Tekadept, on 17 November 2014 - 04:24 PM, said:
Apparently this game is "Spot on perfect", "in the best state evah", and orders of magnitude greater then any other Mechwarrior game, amassing thousands of new players each week. That's if you ask the white knights, and its doom and gloom the world is ending if you ask the black knights.
PGI, why don't you just put your {LT-MOB-25} on the block and just bring back the player counter and prove how wrong the haters are?
Apparently PGI_Jon specifically stated that he doesn't know why they don't show the player numbers, since they are looking really good.
So come on PGI man up and show us yours, and maybe we will show you ours.
I think it's because people make all sorts of insane comments based on fluctuations in the numbers. At least they did in CB when the counter was there.
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OMG we had 2K less players this weekend it's proof that PGI's new camo released is a turrible business decision and they should switch to plastic furniture".
I predict, that if we added it now, there would be a deluge of whine threads along the lines of:
"25000 players and it still takes me 5 minutes to get into a match in my MadCat waaaaaaa"
"10k players this weekend and they still charge $10 for a mech waaaaa"
May or may not be justified - and though I would like to see the counter, I just don't want to see the inevitable whine threads that crush a little more of my soul each time they are vomited forth all over the front page of general.
I'd be happier if they released occasional tidbits like "this weekend we had 17,000 players in the tournament" or some such.