Originally posted by Cereo

Heavy is 400 people? This game seems hardly an MMO. There should be a trend in MMOs to hold more and more people on one server, not less. And colors are not a very good indicator of a trends. Actual data and maybe an actual trend line would be better, and it would have to be over a longer time than a few days. Furthermore, if it goes to 180, to 210 and goes medium on a given day, does that really mean there is a positive trend for this game? Not really. It seems like most the servers have less than 100 people playing on it, hell you have have 64 players playing BF2 or other respectable shooters. Playing monthly for a server that holds double that on average seems like a waste of time.

As noted, "heavy" is 400 people on just ONE of the four factions of one of the many servers.  No servers have "less than 100 people playing on it."  For my server, at it's absolute worst, there are 1000 people playing at once.  At it's best, it's over 2,000 playing at once.  Plus, it's a persistent world where the actions of the players can have very real effects on the world through the capturing of ports.  That is the definition of a MMORPG and it is nothing like "BF2 or other respectable shooters."

These populations aren't accurate.  I play on Blackbeard, French side, and I haven't seen less than a hundred on except when I played until 4:00 am on a Tuesday night.  I've seen the French side go over 300 - and we're the lowest population group on the server.  On a good weekend night, the Blackbeard server itself has around 2,000 people at once.  No, that's not a ton of people, but the game feels FAR from empty. 

This game is a lot like EVE... and it looks like it's population is starting similarly as well.  It took EVE several years to build its population into what it is today - I'm confident POTBS will do the same.  Both games are niche games and were never intended to be "WoW-killers."  They were both developed at a fraction of the cost of other MMOGs and therefore can support the relatively smaller server sizes when compared to the big-dogs.  Another thing both games have in common - they're FUN.  But if you don't like EVE, chances are you won't like POTBS.  Different strokes for different folks.

Lots of people looking for buddy keys, apparently.. 

So, with that in mind:  Alms for the poor!  Alms for the poor!  Won't somebody, anybody spare a buddy key?  Please, sir, I've got nothing to eat - can you spare a few coins?  (whoops - Assassin's Creed flashback)

Seriously though - If anyone has a buddy pass they're not using, I would greatly appreciate it if you could PM me or email me at spf_1000@hotmail.com

Oh, and if anyone wants to PM me a pass, a certainly would appreciate it. 

Good to hear they have them - as they're a great way to help build a community early on. 

Now I just need to cross my fingers for one...  

The game looks great, but the mixed reviews have scared me off from buying it.  Just wondering if they include any buddy passes with the retail box.

If anyone won the second contest and is not interested in their key, or has a duplicate, I would VERY much appreciate it if you could send it my way.   I've been following the game for two solid years now, but have had zero luck with getting in the beta.  :-(

Thanks!!

Wow... I can practically smell the crazy coming off of that post.

I loved this game, but like many others, became disillusioned by the empty world and lack of grouping.  That said, I think that AA was a good game that should have been better received and had mad potential. 

AA was "close, but no cigar."  I believe they had the right theme, look, and feel, but went in the wrong direction for the game itself. They wanted it to be the "fastest, most destructive MMOG ever!" Instead, they should have gone for a slower game with more RPG elements. Instead of just mowing down thousands of mobs in a minute, they should have gone for bigger, key encounters and made grouping more essential.  How cool would it have been to get a mission into a town, only to find it subject to a blockade by a local gang of raiders? That the only way to get in is to enlist the help of some friends to either kill them, or draw their fire in a fierce race-for-your-life across the desert wasteland while your buddy sneaks into town to complete the mission.  It should have been Road Warrior, not Twisted Metal.  It was too solo friendly, so people never grouped, no one talked, and you could just teleport / fly to whatever town you wanted anyway.  That last part seemed insane to me in a game based around driving. 

I'd like to see this game bought by someone and converted into a Wasteland/Fallout/Autoduel MMOG. It seems like it could happen without *too* much expense. 

Originally posted by rubydragon5

I just want to say to everyone that played Auto Assault that im sorry for there loss,   Ive been in your shoes when Earth and Beyond got canceled.

Ive seen canceled games kill friendships and devastate the mighiest Guilds.

Dont give up hope, you will find a new game with new people.

 

GL to all of you.

 

 

and to the Trolls....

how would you like if a game you loved was canceled,   its not about the game being good or bad,

Its about the people that were burned,  they have probably made good friends in game they wont hear from again.

So before you say something stupid and offensive put yourself in there shoes.

This is the nicest thing I've ever read on these forums. 

Originally posted by Squal'Zell

Originally posted by DarthMaulUK
And you last played the game when? Servers are at their busiest in two years and theres plenty of people running around. You also forget that there are more places to visit now than before so the population is spread across many areas. Galaxies has the biggest maps out of ANY MMO game.

you clearely havent played EVE

Originally posted by Szark

"Eve Online is not a computer game. It is ...

 

Originally posted by Dekron
The fact is, and please note this statement, SWG is now a completely different game than was initially launched.