Ghost Badger, on 09 July 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:
Just as an fyi...the number given during the NGNG #79 wasn't actually a playercount number. It was a 'whatif' number PGI randomly pulled out of the air during an explanation of WHY they don't give us a player count. Paraphrased, it was:
"We don't give a playercount because we don't want to have players get discouraged because they only see, say, three thousand players online, and start comparing it to other F2P games."
In reality, that number could be bigger or smaller...
I tend to get discouraged when it fails to find a match because there is nobody playing anymore, for 30 minutes straight. I'd at least like to see if people are on.