Originally posted by wormed

 

Yea, it's in a sad state, which is unfortunate because I think overall, gameplay wise, it's far superior to GW2. I don't understand GW2's hype. ArcheAge please!

I've played both and prefer GW2 so far.

I'm hoping Tera gets better as I level.

Originally posted by wormed

Originally posted by hopenottaken

Well, you can check the data gathered at Tera EU forums:

https://forum.tera-europe.com/showthread.php?t=99103&page=16&p=1849348#post1849348

January = 1.077.445
February = 1.079.674
March = 564.725
April = 397.543
May = 308.155
June = 240.460
July = 183.989
August = 186.347
September = 162.045
October = 144.491
November = 153.413
December = 153.364
January = 155.204
February = 149.241
March = 143.053
April = 134.717
May = 92.580

I can only see ppl willing to jump off the ship at the slightest chance, say D3, GW2 or whatever. Going down from 37 servers to 13 in one year isn't something to be happy and it hasn't reached the bottom.

I can only foresee a massive server merge at the end of summer in KR, NA and EU.

Yea, it's in a sad state, which is unfortunate because I think overall, gameplay wise, it's far superior to GW2. I don't understand GW2's hype. ArcheAge please!

 These are Cafe numbers, while they tell a tale it's not concise information, and as you can see by what i've highlighted the game was in a stable state for a long time, the giant drop in the beginning was because they launched without content, then they kept patches flowing for a little while and the population went into a very slow decline for 10 months, only losing 27% of it's playerbase over that time.

But now it's been a while since a content update and D3 just launced and is consuming 35% of the entire countries playerbase in these Cafes right now.

Informaiton on QoA part 2 has officially been dropped in Korea as of two weeks ago and D3 hype is dying down, once it releases we can see where TERA stands.

For the sake of NA/EU TERA I hope it bounces back but i'm not really counting on it.

Originally posted by hopenottaken

Originally posted by wormed

Originally posted by hopenottaken

TERA is doing really bad in S Korea.

http://gametrics.com/news/News02_View.aspx?seqid=8023

TERA Online:
April 2012 = 134,717
May 2012 = 92,580 -31.3%

They're now sitting on 13 servers.

http://tera.hangame.com/sls.nhn

So I really hope it does better in NA/EU but I'm seriously worried.

That's not EXACTLY the best way to interpret Gametrics. Gametrics takes what's happening at the cafes in Korea. If you think about release dates, for example, April had no Diablo 3, May did. Diablo 3 is the most popular game in Korea as of right now. Obviously, Tera players will be playing that, especially in the month of May. Now, if the trend continues to decline, then yea, but as of right now, I wouldn't be worried.

Tera was top 10 on Gametrics pre Diablo 3, lingering around 8th.

EDIT: It's a huge decrease though. 

Well, you can check the data gathered at Tera EU forums:

https://forum.tera-europe.com/showthread.php?t=99103&page=16&p=1849348#post1849348

January = 1.077.445
February = 1.079.674
March = 564.725
April = 397.543
May = 308.155
June = 240.460
July = 183.989
August = 186.347
September = 162.045
October = 144.491
November = 153.413
December = 153.364
January = 155.204
February = 149.241
March = 143.053
April = 134.717
May = 92.580

I can only see ppl willing to jump off the ship at the slightest chance, say D3, GW2 or whatever. Going down from 37 servers to 13 in one year isn't something to be happy and it hasn't reached the bottom.

I can only foresee a massive server merge at the end of summer in KR, NA and EU.

Yeah, but did they pull a TOR n launch way too many servers to begin with, thus needing a correction before taking into account any losses?

I see the drop of over 90% for these numbers, but does that entail everything? Or simply a section of the population?

Hopefully things pan out for those enjoying themselves.

Originally posted by sodade21
Those numbers are global or regional specific?

south korea afaik

but I'd wager it is the same in the west

Bad news again from KTera:

Gametrics started to report on a weekly basis.

April = 134,717
May = 92,580
June 1st week = 67,931
June 2nd week = 63,099

http://www.gametrics.com/news/News02_List.aspx

Originally posted by hopenottaken

Bad news again from KTera:

Gametrics started to report on a weekly basis.

April = 134,717
May = 92,580
June 1st week = 67,931
June 2nd week = 63,099

http://www.gametrics.com/news/News02_List.aspx

Lots of moon runes there!

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Originally posted by hopenottaken
Bad news again from KTera:

Gametrics started to report on a weekly basis.April = 134,717May = 92,580June 1st week = 67,931June 2nd week = 63,099http://www.gametrics.com/news/News02_List.aspx

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Sub numbers are going down the toilet because there is virtually nothing to do at endgame in Tera.

Also Ncsoft announced that Open Beta for Blade and Soul will start on June 21. Most Koreans are simply bored out of their minds and looking for something better. So most are dumping Tera to play B&S. I expect massive sub losses once B&S and ArchAge go live.

I like Tera but it doesn't look good right now.

Originally posted by wormed

Originally posted by hopenottaken

TERA is doing really bad in S Korea.

http://gametrics.com/news/News02_View.aspx?seqid=8023

TERA Online:
April 2012 = 134,717
May 2012 = 92,580 -31.3%

They're now sitting on 13 servers.

http://tera.hangame.com/sls.nhn

So I really hope it does better in NA/EU but I'm seriously worried.

That's not EXACTLY the best way to interpret Gametrics. Gametrics takes what's happening at the cafes in Korea. If you think about release dates, for example, April had no Diablo 3, May did. Diablo 3 is the most popular game in Korea as of right now. Obviously, Tera players will be playing that, especially in the month of May. Now, if the trend continues to decline, then yea, but as of right now, I wouldn't be worried.

Tera was top 10 on Gametrics pre Diablo 3, lingering around 8th.

EDIT: It's a huge decrease though. 

AION is the most popular game in korea

nice try tho