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9/26/12 12:33:07 AM#61
Originally posted by Rokurgepta Can you tell me how many people are logged on when the server status reads Full or High or Medium?
Didn't think so.
Eve shows concurrent users always. If Anet did that we would have a reliable measure, since they don't of course I use other sources. |
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9/26/12 12:39:56 AM#62
Originally posted by krakra70 They have added more servers since, and players do tend to play longer the first 2 weeks. I myself kicked in 6-8 hours every day back then and that is far more than I can longtime when I have a life. It is true that there are less people on the servers now than earlier, but not that much so there were no mass exodus as many people here said there would be (like a certain other game had). Also, all stores around here still had the game sold out when I checked yesterday (but were going to get in new copies today) so people prefering to get boxes still have a hard time getting a copy. No TOR had not better retention. |
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GeezerGamer
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Joined: 4/03/12
Who ever said "Familiarity breeds contempt" didn't have an internet connection. |
9/26/12 12:41:40 AM#63
Originally posted by bcbully We'll see what the rest of the week does. It's funny, GW2's launch didn't affect Rift but MOP's did, but MOP didn't affect GW2's online Pops. So Maybe it just means they have 2 different demographics. If the conversation turned "Tit-for-Tat", and I've stopped posting, Consider it your win. |
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9/26/12 12:44:48 AM#64
Originally posted by ElSandman If you look on XFire GW2 have had more players than Wow the last month, and I am pretty sure that isnt true. And people tend to play new games more the first 1 or 2 weeks, in fact many people take time off from work then to play. So at least use number of players as number instead of hours, it would still not be right but a lot better. We wont really know how the game is doing until after a few months when you have a long steady trend, Xfire is useful for that. But comparing the first 2 weeks is useless and really proves nothing. |
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9/26/12 12:47:22 AM#65
Originally posted by GeezerGamer That is actually funny, one would assume that some Wow players got GW2 as a backup game and moved to MOP now.... Then again, all Xfire statistic are doubtful at best and only work for long huge trends (something which I actually say no matter if the numbers are good or bad for the game I play right now). |
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9/26/12 12:47:36 AM#66
Originally posted by krakra70 No worry. It's normal for any new games to have lot of people with long sessions etc. After release things come down. Thing is they should calm down ( what we want ) and not go all to hell ( TOR calmed down to his death ). |
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9/26/12 12:54:16 AM#67
Originally posted by ElSandman You were proven a liar more than once today. Do you just want to keep digging? |
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9/26/12 12:55:23 AM#68
Originally posted by ElSandman Please stop. You are making us Aussies look bad. I play Australia time (Melbourne) all the time on Tarnished Coast server and the server is still full as hell. A couple of nights ago I queued WvW at 6pm AEST and I still have to wait 30 mins before I can get in. I play last night at 10pm AEST and damn Divinity and Lion's Arch still have overflow. I was out at Strait of Devastation and Malchor's Leap (the 2 hardest areas, should be shit empty by any game's standards because the spawn rate is ridiculously fast and packed) and we still have groups of 10s or so taking on DEs. So please, stop making up crap. |
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9/26/12 1:01:17 AM#69
Originally posted by Kakkzooka Yes, BUT....
GW2, like GW1, has NO SUBSCRIPTION. This allows the community to drift in and out, between other games and GW. I think you have to let the jury stay out a LITTLE longer because of this. |
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9/26/12 1:06:51 AM#70
Originally posted by Loke666 I agree that player numbers are better. Unfortunately, Xfire doesn't chart those, even though it does capture them. I think GW2 peaked at about 19k users and is not at 9.8k, so roughly half, whereas, hours peaked at 95k and is now 38k, so roughly 40%. Ie hours have dropped more relatively than people as you would expect.
As far as more people playing GW2 (in the west) than WoW, who knows. I am not sure how good cross game comp[arisons are. The trends within one game seem to be fairly solid predictors though.
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9/26/12 1:18:02 AM#71
Originally posted by GeezerGamer This graph doesn't have anything to do with MoP honestly, since it's not a live update. That downward trend is all of GW2's doing :p Even at that though it would be nice to see this graph overlayed with some other games.
DamonVile- Games built for disposable players are now apparently built by disposable employees. |
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9/26/12 1:22:15 AM#72
Originally posted by bcbully Here is the link - every covered game is charted - overlay to your hearts content.
http://www.xfire.com/genre/mmo/massively_multiplayer_online/
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9/26/12 1:33:58 AM#73
Originally posted by ShakyMo 4 players who like MMOs and not single-player MMOs wasted 60 dollars and lost hope once again |
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9/26/12 1:42:03 AM#74
Originally posted by Volkon I have some bad news,mass exodus or not,GW2 is not the number one MMO and never will be.It will never make the kind of money that WOW makes and believe it or not GW2 will never be as popular. I know you desperately want WOW to fail but it will be around long after you climb that cliff again. Pandas or My Little Miss Pony,in the long run it will be Pandas who win.
I haven't paly WOW since before battle grounds so no i do not play the game. |
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9/26/12 1:47:39 AM#75
Originally posted by Sylvarii I dont care if WoW is more popular. I dont care if it makes more money. I care that FOR ME GW2 is a more fun game and so I play it. |
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9/26/12 1:52:29 AM#76
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9/26/12 1:52:53 AM#77
You know, hate to say it, but wait a month then have this discussion.
Because GW2 is no ongoing fee, there is no loss to players to go play a panda for a couple weeks. The real test will be in 4 weeks+, when people have finished the panda expansion content and then have to decide whether to keep playing (and paying) for wow, or to return to GW2. Or go someplace else, like Darkfall : Unholy Wars in November. I really do expect pandas will reign supreme, for about 3 to 6 weeks, then tank for NA customers (but we all know that expansion is aimed at the Chinese market anyway so WoW overall will do rather well out of it, even if people retrun to GW2 en masse once they have done all the raids etc and gotten bored of their monks). |
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9/26/12 1:56:12 AM#78
Originally posted by Flute Yeah honestly, I think you're correct on all points. My experience with Cata was much like that. I really enjoyed it for a few weeks until it fell apart for me. I'm not at all worried about GW2, as even if it lost half of it's player base over time it will be just fine. It's a great game. WoW also has it's merits, it's just that for most people, it's become a bit of a tired old formula, and visually it has become very, very dated. |
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9/26/12 2:00:26 AM#79
Originally posted by Rokurgepta Really,that's fine and dandy but with 17 post in this thread which has it's main theme about WOW it's hard to tell.And on top of that i quoted the OP not you but somehow my post had such an effect on you that you quoted me. Why waste your time in this thread when you could be playing GW2.
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9/26/12 2:03:37 AM#80
Originally posted by Sylvarii And I have bashed WoW how many times? That would be zero. Next time you count maybe read some content. Then you wont look so uninformed. But you seem to enjoy looking that way in your GW2 posts. |
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