Half the players gone

[Tunnfisk]

In less than a month, half the daily peak is gone. How are ya'll coping with this? What will the game look like in another 2 months? How do you prevent it? Discuss!

[Kerpal]

Yep. And I think the other half that is still online right now are bots!

[Tunnfisk]

Originally posted by Silv3rCGN:

Yep. And I think the other half that is still online right now are bots!

Yeah, I've heard/read some about this. Just now when I went to Reddit, the first post on my front page was from T&L subreddit about botting. It's a problem when you make a game grindy and even more of a problem when you make it free2play.

[SavitarG0dOfSpeed]

Well In TL is following the footsteps of its predecessor (Lineage 2) then it will have the same fate...

[NoHelp+Suicide=Report]

better uninstall the game, bye

[Maeve]

thats very normal for any game. The start got hyped, lot of big content creators were paid to bring their community into the game. People try the game, some didn't like it and left. Its to be expected. Happens in every big f2p game release

[shira]

Not like all games are like that and lose their playerbase on the first month?? If servers become dead, they will merge it and eventually we will have 2 servers per region full of people

[Regentlord]

Expected out of any F2P launch. The question is where it will stabilize and are people enjoying it enough to keep paying. The game hasn't dropped out of the Top 5 Seller on steam since launch.

[Edstyles]

Originally posted by Tunnfisk:

Originally posted by Silv3rCGN:

Yep. And I think the other half that is still online right now are bots!

Yeah, I've heard/read some about this. Just now when I went to Reddit, the first post on my front page was from T&L subreddit about botting. It's a problem when you make a game grindy and even more of a problem when you make it free2play.

Doesnt stop botters from botting warcraft tho. Its a pain no matter the game. Hate cheaters.

Wouldnt be suprised if devs dont care about it and actually benefit from it to some extent and will only ban when people get frustrated and theyll do it to keep people happy for a couple weeks.

[Kyutaru]

Originally posted by shira:

Not like all games are like that and lose their playerbase on the first month?? If servers become dead, they will merge it and eventually we will have 2 servers per region full of people

Ya folks, even big MMOs like World of Warcraft lose half their players in the first month. The difference is new players replace the ones they've lost. If more new players come than the ones quitting, it makes it seem like the game is growing and everyone is happy. This is far from the truth. WoW has pissed off and lost millions of players. There are just millions more willing to play it or try it for the first time.

T&L received the bulk of its players at launch, as seen from the jump after early access ended. There might still be some people on the fence that haven't joined yet, but the nature of the game's progression systems and the chances of newcomers being able to find peers makes the game's longevity pretty finite. If they open up fresh start servers, that would be how they can keep this game going, because whales and newcomers alike would love a chance to start at the beginning.

[MilkPeach]

As of right now the amount of daily players is still decent for it being a month now. As that we have to take into consideration all the console players that play this game, which there is a lot. lol But I admit, i have never seen so many bots in a mmo before that I've played and see this early on. They are trying to do something about it and handling it though, just sucks that botting is a thing while it's also common in multiple games, and sucks more that it's because it's a "Free to play" game. I would still like to see where this game goes though a month or 2 from now and if it's still kicking.

[Fire Dragon Anus Bleaching]

It's an Ncsoft game... It's gonna lose 90% of its player base and it will get replaced by bots.. Just like its other games

[sandwichlord001]

i dont think the game is grindy at all since you're time gated UNLESS you decide to make 10 alts across the server. ( compared to BDO this is literally child's play for grinding part )

And that is also the reason why there's botting problem. Resources is easy to get and sell it on market for them botters to RMT it. IF it was grindy, you will be seeing ALOT of pilot services instead of bots. But so far I only see a few of piloting services.

[Ducky]

Originally posted by Dave:

It's an Ncsoft game... It's gonna lose 90% of its player base and it will get replaced by bots.. Just like its other games

never saw so many bots in Aion or Blade & Souls those are NCsoft games....

[Freazer]

I mean it was bound to happen. Happens with any Game. Most players will play for a month or so and stop. Some people don't like it, some get bored. Some played because they were waiting for another to game drop and especially for MMO players they usually check it out and go back to the MMO they have already put a bunch of time into. I levelled a char to Max. Did some dungeons, got some gear did some PvP and stopped. I enjoyed the couple weeks i played but the lack of OCE servers in a game requires parries and dodges is not a fun experience and sorta killed it a bit for me. Wether or not this game will live is upto NCSoft. They have a good basis for a game and if they continue to expand and support it i'm sure it will succeed if not then it will die like it did in Korea.

[special_darkwolf]

this is the most horrible ncsoft game with issues, maintanances and bots i ever played in my entire life.