Player count

[Benny]

Fun numbers:

Yesterday vermintide historically surpassed darktide in player count for the first time for 8 hours. Checking now, darktide is only 700 players above. In a few days vermintide will very likely have a permanent larger playerbase than Darktide which have gone from 100000 to 8000 players since launch. Many of these are not actually playing but just logging in to check the RNG, so the actual number might already be lower then V2.

What can tencent do to improve player count before they have to do the 75% sale? The reviews are the worst i think i have seen for a 40k game (apart from dow3).

[Kurnauskis uwu]

9k ingame

uhhh yikes?

[ASadMango]

Look if they just buffed Hersey/Damnation with mats instead of making it designed to babysit people in malice this wouldn't be a problem atm. Outside of no new content/update of course lol.

[corey trevor]

your mom and i in there too

[DoltLumb]

10k ingame,5k in game,1 PLAYER LEFT...stop copying others comments.

[Kurnauskis uwu]

Originally posted by trevor lahey:

your mom and i in there too

nice of you to keep an old lady company

[CopperBack]

Yah its all time high is practically the same as V2, its not far off track to reaching the same number of players. Though as a plus they have doubled their player base between two games now.

Darktide
https://steamcharts.com/app/1361210

Vermintide 2
https://steamcharts.com/app/552500

[RizZo]

Good god man, go outside and get fresh air.

[Mr. C]

Seems about standard for an early access game like this.

[Emjay]

Honestly this doesn't matter so long as you can get groups.

This is more of a trend to make these threads. Not really beneficial to anyone or anything.

[ArterialSpray1066]

Also, Have you also noticed there are a lot of mid level psykers just recently? Like 1/3 of games you have 3 psykers all bellow the cap?
I strongly suspect a lot of the remaining people have decided to grind their un-played classes to the level cap before quitting. If that is the reason there might be a big step down in players as I sort of expect psyker to be most people's last class.

Obviously I dont have data, but i'd say I'm seeing distinctly fewer zealots these days, and the vets distinctly seem to mostly be max level and grinding for materials and penances.

[Trip]

Would be 9001 but I'm stuck at work :_(

Just got a sweet new eviscerator on my last mission last night that I'm dieing to try out.

[mdcpaladin]

Originally posted by Kurnauskis uwu:

uhhh yikes?

your post
yikes. go touch grass

[qqgachoo]

Originally posted by Trip:

Would be 9001 but I'm stuck at work :_(

Just got a sweet new eviscerator on my last mission last night that I'm dieing to try out.

so YOU are the reason we aren't .... Over 9000?

[Босс Пикми]

Originally posted by Kurnauskis uwu:

uhhh yikes?

You dont even play dota, animedawg

[Magus]

Too high. Fatshark released this broken mess in November. It's now mid january and we got... One nigh useless crafting option, one "mission" (on an existing map) and "two" weapons (one weapon for two different characters).

I go back to VT2 and man, the maps are plentiful, varied and beautiful, they have a little story associated with each map, the character perks are actually good, crafting is good and doesn't take forever to grind up for, three new weapons every match, much better, more likeable characters with funny voicelines, much fewer loading screens, more equipment pickups and they're actually useful, unlike this useless healing cloud.

I am just dumbstruck how they messed up everything they got right in VT2. Absolutely everything. The combat is still there I suppose, but where in VT2 some careful blocking, dodging and positioning allows you to negate all damage outright, Darktide has to way to escape taking constant damage.

Darktide is a failure beginning to end. Vermintide 2 is where it's at. That will always be the successful Fatshark game. This game is sadly completely hopeless.