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look we can change things as much as we like. in the short term it may increase our enjoyment of things for a little while. there'll be a fresh new pub, maybe we'll even work out a system with twd/distension/events that works and enables all three to flourish. bottom line is, that's not enough.
we need new players.
this is the biggest problem i see with trench wars. despite many squadless people running around in pubs as well as a few newbies, it's becoming extremely difficult to find new people in pub. sans irl friends of existing players, i don't think i've talked to someone who has started this game in the last two years. perhaps if i didn't try to recruit pubbers every now and then and spend a moderate amount of time pming them to see what's up i wouldn't be pissed off by that, but i do.
if we don't get any new blood in here then the only possible ways we'd increase the population is to 1) steal players from other zones or 2) get players who quit back into the game. stealing players seems to be happening fairly often, although i'd say eg is doing the best job in that department with their forward-thinking staff who are doing an excellent job at being innovative. getting quitters back is something that happens from time to time, sometimes people take year breaks or whatever then return. i don't think we can rely on this as a way to increase population though because we all know they quit for one reason or another.
anyway, we need new players. what do you suggest we do about this?
personally, i don't have any bright ideas. those "vote on this webpage" ideas are alright, but how many people visit those? i think we should set up a donations tab, and advertise for this game.
those are just my two cents though and when everyone starts yammering about how change is needed, i get frustrated because if things keep going the way they've been going there won't be anyone to see the change.
we need new players.
this is the biggest problem i see with trench wars. despite many squadless people running around in pubs as well as a few newbies, it's becoming extremely difficult to find new people in pub. sans irl friends of existing players, i don't think i've talked to someone who has started this game in the last two years. perhaps if i didn't try to recruit pubbers every now and then and spend a moderate amount of time pming them to see what's up i wouldn't be pissed off by that, but i do.
if we don't get any new blood in here then the only possible ways we'd increase the population is to 1) steal players from other zones or 2) get players who quit back into the game. stealing players seems to be happening fairly often, although i'd say eg is doing the best job in that department with their forward-thinking staff who are doing an excellent job at being innovative. getting quitters back is something that happens from time to time, sometimes people take year breaks or whatever then return. i don't think we can rely on this as a way to increase population though because we all know they quit for one reason or another.
anyway, we need new players. what do you suggest we do about this?
personally, i don't have any bright ideas. those "vote on this webpage" ideas are alright, but how many people visit those? i think we should set up a donations tab, and advertise for this game.
those are just my two cents though and when everyone starts yammering about how change is needed, i get frustrated because if things keep going the way they've been going there won't be anyone to see the change.
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