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[Nightmare1]

If there really were 70,000 Founders, and only a total of 2,455 Founder Voters, then that's a bit alarming...

[Appogee]

stjobe, on 10 June 2015 - 12:45 PM, said:

So yes, declining voter turnout. Why?

Because noone cares in the slightest about Champion Mechs... least of all those of us who already have all four variants of the Resistance Mechs ... who are also the only people eligible to vote.

[stjobe]

Nightmare1, on 10 June 2015 - 12:49 PM, said:

If there really were 70,000 Founders, and only a total of 2,455 Founder Voters, then that's a bit alarming...

Not really. A 5% response rate is generally considered very good for unsolicited, voluntary-response, non-enticed polls and surveys.

2,500 is 3.5% of 70,000, so still in the "good" category for responses.

Edit: It's probably a safe bet that there's less than 70,000 founders still playing, but the point still stands: That poll response number on its own is no cause for alarm, since it says basically nothing about how many founders are still here - except that they're not fewer than 2,455.

Edited by stjobe, 10 June 2015 - 01:07 PM.

[Wildstreak]

stjobe, on 10 June 2015 - 12:45 PM, said:

The polls are still available for viewing:
Founders poll - 2,455 votes for which map to redo first
Phoenix poll - 2,205 votes for whether or not to re-open the original Phoenix pack
Resistance poll - 1,255 votes for which Resistance 'mech should get a Champion first
So yes, declining voter turnout. Why?
It's been three polls over the course of less than a month. Poll fatigue.
Also, maps are probably more interesting to vote on than Champion 'mechs. Phoenix turned out to be a bit of a hot-button topic, so that might explain why there were almost as many votes on that one as on the founder one.
Finally, there was at one point roughly 70,000 founders - I seriously doubt there were anywhere near that many Phoenix and Resistance packs sold put together.

- Doubt it is poll fatigue.
- Maybe but I do not see that as a big reason, minor.
- Well that is the point I have. Fewer people may be paying out money into this game.

We've both been here long enough to have seen how many have said they are done putting money into the game. There are even topics now of even Founders thinking of coming back after having been gone for a while, a recent one said he has been gone since Open Beta.
Less new content selling is bad for business.