BLR steam charts

[R34P3RK1NG]

http://steamcharts.com/search/?q=Blacklight+Retribution

what happened in the JUL/AUG 2012 to make so many players quit?

[Moobi]

Good question...

[Diomedes]

ban wave ...

[MAGA]

Idk maybe people started playing other games?

[Giga]

R34P3RK1NG původně napsal:

http://steamcharts.com/search/?q=Blacklight+Retribution

what happened in the JUL/AUG 2012 to make so many players quit?

Two things: Loss of Hype and Beta testing.

The game got a huge boost of players when TotalBiscut did a WTF of the game, and the game was added to Steam. Naturally, not every game is for everyone, so people left when they weren't interested. Nothing unsual there.

Another thing was there was effectively two games; Stable and Test. Test got to play around with different mechanics, see if stuff was broken or wonky, and then ship it out.
The big thing that caused players to leave was the AMR in it's unpolished form. When testers showed it off, people were upset for various reasons, especially people who mained sniper or reviver. It released in October I believe?...With most of it's 'bug' features still intact [Shooting through thin cover, shooting through holes other guns couldn't, ect.]. That's when we started to see a real drop in players.

September or August was Seige added, and I believe January was when PvE was added in. After that, we stopped getting 'real' updates for a while, and were given lipservice by all parties, thus the community dwinded slowly.

[R34P3RK1NG]

wth is "lipservice"?

[Giga]

R34P3RK1NG původně napsal:

wth is "lipservice"?

Saying nice things but not intending to act upon it or actually meaning it.

Like saying 'I love you' when you don't just for a favor, or saying you'll take out the trash when you don't. Those are basic examples.

[o_O]

same with the last big update which ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up recoil mechanics along with user interface.

players came back to see and then left again after noticing no real changes were going to happen.

[coticus]

Region lock for Russia and other countries. Its wrong.

[ED13]

mitani původně napsal:

Region lock for Russia and other countries. Its wrong.

No.. region lock is good, so you dont play against people with stupid high pings.

[coticus]

CULTSHITED13 původně napsal:

mitani původně napsal:

Region lock for Russia and other countries. Its wrong.

No.. region lock is good, so you dont play against people with stupid high pings.

What? Need GOOD matchmaking, but not region lock.
Region lock for many indie games = DIE. Its true.

[EDGE.bot]

ping limits or region locking would insta kill this games tiny sparks of a comeback, at least wait until its possible to rent regional servers.

[o_O]

CULTSHITED13 původně napsal:

mitani původně napsal:

Region lock for Russia and other countries. Its wrong.

No.. region lock is good, so you dont play against people with stupid high pings.

ppl with stupid high pings, you solve with a ping limit feature or votekicking a 999 ping player. players should have the liberty to play with/against anyone.

[R34P3RK1NG]

please dont derail

[ED13]

Please tell me how fun it is when you have a ping of 30... your opponent has a stupid high ping of 300+ and is teleporting all over the place because of it?.

[coticus]

CULTSHITED13 původně napsal:

Please tell me how fun it is when you have a ping of 30... your opponent has a stupid high ping of 300+ and is teleporting all over the place because of it?.

You want for this game 20 ppl online? Ok