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XDOUBLEX
05.07.2012 , 04:40 PM | #521
6 month subs will be up soon, I would expect to really be able to see where the game is at with its customer base after that. Sadly, I know of 5 players in my guild that will be gone after that.

I personally sit on the fence about paying anything else past the CE box and the six month that I have already invested. My gut is saying enough but plenty of time to change my mind

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Idunhavaname
05.07.2012 , 04:40 PM | #522
Quote: Originally Posted by Tiaa View Post
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mikphobos
05.07.2012 , 04:40 PM | #523
Quote: Originally Posted by GRINnBARRETT View Post
When I see threads like this I often think to myself who cares. Initially all I care about is whether I still like the game (I do) & whether I will continue to play (I will). Since most of my enjoyment involves leveling & pugging WZs, I'm not as affected by the lack of population as much as those who depend on groups for their entertainment.
so the drop on the population dont affect you? interesting, lets see how many WZ you do when theres nearly no players to PVP with and queues takes hours and hours witch is already happening in some realms

leveling? unless you dont care for the heroic quest then sure.. once again i remind you this is a MMO not a single player game, if i wanted to quest alone for hours and leveling alone and now and then pug PVP, guess i will have to play D3

people like you need to learn the difference between a MMO and a single player game Sr.

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Leskit
05.07.2012 , 04:41 PM | #524
The reason a lot of trolls stayed around was because of the hype and never ending beta of this game. I would argue it's still in beta every time I force leap through the map on a huttball and get to see the city.
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Xarielle
05.07.2012 , 04:41 PM | #525
An active subscription is any user with game time tied to his or her account regardless of if they has cancelled the recurring fee or not. The problem with this report is that shortly before the end of April they gave a large portion of the player base 1 additional month. This throws the numbers completely off balance and makes it impossible to use active subscriptions as a gauge of active players.

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Pvpingwithnoobs
05.07.2012 , 04:42 PM | #526
Quote: Originally Posted by Erishumlol View Post
I have a question for those who have quit and yet still post on the forums. The ones that don't have any constructive feedback to better the game and just want to see it fail.

Why? Are you cheap and upset that you spent money on an MMO that you did not enjoy and feel the need to lurk around the forums trolling?

I know if I don't like something I just move on, regardless if I spent a few dollars.

Please someone reply explaining why you want this game to fail so bad?
Why do i still post and want to see the game do so bad?

Because I am pissed that the time and money invested in a game that I really enjoyed prior to 1.2 was destroyed by just a handful of clueless people who know nothing about pvp.

Because I will never get that time back, because when people tend to piss me off/screw me over, I tend to want to return the favor.

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Reaperchris
05.07.2012 , 04:42 PM | #527
Quote: Originally Posted by starmanmmo View Post
It's possible people (like myself) are still subbed because we're waiting for new things to come around that will make the game better. Personally, I want the group finder. My guild doesn't do much as far as Flashpoints go, and I could go to another one but my friends are in the guild I'm in now.

However, we can't wait forever. MoP, GW2, D3, Tera, not to mention oldies like EQ2 are still viable.

Bioware knew this because those of us in beta told them so. No content past 50 and no group finder was going to kill the game.
Alright first of all Tera literally has no Endgame content so comparing that to this and acting like it is good is just idiotic. The Combat System is good but new game mechanics don't make up for literally no endgame content. 2nd D3 won't even have PvP at launch. 3rd SWTOR had 2 Endgame Operations in the beginning. Cataclysm had i think 4 and one of them was so easy it wasn't considered a real Raid. So 2 Vs. 3 not a big difference, but considering the fact that it is WoW's 3rd expansion and WoW have bee out since 04 that is pathetic.

There is a decent amount of content at level 50 but impatient people to seem to think Quantity > Quality. But as soon as Bioware would be willing to release Operations they worked on for a month that are glitchy and unbeatable. Then all of the sudden it is Quality > Quantity where it should be at first, but they expect the quality to come in quantity. It is counterproductive. I still enjoy the game and understand there NEEDs to be more content... but I am CONTENT (See what I did there?) with waiting for quality work.
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JeramieCrowe
05.07.2012 , 04:42 PM | #528
1.3 million, eh? Not bad, BioWare! You managed to stay above the typical MMO dropoff curve. May have been able to stay even more above it, sure. Hindsight is 20/20, after all.

But still above the curve. Well done.

Now, it's time to increase it.
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Valkirus
05.07.2012 , 04:42 PM | #529
Quote: Originally Posted by XDOUBLEX View Post
6 month subs will be up soon, I would expect to really be able to see where the game is at with its customer base after that. Sadly, I know of 5 players in my guild that will be gone after that.

I personally sit on the fence about paying anything else past the CE box and the six month that I have already invested. My gut is saying enough but plenty of time to change my mind
Same here. I could kick myself now for buying a 6 month sub to this game. Overexcitment I guess and hopefully a lesson learned.
Trust is something which is earned.

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jgelling
05.07.2012 , 04:42 PM | #530
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I think it's reasonable to expect that active subs will fall below 1 million by the end of June given the track record so far and the competition coming. And exactly what do we have to look forward to? What new content is on the way? Any news from BW on that front?
Wow, despite a free month, free pets and allegedly-major 1.2 patch along with worldwide roll-out, subscriptions declined from 1.7 million to 1.3 million including all the free subs. I think the analysts are being amazingly optimistic at that rate suggesting things will stabilize at 1 million with that kind of hemorrhaging so quickly.