This game is dead already.

[LustONE]

Upon launch, Duelyst II peaked at around 2k players online on steamdb. I guess that's alright for a niche game.
For past weeks on a rapid decline. Today, barely crossed 400 players at prime-time.
Also, devs silent? No PR, no marketing, no communication, no roadmap, no nothing? After they raised over $140k out of requested $25k?
Played for two days straight, not gonna invest any more time, I've seen it all before.

Shame, though, the best game in its genre.

[Kurio]

"I guess that's alright for a niche game."
Street fighter is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ monument of fighting games style, it's around only 3k player daily.
and you found game in less than a minute.

Don't underestimate numbers. especially for a 1v1 game.
300-500 daily player is largely enough for a 1v1 game to function.
and duelyst is around 80player 24H/24, wich is very good for a "dead game"

[Godwin]

Yeah it's silly to call it when it's not true. As far as I am concerned it's not dead if I can reliably get matches without waiting more than 2 minutes, and I usually still get matches within 30 seconds, so np.
Would be nice to get more players though.

[Pythonix]

This game, and the original, have struggled with balance more than most card games. The matches are often won or lost in the first few turns and there was never more than two top tier decks. I understand people hate other digital card games for the MASSIVE cost but this game is unplayable.

[Wacos]

Per me questo è il miglior gioco mai esistito,con tutti i suoi difetti. La vera sfida sta nel rendere possibile giocare deck che non siano aggro o combo. L'unica soluzione che vedo possibile è quella di creare delle carte in grado di modificare la struttura base. Al momento è tutto troppo tempo. Devo ammettere che duelyst 1 era perfetto con le bloodbourne, ma poi sono impazziti creando unità troppo sbilanciate, cosa peraltro comune a tutti i Giochi. Non imparano mai. Speriamo qualcosa succeda. Al momento sono ancora in luna di miele ma sto cominciando a preoccuparmi

[Cold|Heat]

The irony to your post is - This game is officially dead

[valiant43e]

Originally posted by Cold|Heat:

The irony to your post is - This game is officially dead

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/official_1
"official" = agreed to, said, done, etc. by somebody who is in a position of authority
The only people, who are in a position of authority here, are developers. And they have never declared game dead.


However, I agree that game has been having very few updates recently, but this is not a sign of game dying. There are still thousands of players playing this game daily and following official Duelyst 2 twitter account (6,235 followers as of now).
There are indeed very few players using Steam, but most players use browser.
IMHO, developers should remove Duelyst 2 from steam completely to avoid this negative attention.

[Cold|Heat]

Originally posted by valiant43e:

Originally posted by Cold|Heat:

The irony to your post is - This game is officially dead

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/official_1
"official" = agreed to, said, done, etc. by somebody who is in a position of authority
The only people, who are in a position of authority here, are developers. And they have never declared game dead.

That´s exactly what I said. You might want to check the news page..


The guy I was referring to apparently did considering he deleted his post afterwards.

[valiant43e]

Originally posted by Danqo:

There are still thousands of players playing this game daily and following official Duelyst 2 twitter account (6,235 followers as of now).
There are indeed very few players using Steam, but most players use browser.
IMHO, developers should remove Duelyst 2 from steam completely to avoid this negative attention.

Over a month later and its now a whopping 6,236 followers. Talk about a growing game...

Where are you getting this data that thousands of people play daily? Where are you getting this data that more people use browser?

I have seen steam numbers drop from a solid 300-400 to a faint 40-50 over the past few months though. I suppose youll say they all switch to web though... Rather than quitting like most of us have.

Wow, 17th of May. My post did not age well...
To answer your question :
- Short version : it was my wishful thinking
- Long version : matchmaking takes on average 10 seconds for me, so I assumed game was selecting opponents of my level. Since it was so quick to find opponents of my level, I assumed that there were a lot of players to choose from. That's how I arrived to conclusion that there were thousands of players.

Now, that I have played hundreds of matches, I see that I am regularly fighting the same people over and over again. What's worse, result doesn't change. I either win every time against the same person or lose every time against the same person...

So, yes, now, I agree that Duelyst 2 has a huge problem with playerbase.
Probably, because they underestimated the effort required for SW development.
I mean, they really think that updating general portraits (18 static pictures) takes as much effort as porting a game to mobile...

[valiant43e]

Originally posted by Danqo:

Where are you getting this data that thousands of people play daily? Where are you getting this data that more people use browser?

By the way, there is apparently a Discord server with 14k members.
https://discord.gg/duelyst

Right now there are 3k online. Though, it doesn't prove anything. And I also have suspicions that it is shared between Duelyst 2 and Duelyst GG.

[Terrkas]

Originally posted by valiant43e:

Originally posted by Danqo:

Where are you getting this data that thousands of people play daily? Where are you getting this data that more people use browser?

By the way, there is apparently a Discord server with 14k members.
https://discord.gg/duelyst

Right now there are 3k online. Though, it doesn't prove anything. And I also have suspicions that it is shared between Duelyst 2 and Duelyst GG.

There are 2. One is for duelyst 2, the other for duelyst gg.

[Steel Cyclone]

Originally posted by Azzo:

Originally posted by Steel Cyclone:

fufu the game is fine.

Just play and quit crying.

Yes...not even close to breaking the 200 players mark it sure spells the game is "fine" heh

I've played everything from wyvern & the .hack card game to duelyst and I can assure u it's fine

if it's not made for u than sux to suck

[Steel Cyclone]

Originally posted by Cold|Heat:

Bandai should never have let Duelyst die in the first place. Of course everyone is super aware now to not just spend money AGAIN into game that looks like an almost direct (yet somehow very unpolished) copy of that beloved game that seemed to have failed financially in the first place and where all the money you´ve ever invested turned into dust quicker than anyone would ever have expected.

If they really got 140k out of some kickstarter project then expectations rose much higher than the mere hommage that we´ve got now. Maybe its too much for them to handle. Even more important than polishing though or communication though it needs a better thought through model of financing to regain any trust to invest into this game.

have u seen their recent game reviews of their own IP?
overwhelmingly negative. It's a disgrace.
I'm not surprised they let it die.

[Steel Cyclone]

Originally posted by Mugiware:

The secret is to not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ netdeck like an underage tryhard.
Just build a cool deck of your own and go. I mean yes, you will scream at songhai and vanar but if you manage to win with your meme cards against these gmo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decks its pretty fun.

ur basically telling people to not cook with a recipe bcuz that makes them an immature wannabe
netdeck or break the meta because one way or another the meta puzzle for each season needs to be solved.

it's literally unhinged and deranged nonsense to tell people the ♥♥♥♥ you just posted and everyone else in this room is now less iq bcuz of u ty u will be hearing from my lawyer for this h8 crim3

[Steel Cyclone]

Originally posted by Skl:

Game will continue, and you guys are cry babies. Go play something else if you are unhappy.

literally should be the pinned post.
this is the most rational post in this thread.

[ShadowJPX]

The game died when the DreamSloth didn’t fix the instant removal, same as the original devs.