been reduced a lot. I'll be lucky to force myself to play 8 matches a day.

Is there a bug on the player count thing? Almost 5K? Wow, thought this game was doing better on launch day. Seriously it's player count is less than DCUO's.

I wonder why...

- Lack of Developer Communication?

- Lack on non-broken gameplay?

-Making the game feel like a job?

-Lack of balance for a VERY long time?

-Lack of a good training mode?

Any of these, anyone have any other reasons?

(And please, don't come out with the "It's Monday" excuse, all American schools hit summer break last week, so if nothing else, I would expect 6k minors playing a GOOD game, If this were one.)

You're an idiot fanboi too then.

The low numbers can be attributed one reason; that the SP/leveling system allows carried old players to stomp on new players.

No one wants to play a game like that so they try it out and they leave.

Did anyone mention all the forum negativity as one of the reasons people go away? Seriously, if I'm checking out a game I'll hit the forums and see what people think.

We have all kinds of teenage angst driven haterism around these parts. Can't see it helping much of anything other than some serious epeen stroking.

Did anyone mention all the forum negativity as one of the reasons people go away? Seriously, if I'm checking out a game I'll hit the forums and see what people think.

We have all kinds of teenage angst driven haterism around these parts. Can't see it helping much of anything other than some serious epeen stroking.

How many posters here on the forums are playing the way they use to? or playing at all. There are many that post on game forums long after they stop playing the game. Just cause some may complain about game, doesn't mean they are still playing it.

The game play is a chore sometimes. and tho I'm a constant here on the forums. Hi ladies. My actual gaming has been reduced a lot. I'll be lucky to force myself to play 8 matches a day.

Funny how me trying different gameplay with multipple alts don't have THAT much issues with playing against high SP players. Is it because some players are too comforted into handholding?

Personally I find playing against seasoned vets fun.

The majority of gamers don't visit forums. They only play games and if they're not fun, they go play another game.

The majority of gamers don't post... that doesn't mean they won't look for information about a game and read a forum.

All I know is that I see some of the same players playing...and I play at various times throughout the day. Maybe after another update more people will try it out? Regardless, many of my friends have put the game down and moved on.

U forgot one

- Total negative forum bombardment buy whiney kids with no patience who don't realize they do this game no favors with constantly flooding the public forum with needless threads about how bad the game is yet still play the game and still feel the need to convince others how bad it REALLY is .

What you play 5 or 10 matches a week on your 2 million SP alt?

oooooh.

Well if we are going to delve into anecdotal evidence lets talk about all the contacts i made in the fist month of play who do not play now...and how they all complained that they were sick of getting face stomped. Or lets look at all the players who have joined my corp (we have a pretty open recruitment policy) in the past month who all seem to leave and all express frustration of getting face stomped. I also know i only have spent only 2.3 million SP on my main and 1 million SP on my alt and i cap on both each week (about 80 matches) and i know the biggest frustration i have is when i know i beat someone (i hit them first i hit them more, cause more damage and take less damage) yet i loose the duel because they are being carried and i am not.

/me thinks all of your recent "save the noobie" postings are just selfish wants to make the game easier for yourself.

I came back at uprising launch with barely any SP, am outclassed by a lot, but have found a way to adapt and thoroughly enjoy blowing up others proto suits. It's not impossible or hard if they are bad players. However, there are people that have been playing for 6 months and their skill level + sp makes them very hard to overtake... that's life though... this game isnt for everyone the sooner people start to accept that and move on the quicker the forums become less crowded.

This game will cater to people that want meaningful experiences, choices that have consequences, and not to the people that want to be the omg i should has won that duel but he is (insert e-peen saving excuse)....

I'm sure you've heard this a few times, HTFU. Dust/EVE arent for the faint of heart. It's ok if it's not for you, Dust will never have the same numbers as CoD/Bf4, but it will establish its niche and have very strong loyalists. The game will do fine.

Can you blame them?