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Pretty much this. When there is a slight population increase they didn't hesitate to point that out if I am not mistaking. If they use any other number or words than actual active subsciption, knowing Henrik it means he tries to weasel his way around mentioning that it been decreased.
You're probably wrong too.
What you must know is, the remaining sandbox games are competing against each others in term of sells and subs. In the sandbox radar, i cant see nothing else, but MO, DF and some other fail sandbox. Should i include shadowbane EMU to be fair?
The MO increase anouncement happened a month or so after DF announced a wipe.(A reason to leave that game) Players transfered from EU1 server to NA1 server. EU1 is now pretty dead with 1 small sub island active(Cairn). NA1 is healthy as never before.
Playing DF with high ping is pretty bad so not all players from EU can handle NA1 if they get over 200 pings. So their best choice can be to leave while waiting for 2.0 and buying mortal online instead. Thats how MO subs managed to rise i think. If you do transfer from EU1 to NA1, you lose all your bank and items on your character. Plus a wipe announcement for DF, most EU1 players give'd up. Do you remember the myrm clan from MO? They tried DF long ago and today, they're back to MO. I followed some of their post in some MO recent youtube videos.
Now, look. I dont play MO. The bugs, the low pop and other incomplete stuff are not the reason i'm not subcribed to the game. I need to upgreate or buy a new computer. Even after that, i wouldnt subcribe for 1 reason. I'm an NA player and MO only as 1EU server. I tried MO open beta and pvp is not playable with high ping. So yeah, you'il see me defend the game even if i'm not subbed to it.
Also, what are you talking about? Nowadays, anyone can refere to MO forum members count. They're marked as players or those who got access to public only. Count the players and you got your sub. Its pretty hard to compar that to wow forum and the fact that only subscribed players can post.
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> implying Eve, Minecraft, Wurm, Perpetuum and all the other games you didn't mention simply don't exist.
Joke aside(Wurm/minecraft, didnt deserve a mention)
My point is, what kind of players do you think MO attract the most?
I did my research. EVE online or perpetuum players are not the same as MO and DF. They probably wont jump on each others game. They will quit before they can either survive or understanding the meta game(Its not about levels).
A Typical eve player wont play DF or MO because of the FPS aspect and the limit on awarness. Eve is third person, but far far away from your ship like in world of warcraft. So you can easily feel whats going on around you. The eve players who tried DF or MO says that they are scare of the game because they can easily get sneaked on and ganked in a moment. They say that if they had to be stuck with DF/mo, they would stay in the NPC city, where they can feel safe and where they don't need to develop awarness from first person view and listening to the sound effects to locate your enemies.(I'm still shaking when i play DF)
As for a DF player jumping in EVE, i will take my opinion. EVE takes too much patient. As soon that i heard mathematic in a forum pvp discussion, i had to leave. I'm done with school, i'm not going back. I saw a youtube pvp video, i can'T tell whats going on. I really cant see myself in EVE. Beside, i'm an RTS player and i really thought i could like EVE by watching youtube videos.
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I realise you don't know much about MO, but do your research before speaking on a subject please.
In SV's financial reports Henrik only ever refers to total forum member count (note, not paying customers or even previous customers) as evidence of how healthy interest in his "game" is. That massively inflates the numbers and it is possible that investors with little to no knowledge of what that means could be fooled into investing - which is why Henrik does it.
It is a dishonest tactic that borders on lying to his investors.
I am amazed you even bother to reply to him, Betel. It is obvious from his post he got his head deep somewhere and doesn't wish to even consider anything that doesn't suit his views.
I think to carry on this conversation is kinda pointless, it's wisest to just chill till new official report is out and hope some solid numbers are used this time instead of vague percentage and activity reports.
Currently bored with MMO's.
Two reasons -
1) To correct inaccuracies
2) For the look on Henrik's face when he checks these forums every day
hihghly doubt henrik checks the forums or even gets involved in the game all that much, hell his twitter account is hardly even used. Most likely the gms read these forums and make henrik aware of anything important that comes up, wether he listens or not is another matter.
there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters.
The people playing this game secretly hate themselves and wish to be punished for their wretched existence.
REPENT SINNERS! REPENT!!
(No, that's mean, good luck in MO-land peeps!)
im not playing mo right now, but i kinda wish i was. Looking at the current list of games available is depressing.
there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters.
