Time to merge servers? - Page 8

Cheecho · 2012-12-28, 03:11 PM

It's pretty obvious that to get points for defending simply add a small bonus exp to kills when killing enemies within a certain distance of an outpost?

Whiteagle · 2012-12-28, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by Cheecho

It's pretty obvious that to get points for defending simply add a small bonus exp to kills when killing enemies within a certain distance of an outpost?

...They already DO that... it's very unnoticeable...

Beerbeer · 2012-12-28, 05:03 PM

Meta game. Like that helped ps1.

It's not that...

Beerbeer · 2012-12-28, 05:45 PM

One of Sony's biggest problem is that they listen to a select amount of fans, most of whom are blind, appeasing followers, and they did no due diligence.

The questions Sony should have been asking is, what would appeal to the TYPE of FPS player I'm trying attract. How many of these players are there? Will they spend money?

Based on this game, they listened to nothing but zerging outfit leaders who thinks everything is balanced so long as the battle is big enough to cover the micro-inequalities and vehicle whores. It's no wonder the mass appeal isn't there.

Beerbeer · 2012-12-29, 08:49 PM

Okay, this needs to happen now, and I say this for the benefit of Sony and us. Swallow your pride and do what is inevitable, but while it can still actually provide a benefit.

Because obviously, there's not many people who enjoy your vehicle, spawn camping game.

kijuro · 2012-12-31, 12:50 AM

We won't even see server pop stabilization until after January 2nd. I played for a few days after launch. Then thanksgiving, then finals, then Christmas, tomorrow new years all taking time away from what I may have used to play. I would think the holiday season is a good reason to ignore the demand to merge servers.
At least until they have 2 weeks of real play time statistics.
They chose the worst time to release an MMO when most casuals would be too busy to play.

Sent from my POS using Tapatalk 2

Beerbeer · 2013-01-10, 09:37 PM

Can Sony provide a good reason as to why this hasn't happened yet?

Do they believe people will come back, like they came back to all of their games in the past? Has something changed between then and now to magically change past precedence?

While I don't share their optimism (and for logical reasons), you're not doing those players who are still playing any favors? Don't you think you at least owe these loyalists something better in regards to heavily populated servers? People have already forgotten what it was like to have full servers and raging battles across all three continents. That memory has surely waned, but I can still remember.

Thunderhawk · 2013-01-11, 11:49 AM

Don't know why you're worried, they are introducing a server transfer token in the next patch aren't they?

You get to move but also get to decide for yourself where to go

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

james · 2013-01-11, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Thunderhawk

Don't know why you're worried, they are introducing a server transfer token in the next patch aren't they?

You get to move but also get to decide for yourself where to go

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Problem is the average joe isn't going to move

Baneblade · 2013-01-11, 03:10 PM

The majority of my outfit doesn't even play more than once a week now. And population is not the reason why. The issues range from rampant bugs and client instability to sheer monotony in the order of war.

I'm working to get them active again, but honestly, they should be wanting to play, not convinced to play.

Beerbeer · 2013-01-11, 03:55 PM

Pride. Pride before destruction.

They think people will come back and stay back, but we know better.

Merge them, Sony isn't helping its cause by thinking they can fix something so fundamentally broken.

What's funny is that they don't even know what's broken; they can't figure it out.

MyOdessa · 2013-01-11, 04:10 PM

Server merge will solve nothing. Any time you see anyone defending, Liberators come in, dump on everyone and defense is over.

Offense is a long line of tanks and sundies moving from outpost to outpost, just to waste 10 minutes to get couple of certificates. The whole column looks like mass migration scene from Ice Age, only without any humor to it.

Most of the time no one even try to defend outposts or bases. Any small action by a squad or less, gets wiped out by OP air. I still play it, but mostly because I am too lazy to find another FPS and because I hope that there is going to be a news that SOE about to fix it. Past January patch, if game stays the same, I am gone.

The biggest problem for SOE is that most of those that tried it in the first two weeks and left will not return, will not read or post on the forums. The game itself has no point to it i.e. no meta game.

Beerbeer · 2013-01-11, 04:12 PM

Well, you're right, but it will buy them time.

Vashyo · 2013-02-16, 05:10 AM

Population keeps on dropping, this week we made a new record low in steam. I really think they should start merging servers. :/

More and more people are giving up the XP farming and shallow gameplay. Since there isn't population on the servers for the big fights soon, it's just gonna snowball into the worse direction.

http://steamgraph.net/index.php?acti...=1360965600000

the spike at the end was made by the new patch...didn't keep people too interested enough to continue playing I suppose...

almalino · 2013-02-16, 05:28 AM

Originally Posted by Vashyo

Population keeps on dropping, this week we made a new record low in steam. I really think they should start merging servers. :/

More and more people are giving up the XP farming and shallow gameplay. Since there isn't population on the servers for the big fights soon, it's just gonna snowball into the worse direction.

http://steamgraph.net/index.php?acti...=1360965600000

the spike at the end was made by the new patch...didn't keep people too interested enough to continue playing I suppose...

And I just invested another 20 Eruos into the game. All together is aproaching 100 probably

Game is fun but it would be bad if it dies