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[Sephlock]

[Deathlike]

Syllogy, on 28 May 2013 - 05:36 PM, said:

Really? How big is the player base?

I'm pretty sure it's actively "shrinking", with all the raging about balance/disconnects/normal gripes/premium time wasted/poptarts/ppcs/streakcats/goons/maps/no new modes/*fill in your personal rage here*.

[Sephlock]

Does this game even exist, or is this all just shadows on a cave wall?

Chuang Tzu in dream became a butterfly,
And the butterfly became Chuang Tzu at waking.
Which was the real—the butterfly or the man ?
Who can tell the end of the endless changes of things?
The water that flows into the depth of the distant sea
Returns anon to the shallows of a transparent stream.
The man, raising melons outside the green gate of the city,
Was once the Prince of the East Hill.
So must rank and riches vanish.
You know it, still you toil and toil,—what for?

Li Po

[Syllogy]

Deathlike, on 28 May 2013 - 10:22 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure it's actively "shrinking", with all the raging about balance/disconnects/normal gripes/premium time wasted/poptarts/ppcs/streakcats/goons/maps/no new modes/*fill in your personal rage here*.

There is no doubt that there are a lot of people taking a break and/or outright rage-quitting, but I also feel confident that there is a steady influx of new players.

The population numbers aren't public, but I keep seeing new players on the NGNG Teamspeak server every day.

Edited by Syllogy, 29 May 2013 - 07:48 AM.

[Gralzeim]

Well, it does sound like this is an optional thing, even if it occurs. If you don't want to lose what you have now, then you could just not transfer. HSR (once they have it working for missiles, too) should ensure that having 300-400ms latency is still mostly playable. Or at least, it's supposed to. I know that my Aussie friend on this game gets an average of 300+ms ping and he still does pretty well (a lot better than I do, usually, and my ping is usually 30-40ms). HSR for lasers and ballistics was a major game changer for him.

So, why not just stay then if you don't want to start anew? I could understand moving if you just solo pug or if your whole lance/clan/group moves with you, but if you have friends from multiple reasons, it doesn't sound like PGI is going to force you to split up.

Edit: Forgot that it will probably be a -transfer-, as in your stuff moves with you. From what it sounds like, anyway. Still, if you'd rather stay then it doesn't sound like anyone's going to stop you.

Edited by Gralzeim, 29 May 2013 - 08:30 AM.

[TexAce]

Niko Snow, on 30 May 2013 - 09:35 AM, said:

Maybe™

The brother of Soon™, who is the cousin of Never™