Hmm as far as I remember Perpetuum it never had many people, more in the 20 to 50+ people range depending on time, though usually the ones played were quite dedicated. I think most I seen was 62 accounts online and lowest like 6 months or so before steam was like 8-10 at all times but I thought over time it would get more people, especially being on steam too. Then again even games on steam do need some sort of promotion around too. On the bright side from what I see on news page there were updates fairly often

Agreed. Sandboxes got the characteristic that content is player made and all that needs to spark things up is some events every now and then to give more interest to the game

Well in a sense, sparks in Perpetuum can be compared to jump clones in EVE which are used mostly to have on strategic stations. The real differences is skill there goes to lvl 5(aka less teleport locations) and world map of EVE is pretty much huge. Existence of sparks to my opinion is important as long as not too many locations are recorded. Its both an ease and a tactical feature, just if the game is to get more people sure more islands are needed. In other words the best solution is enlarge the world to be able to facilitate more active corporations in the near future making locking out of gameplay parts less possible

Yes, what I notice, is the background story is there and devs can build up on it but its not executed ingame(doesnt seem to apply, since there isnt war among the 3). I did read everything, including tutorial, despite being long texts, but on char creation its not clear what advantages the robots got when picking something, in other words, picking kinda by luck one of the 3, cause none reads guides BEFORE first login on a game. The tutorial, doesnt get to explain the important things either, gives me a feel of being unfinished, so basically ended up needing to ask many things(for someone not coming from EVE could be lots more though). Was also told tha blue robots(which I chose) are junk by a couple pilots who started a blue. I dont know if they are right or wrong but Isnt it supposed to be balanced though for the existence of Three races(and not one) to matter?

Sure but what is the website, by the way yesterday did join a channel by that name but was just me on it

EDIT: Found the website from ingame search function

Thank you

Well while I am combat PVE oriented, I do like PVP too(without being hardcore, aka not wanting it all the time, but do want it), plus to be honest PVE fuels PVP as well(you need cash so you dont mind losing robots sure). Generally I like Corps kinda lively and mostly friendly among members. To a note sure maturity lvl plays a role too, since I am a 30 year old man who works for living. Lastly my time zone is EU, I live in Greece, GMT +2 but I do tend to lots times stay late.

Got the recruitment channel tab ingame but so far none ever talked there, so guessing its not used

Thank you both, that was very useful info, noticed by the way that, on some gears got t2 followed by letter like t2p, on market list. On another matter, a trial can join Corps?

Thank you both, seems I didnt make a bad choice on the race after all, since I like machinegun-style gunnery and high dps paired with speed. To another matter, crafts like harvesting, crafting, researching are worth it or best being fully focused on my combat and navigation skills?