Jita wrote:Crepitus wrote:Serpens wrote:I'm sorry Syndic, but you are wrong, reroll 10 of your best PVPers into new chars, and put them against 10 vet chars, let's see how well your "tactics and strategy" hold up. lol I have a suspicion they will not.
There aren't even 10 people for us to fight against left. True story. Just a lot of loud mouth trolls on the forums who never log in.
Given that you have been the dominant power throughout that period are you happy with your factions choices?
I think you undeservedly (as is your custom) give us the lion's share of the blame for people leaving. That blame rests, as ever, squarely on the shoulders of the DEVs.
We've had the majority of our new players stop logging in the same as everyone else's; most weren't even PvPers. This is in spite of having 2x a week corp ops scheduled with them in mind, both for training and finances.
Guess why? Could it be long travel times and *** missions? The near total lack of viable solo game play? The near black out of information and the fanatical devotion to Gamma which no one asked for?
Gamers in general are a fickle bunch, and this game caters to a niche of a niche (hardcore full loot PvP with robots). But even so, getting new players is one thing, keeping them is an entirely different matter altogether.
Population graphs<GM Synapse> please don't abuse our fresh players before blowing them up. And for god sakes, don't do that after it!