Why are there so few people playing this game?

[Sunfade]

So before I bought verdun, I was playing insurgency and red orchestra 2. With that in mind, it was easy to transition to this game. This game is fun as hell, and it leaves me wondering why there are less than 500 players at a time playing. Was there ever a time when this game broke past that by three or four times? Or is this game so niche that only people who are interested in a ww1 simulator will enjoy it?

[Kermit the Frog]

I wouldn't say less than 500 people play the game. Maybe at slow times during the day/night but not on average. The most we have had is around 8k people on.

[barkingamer]

Originally posted by Queen Luna:

I wouldn't say less than 500 people play the game. Maybe at slow times during the day/night but not on average. The most we have had is around 8k people on.

That's still quite a small number compared to some games...

Perhaps it's due to bad advertisement

[Kermit the Frog]

Originally posted by barkingamer:

Originally posted by Queen Luna:

I wouldn't say less than 500 people play the game. Maybe at slow times during the day/night but not on average. The most we have had is around 8k people on.

That's still quite a small number compared to some games...

Perhaps it's due to bad advertisement

I would agree Verdun isn't that good at advertising BUT during and after the summer sale we did get the largest amount of new people to join the game

[Coom Dimmadome]

Originally posted by Queen Luna:

I wouldn't say less than 500 people play the game. Maybe at slow times during the day/night but not on average. The most we have had is around 8k people on.

Luna on point as always. The average playercount over the last 30 days is at 418. The 24 hour peak 568. Verdun hasn't ever come to close to 8k. The maximum playercount of all time is 2140.

http://steamcharts.com/app/242860

Magic ^

Verdun is a niche game that has infrequent content updates, bugs, and a variety of other issues. Aside from that the game has limited replayability. There isn't much to grind towards or any sort of achievement hunting or ranking system that you can work. While I personally don't believe Verdun is a very complicated game it would appear that the game has a relatively steep learning curve and new players often have to play with highly skilled and experienced players. This results in what is usually a pretty unenjoyable experience.

With all this considered it's not suprising Verdun always had and always will have a small playerbase.

[big tiddy goth gf]

In my experience at the top of the day on the NA server there's about 180 players, with makes for 6 full matches, but usually about 12 matches. You might think the playerbase is small, but it's still very playable.

Besides, the smaller the better. You'll run into people more often and make friends.

[Die Mensch Maschine]

Originally posted by j4rppi:

what zab said and on top i personally have lost faith that this game would be bug free etc.. and yeah the community prays for weapons like wex when the games foundation is like polish engine block cast....

They should hire more people IMO.

[Coiler46]

Originally posted by j4rppi:

the games foundation is like polish engine block cast....

rofl

[Tijmen]

Originally posted by j4rppi:

what zab said and on top i personally have lost faith that this game would be bug free etc.. and yeah the community prays for weapons like wex when the games foundation is like polish engine block cast....

Just want to say i understand this, especially right now where we are all pretty stressed out and focusing on console. I hope you can be a bit more patient, the WEX is very high on our list of things that we want to fix.

They should hire more people IMO.

We have.

[Slothmaster?]

Insurgencyy and Red Orchestra often have sales on steam and other sites like Bundlestars where they can go for down to 2.49 (insurgency) and 4.99 (red orchestra)

[Toastman]

with regards the marketing of the game , which I am growing to love , I think calling it Verdun was not the best idea !
Verdun was indeed one of the most costly battles in the First World War with many French and German men dieing in it ,but not every prospective buyer will initially have ever heard of the battle . So I think a more general title should have been used that reflected the whole WW1 timeline .
But as a gaming experience , it is quite unique and extremely challenging and I will try to spread the word amongst my friends .
:)

[Lord Humungus]

Despite a low player count, I have never, ever, had trouble finding a full game, unless it's some absurd time like 2AM-10AM.