Yeah, there's not a lot of fun to go around in the MMO genre at the moment. MO lost me with the first impression of the game at launch when I bought it, and I won't be looking back, even though I hear it has improved a good bit now. I'm surprised how long the game has lasted, honestly. But then, I don't know how there are hundreds of MMO's available that are staying afloat, or how dozens of asian f2p games somehow have millions of people playing.
Hmm!
He has an enormous ego and likes to control all information about MO. He has a sig with his own picture and "CEO and Game Designer" on it ffs. I reckon he reads here regularly, it's why we keep getting (dis)honourable mentions on the official boards from his own mouth. Then he tried to sweet talk us with Theia and promised veteran rewards, did they ever make it into the game btw?
So yes, likelihood is he does read here. We know he doesn't spend his time designing a working game at least
Welp.. can agree with that, it is indeed depressing
I have been playing the trial for the last few days, All i can say is this game is very very poor. If anyone is thinking about trying this game I wouldn't waste your time. I normally like every mmo i play until i get bored, MO I disliked the moment I was in game.
It plays like a game from the 80's, Did not like it one bit, I'm going to be playing EVE until GW2 or Arche Age.
well i dont know him personally like you do betel. But if his ego was as huge as you say. Wouldnt he be posting twitter posts at least daily?
there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters.
Don't expect a niche game to be good during your trial days. I'm surprise no one suggested you to join a clan(You probably didnt try to socialize in the 1st place). These games are not for soloers unless you really know the game, so there's a reason you didnt had fun. Has for now, its not a pve game yet(wait for the next expansion for that aspect)
I tried mo during open beta and i had fun. You just need to jump in with the right mindset. With the realistic aspect of the game, roleplaying was really something this time and i usually don't do that.
On topic, i still believe in MO's pop increase. If the devs really wanted a pop increase so hard that they would have to lie about it, what do you think they would do or change in the 1st place? Nudity removed, minimap/world map and a lot more simple stuff added. MO devs doesnt seem that desesparate to me yet. They're making a game for themselves too and i cant find the poetic word to fit that.
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At least the last 4 niche games I played in a row were all good/great/awesome. Eve, WW2 Online, Wurm, Renaissance Kingdoms.
I wouldn't advise anyone to spend time/effort/money on MO though, it's just a waste. Every cent goes into Henrick's Mercedes and his minions/alts spamtrolling on other forums.
Hey deathshroud, how is the "coding" coming along? I had a couple of questions for you in that other thread if you could answer them whenever since this thread is mostly for the 'population is booming' quotes.
As for the quoted part, here you have it. Straight from the horse's mou...err....I mean your new 'Community Manager', Starvault's GM Theia's mouth:
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/4595760#4595760
Rest assured, according to what his GM says he might most likely be lurking around these forums itching to post a piece of his mind, unless you want to call your MO community manager a complete liar? Or do you know him personally to say otherwise?
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The word you are looking for is fan-modding (for subscribers). You are welcome.
Ex. myth of soma, legend of mir, mu online and eudemons online player.
Current game : Runescape (until pc build is complete)
He was posting on Twitter a lot at first, including saying he would release a map when he got 1000 subscribers. When he realised only the 50 poeple or so that play MO were subscribing, he kept dropping the number needed for his "reveal". I imagine he looks at his Twitter account and cries a little at night, so no wonder he rarely uses it now.
considering its rare to see him on the official forums, im quite possibly the most active person on the official forums and its rare to see his name on the list of people checking out the official website leads me to beleive he views these forums even less. However both gm theia and gm athanas are quite active and probably view these forums many times per day, letting henrik know of any issues that come up. Does henrik check these forums? probably once in a while but certainly not on any kind of regular basis since he checks the official forums on occasion and certainly not daily. His twitter account is indeed hardly used, many game developers post 10 or more times per day usually about stuff happening in their own lives instead of about the games they are making which henrik doesnt really do at least not yet. heres an example...
http://twitter.com/#!/inovae_keith this guy is 1 of the lead developers of Infinity online, the game that will eventually replace EVE. Its obvious he quite fancies himself if Ego = posting about yourself and your daily activities more than the actual game your making.
As for my coding experience i can tell you i have no affiliation with SV in any way other than being a customer, i havent even been a member of their "Focus" group. mainly due to being rather busy. This forum room is here so we can discuss the game Mortal Online so please dont bring my personal life into it.
there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters.
Seems like you always try to go round in circles but here it is..
there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters.