Re: Your current perception of the game as a whole
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:29 am
My perception, gonna be negative, but I'll give it anyway.
One of the largest problems I see, is not necessarily lack of new players, or old ones leaving.
New accounts WILL take MINIMUM 11 MONTHS to catch up to being fully ascended. Not including resource gathering to ascend. Seriously, if you were joining a game, and you KNEW it would take 11 months to get the same bonuses as others, would you stick around?
The second largest, is the cash market. This devalues time played to other things. If you work part time, in Australia, I could deliver pizza's for $20/hour. I work a min 2 hour shift, get $40. Can buy Naq at $0.15/T. 267T for 2 hours at work. How many people can say they can farm 250T+ every 2 hours.
Finally, there is no new accounts being created (barely). Most are ones bought that are more highly ascended. So there is no new ones. If someone leaves and doesn't sell, then the pool of fully ascended accounts diminishes, along with possible players to use those accounts. Since it takes so long to catch up, buying is almost the only option
One of the largest problems I see, is not necessarily lack of new players, or old ones leaving.
New accounts WILL take MINIMUM 11 MONTHS to catch up to being fully ascended. Not including resource gathering to ascend. Seriously, if you were joining a game, and you KNEW it would take 11 months to get the same bonuses as others, would you stick around?
The second largest, is the cash market. This devalues time played to other things. If you work part time, in Australia, I could deliver pizza's for $20/hour. I work a min 2 hour shift, get $40. Can buy Naq at $0.15/T. 267T for 2 hours at work. How many people can say they can farm 250T+ every 2 hours.
Finally, there is no new accounts being created (barely). Most are ones bought that are more highly ascended. So there is no new ones. If someone leaves and doesn't sell, then the pool of fully ascended accounts diminishes, along with possible players to use those accounts. Since it takes so long to catch up, buying is almost the only option