Originally posted by openedge1

 

As to the Xfire numbers, of note is that WAR and LOTRO also had returns going on. WAR jumped 3 spots in Xfire during that period. LOTRO jumped 4 spots. AoC? 10 SPOTS.

 

Cheers

I don't think LoTRO or WaR had the equivalent of a 1.05 patch either. I know if they had instigated the vet return campaign before 1.05 I would not have even bothered with the download.

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Originally posted by Jackdog

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Originally posted by openedge1

 
As to the Xfire numbers, of note is that WAR and LOTRO also had returns going on. WAR jumped 3 spots in Xfire during that period. LOTRO jumped 4 spots. AoC? 10 SPOTS.
 
Cheers

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I don't think LoTRO or WaR had the equivalent of a 1.05 patch either. I know if they had instigated the vet return campaign before 1.05 I would not have even bothered with the download.

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I also think it's in part that LOTRO is just a GOOD game period. Ever since Moria launched the game has definitely seen a continued increase in activity and subs. Good for Turbine. I really hope they knock Rohan/Gondor/Mordor out of the park.

Originally posted by Vagrant_Zero

 

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Originally posted by Jackdog

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Originally posted by openedge1

 
As to the Xfire numbers, of note is that WAR and LOTRO also had returns going on. WAR jumped 3 spots in Xfire during that period. LOTRO jumped 4 spots. AoC? 10 SPOTS.
 
Cheers

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I don't think LoTRO or WaR had the equivalent of a 1.05 patch either. I know if they had instigated the vet return campaign before 1.05 I would not have even bothered with the download.

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I also think it's in part that LOTRO is just a GOOD game period. Ever since Moria launched the game has definitely seen a continued increase in activity and subs. Good for Turbine. I really hope they knock Rohan/Gondor/Mordor out of the park.

Well it also help that LOTRO had those life time packages, I have quite a few friends that play it from time to time because of it .. especially when they are between MMO's.

Its free so they will always have some player base, especially because whoever get really bored with LOTRO and do not come back will sell Life time subs account.

looks like there is another XFire contest going on also, started today

wait until that 14 day free trial is over. i didnt bother to wait till then to quit playing it. i just couldnt bring myself to go through it again.

Originally posted by Jackdog

looks like there is another XFire contest going on also, started today

I always wondered what was the motivation for someone using xfire.

Originally posted by catlana

Originally posted by Jackdog

looks like there is another XFire contest going on also, started today

 

I always wondered what was the motivation for someone using xfire.

I thought most people used it for the chat client. I never even knew it had a record function, but then I have never used it for anything myself. I installed it for a couple of weeks just to track how much time I was spending playing games.

the combo of the contest and the welcome back campaign sure seems helping with AoCs numbers though, they are up 30% over last week. Good timing too, the game was ready to drop into the 50's the way it was headed.

I just started using Xfire and it's perfect for chatting with friends who aren't in the same game. It also has the ability to take screenshots, videos, and a new video broadcast feature.

As for AoC - I'm installing it right now so I can give the 2-week free trial a go :P I haven't played since launch.

Originally posted by Persephassa

I just started using Xfire and it's perfect for chatting with friends who aren't in the same game. It also has the ability to take screenshots, videos, and a new video broadcast feature.

As for AoC - I'm installing it right now so I can give the 2-week free trial a go :P I haven't played since launch.

Interested in your opinion. Good luck and welcome back to Hyboria!

Originally posted by Jackdog

Originally posted by catlana

Originally posted by Jackdog

looks like there is another XFire contest going on also, started today

 

I always wondered what was the motivation for someone using xfire.

 

I thought most people used it for the chat client. I never even knew it had a record function, but then I have never used it for anything myself. I installed it for a couple of weeks just to track how much time I was spending playing games.

the combo of the contest and the welcome back campaign sure seems helping with AoCs numbers though, they are up 30% over last week. Good timing too, the game was ready to drop into the 50's the way it was headed.

I wonder how it compares to vent. We have a Vent server and the voice chat coming from there is pretty good.

Originally posted by catlana

I refuse to play games that feel more like a second job.

The reason why stopped playing Eve Online.

EDIT: Oh, and the community is awful, which doesn't help. ;-)

Eve Online felt like a job to me too. A job where your colleagues could randomly kick your ass and steal your paycheck..

Originally posted by Aceundor

 two other indicators that its working is alexa.com which shows a peak way above the peak from patch 1.05 in forum traffic. 

