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Django Quik
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Posted - 2013.06.20 19:51:00 -
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I think you're way off the mark with you're list here - those are just points that may not be particularly helpful in keeping players.
The thing that will keep players playing this game is a USP (unique selling point) - at the moment, there is none. When there is gameplay depth (more game modes, PVE, etc.) and a full and working connection to Eve, the USP will keep a lot of players new and old hooked. |
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Posted - 2013.06.20 21:34:00 -
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PonyClause Rex wrote:
I would count the suit customization as a unique selling point tbh
Hmm, true to a certain extent but it's not that great a USP. Many games allow character customisation and development and though it is cool, I don't expect it to be enough to keep players hooked over other FPSs. |
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Posted - 2013.06.20 22:06:00 -
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Shadow heat wrote:Is no new players left in Dust 514, only bitter vets and Diehard Fanboys, is to late for "Player Retention", what we need now is "Player Base Retention". More content with faster delivery.
I'd love to see your sources for this information. Do you somehow have access to CCPs metrics on player activity duration?
As a director of a corp that openly recruits, I see lots of new players applying and sticking around. As a closed beta player who's spent plenty of time on the forums over the last year, I see less and less of the older players in matches or on the forums.
But that's just my own experience - please do divulge where you've been seeing all the new players leaving. |
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Posted - 2013.06.20 22:17:00 -
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Remember this - people will play a bad game if it is fun enough. Give people something awesome to be excited about, involve them in something bigger and give them fun stuff to do and they will gladly put up with poor core mechanics. This of course doesn't excuse the poor core but it would at least give people a reason to keep playing, knowing that the core will eventually get better and make the cool stuff even cooler. Without the cool stuff, you're just playing another fancy shooter, even if the core is perfect. |
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Posted - 2013.06.20 22:23:00 -
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5aEKUXeRJGJ27kCDnDVYak3 wrote:
Your numbers are about 1000 out (though still worrying) - max peak was around 8k and daily peaks are currently around 5.5k with the past week being the most stable player count since www.eve-offline.net has been tracking it.
Also Darken-sol : this is way off topic but please tell me one thing the CPM has gotten CCP to do that has specifically helped any of their corps or their individual play styles. |
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Posted - 2013.06.20 22:26:00 -
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Shadow heat wrote:Try the Battle Academy and talk me how many battles you can join. And as for corps recruiting people, is just vets with different alts. I don't need CCP metrics to work this one out.
It's not - our members actually talk to us and we get to know them. We know they're new to the game because they ask for help and advice and they tell us they're new. There's no reason they'd lie about it because we aren't in PC and there's no advantage to be gotten by sneaking an alt into the corp pretending to be new. |
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Posted - 2013.06.20 22:36:00 -
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Shadow heat wrote:Django Quik wrote:Shadow heat wrote:Try the Battle Academy and talk me how many battles you can join. And as for corps recruiting people, is just vets with different alts. I don't need CCP metrics to work this one out. It's not - our members actually talk to us and we get to know them. We know they're new to the game because they ask for help and advice and they tell us they're new. There's no reason they'd lie about it because we aren't in PC and there's no advantage to be gotten by sneaking an alt into the corp pretending to be new. " There's no reason they'd lie" Facepalm.
Okay, please tell me why someone would pretend to be new when applying to join my corp? We have nothing to steal, no matches they could throw and no alliance they could try to tamper with. |
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