game is far from dead ..

[T r o u t]

we still got 176 peak players in 24 hours. don't know why people are saying this ♥♥♥♥ is "dead" .. there is 2 weekly tourneys, and 1 of them is being streamed by prob the biggest legend of the FGC, IFC Yipes.

it only takes me about 8-15 mins to que into a ranked match of same skill (Diety #20) which isn't a big deal since i can practice my Swiftmaster option select combos anyways while waiting for a ranked opponent. a balance patch is also on the way apparently, but isn't really needed imo. i think the game is pretty fine how it is currently.

stop hating, the games got legs .. y'all cry babies just need to hit the lab and grind some ranked games and level up out of bronze.

[Masuo15]

Yep the game isnt dead but every content creator and their mother LOVE to claim "is dead" for clickbaits. And overlook the game can make a return (even Melty Blood did it). Balance patch on the way, there are tournaments, the world tour.

[ʏ ᴀ ĸ]

Yup I agree with both Masuo and Trout. People just don't wanna put the time and work in, and then compare DNF Duel numbers to a free to play Smash clone and hate on the dynamics of a real fighting game. Sure the price tag might be a bit high at the moment, but I assume they will do a sale soon with the balance patch they promised.

I also agree a balance patch isn't needed as the game is fairly new, but I play one of the weaker characters "Dragon Knight" so hopefully she gets some buffs with the upcoming patch! (Currently sitting at Legend rank after purchasing the game on August 22.)

Hope to see some of you guys in the tourney tonight or on stream:
https://www.start.gg/tournament/tns-dnf-duel-8-pc/register
https://www.twitch.tv/tampaneversleeps

Many of us DNF players are also looking forward to some big tourneys coming up at the major events, and the world tour events from Arcsys. DNF Duel has some of the best commentators around also besides Yipes, like Yohosie: https://twitter.com/yohosiefgc & KingJobber: https://twitter.com/kingjobber (https://www.twitch.tv/tampaneversleeps)

[Dreadspectre]

Waiting 8-15 minutes for a single match is...pretty bad. I watch top ranked players in SFV wait significantly less time for ranked matches and that game is what...5? 6 years old now? Kinda telling.

That being said I dont think DNF is dead and done by any means and this game will have influx's once it decides to throw some DLC characters out probably.

It could absolutely use a balance patch though, not sure why anyone would say otherwise unless you really enjoy watching Swiftmaster in every single tourney(oh...the OP plays SM heh).

I also think alot of people thought this would play like a Granblue or SF esque style but quickly realized its more of a MvC clone cept its 1v1 instead of 2v2/3v3. Very one touch super combo extenders style of gameplay, lots of robbing rounds because of a single mechanic etc. Not everyones cup of tea.

[ʏ ᴀ ĸ]

Watching the VSFighting X DNF Duel tourney last weekend, they hinted at crossplay to be in the works. So hopefully that comes sooner than later. Maybe when they release the upcoming patch, they will give a potential date for crossplay to be implemented.

[GhosT]

Yeah, I don't see why people say this game is dead. The discord is incredibly active if you're looking for help on theory crafting for your character, and I just love watching people play.

Link to the reddit discord: https://discord.com/invite/dnfduel

[76561198378545136]

8-15 mins yikes...

[Tyrone Biggums]

Originally posted by T r o u t:

we still got 176 peak players in 24 hours. don't know why people are saying this ♥♥♥♥ is "dead" .. there is 2 weekly tourneys, and 1 of them is being streamed by prob the biggest legend of the FGC, IFC Yipes.

it only takes me about 8-15 mins to que into a ranked match of same skill (Diety #20) which isn't a big deal since i can practice my Swiftmaster option select combos anyways while waiting for a ranked opponent. a balance patch is also on the way apparently, but isn't really needed imo. i think the game is pretty fine how it is currently.

stop hating, the games got legs .. y'all cry babies just need to hit the lab and grind some ranked games and level up out of bronze.

LOOL

[Masuo15]

Oh just so you know, on the youtube channel, they menttioned Version 1.06 would be released on August 29th, and the old (I guess current) replays would not work on it. This might be copium, but I think thats the balance patch too.

DNF can be relevant again, I mean Melty became relevant and Skullgirls got a 2nd wind after SO MANNY YEARS!.

[ApertureB]

Originally posted by Masuo15:

Oh just so you know, on the youtube channel, they menttioned Version 1.06 would be released on August 29th, and the old (I guess current) replays would not work on it. This might be copium, but I think thats the balance patch too.

DNF can be relevant again, I mean Melty became relevant and Skullgirls got a 2nd wind after SO MANNY YEARS!.

Only if the patch is good. If they held back and didnt change the god tier characters and fix defense noone is coming back. Hopefully they do tho.

[Infevo]

Do the math. You have to divide this by regions and by mode played. Let's say 40 of these 176 are from western Europe. 10 may hang out in training mode or do challenges, another 5 playing other single player content, 5 may be afk. Most people want to play rank mode and you will be able to verify that from the number of lobbies. Even @ 600 peak I was rarely finding any players in player matches. And in rank mode the remaining 20 are distributed across all ranks. We are talking about peak activity here. I want to find matches any time of the day on any rank instantly. But I have to wait for 5 minutes on Legend rank in order to be stomped by the same high deity nolifer again.
And I am speaking of one of the bigger regions. Many regions are much worse off.

Game is dead. Compare it to Tekken, Strive, SFV, MK11 or DBFz. Even BB CF has more players.

[TWiZTED]

It was suicide from day one, cheap graphics, no regional prices, it was meant to be just a transition cash grab game to fund other major releases.

[Infevo]

Originally posted by TWiZTED:

It was suicide from day one, cheap graphics, no regional prices, it was meant to be just a transition cash grab game to fund other major releases.

You're wrong. The graphics are fine. And people play older games with much worse graphics. Graphics are not even one of the top 5 reasons why people buy a new fighting game and keep playing it.
The regional prices did not prevent the game from having 12k concurrent players on release. And neither would I drop the game as a European when South Americans don't get to enjoy it. It does not change my experience. All this regional price controversy did was cause the game to be review bombed. But that didn't change the decent release numbers. Plenty of people bought and played but just did not stick around.

People just got sick of Swift Master/Striker/Hitman/..., of the limited options on defense, the clunky movement, long combos that lead to 80% damage, plenty of bugs and the overall sterile presentation. The game did also not get any coverage at Evo and on the other hand many updates for other games were announced and/or released. Tekken is at 8k peak players due to the patch. Strive got a new character released, Even things for KoF got announced and it is at 850 players peak currently.
Big content creators also moved on from DNF. Noone would want to make this his main game.

[pseudo]

You know the game is dead when you see threads like this one.

[Tyrone Biggums]

games only dead when u need to go to discord to find games but yeah this dropped off hard fast

[Infevo]

Originally posted by Tyrone Biggums:

games only dead when u need to go to discord to find games but yeah this dropped off hard fast

I live in central Europe and I can't find games. Yeah, this is a Discord fighter.