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ageofconan.com

 

Also, more than 97.500 active PVP players last 30 days in Yellow gremlin database. 

http://aoc.yg.com/profiles?rnk=1

 

This is pretty huge too considering YG hasn't been actively tracking players through it's bot service in over a month.

Most of the activity is through it's profiler service which players have to download and setup.

That means the activity is much higher then even that number.

Originally posted by catlana

Originally posted by Jackdog

Originally posted by catlana

Originally posted by Jackdog

looks like there is another XFire contest going on also, started today

 

I always wondered what was the motivation for someone using xfire.

 

I thought most people used it for the chat client. I never even knew it had a record function, but then I have never used it for anything myself. I installed it for a couple of weeks just to track how much time I was spending playing games.

the combo of the contest and the welcome back campaign sure seems helping with AoCs numbers though, they are up 30% over last week. Good timing too, the game was ready to drop into the 50's the way it was headed.

 

I wonder how it compares to vent. We have a Vent server and the voice chat coming from there is pretty good.

never used it myself. Back in EQII we used vent, and before that there was team speak. LoTRO of course has built in client for fellowships. Sometimes a few of in my kin just group for the chat even when playing solo

well just looked at the Xfire figures and the promotions are sure helping out their Xfire hours. It had  had over 10K hours yesterday. Nothing like the 80K it had at release or even the 23K it had a month later but a hell of a lot better than it has had in a while.

Heh - I got home from vacation today and thought: Oh well lets give AoC one last shot (even at a discount.)

I do not care too much about xfire stats but the "Xfire users playing per day" is a sample (NOOO I do NOT care whether YOU, your GF, your pets or your guild is using xfire...)

AoC did NOT attract anything like the original subs with their "winback program".

Once I get a hostmachine set up for AoC (later tonight) I really hope that servers are a lot more "medium load"'ed than they were when I last checked back in november 2008.

(Yeah I resubbed for a few months as well because I know I will be busy at work during the next month or so)

Originally posted by catlana

Originally posted by Jackdog

I thought most people used it for the chat client. I never even knew it had a record function, but then I have never used it for anything myself. I installed it for a couple of weeks just to track how much time I was spending playing games.

the combo of the contest and the welcome back campaign sure seems helping with AoCs numbers though, they are up 30% over last week. Good timing too, the game was ready to drop into the 50's the way it was headed.

 

I wonder how it compares to vent. We have a Vent server and the voice chat coming from there is pretty good.

Ventrillo and Teamspeak2 are great for team/guild chat that are locked to a single server. (Even if Vent license is bad... Really BAD.)

Xfire (and Skype or MSN messenger for that matter) is something entirely different. You can do team chats on xfire but the quality is generally a lot lower than TS2/vent once you have some 10+ ppl in there.

However: Xfire is great because of all the other features: Game list, easy screenshots/vids including publishing, the IM client and a lot of extras.

Add to that, that xfire coexists quite well with most "serverlocked" chat-programs

Originally posted by Jackdog

well just looked at the Xfire figures and the promotions are sure helping out their Xfire hours. It had  had over 10K hours yesterday. Nothing like the 80K it had at release or even the 23K it had a month later but a hell of a lot better than it has had in a while.

Have a look at Alexa as well. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ageofconan.com

It seems forum traffic has increased dramatically from before patch 1.05. and more interrestingly, it is not just a spike like before but traffic is actually growing. I am certain now that AoC will grow in the months to come. How much however I dont know. 

Originally posted by Aceundor

Originally posted by Jackdog

well just looked at the Xfire figures and the promotions are sure helping out their Xfire hours. It had  had over 10K hours yesterday. Nothing like the 80K it had at release or even the 23K it had a month later but a hell of a lot better than it has had in a while.

Have a look at Alexa as well. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ageofconan.com

It seems forum traffic has increased dramatically from before patch 1.05. and more interrestingly, it is not just a spike like before but traffic is actually growing. I am certain now that AoC will grow in the months to come. How much however I dont know. 

 

It is back to where it was around late last August/early September. What is important though is not how much but rather how long it will last. This spike needs to be a trend  that lasts till the release of the expansion. This is the last rabbit in the hat till then. if this is just a one month spike it won't do them much good in the long run. If it drops back down to the levels it was in early June levels I doubt if there will be many smiling faces at the stockholders meetings.