Darkfall Population Increase!! due to free week

Salenger

I found this unbelievable, not the increase due to the free week but the numbers prior...How is this game still alive with a player base like this?  Peak amount of players online during October was 35.., average 16...how is that enough to keep this crap game running....even in the end of Darkfall 1.0 there was at least 1-200 players online dueling.

I hope they can turn it around, but they kinda messed it up for themselves by changing the game so much from it's predecessor.

 

Toxia

Source please?

I too find those numbers unbelievable

Salenger

Originally posted by Toxia

Source please?

I too find those numbers unbelievable

http://sandboxer.org/

the site is pretty solid on sandbox news, and has been a big supporter of dfuw.

zimike

The mass exodus from Archeage is most likely the cause.

boris20

Although those are just steam users, and the majority do not play dfuw through steam, the population is terrible. Free weeks always bring some players back for a short time. I am currently unsubbed and have been for a for months due to population. I have a buddy who logs in now and then to check for me. Until I see some major updates and population increase I cannot waste any more time out searching for a decent Pvp battle.

Whitebeards

Open world full loot MMO doesn't have enough players? who would have thought.

Lustmord

I heard some 60man clan is coming in from AA.

Parepin

The only problem with this is it gives the free-to-play tree huggers fuel for the fire.  The games paywall keeps the game clean.  If you advance to endgame the paywall comes down with DUEL.

niceguy3978

That only counts users logging into the game through Steam.  The Steam population in Darkfall was never very big as you can see from its launch on steam at the bottom of the pic.

Silt1

Almost nobody plays this game through steam, while the population is low it's not quite at that point yet.

eHug

Originally posted by Whitebeards
Open world full loot MMO doesn't have enough players? who would have thought.

It's not a big deal as long as gear is easy to get. Then the loss is bearable and the gear gap doesn't ruin the pvp fun. People can still battle for everything else. A pity that Aventurine doesn't want that for darkfall. They constantly increase the pve grind for basic pvp gear and already said it will get a lot worse soon. Another place where Aventurine thought a gear gap would be a good idea is zergs. They only really allow zergs with a town to craft basic pvp gear these days. The rest of the players got screwed over by AV.

zaberfangx

Is funny when people complain about free to play on a sandbox mmo and they want a mmo sub as many ways is the way to go, then not sure why people not out running for this game?

Not calling the game bad, just not my cup of tea, but still don't know why people not running to here over arche age.