As a brand new owner of a perpetuum agent, I was very alarmed to see the population being so low. If there will be one thing deterring me from really getting into this game, it would be a lack of players. I understand funding this game is probably becoming a nuisance, or the lack of help within the dev team. I hope there will be something drastic done to refuel this potentially awesome game.

A F2P trial - with limitations to obviously protect the game from abuse (I.e it's been stated, giant groups of farm bots, free scouts, spies, etc.) will do the game well. You could use sSteam to propel the product. Might have to take hit and get better servers, but it's make or break now.

Also, as an eve player, the recent roadmap CCP has laid out has pumped me up, even tho some of the changes are down the line, they are releasing content at a steady pace. If perpetuum adopts a similar plan of action, there is no doubt that, with such a F2P trial-account in tandem, the active pop could go up a few hundred, if not thousands, with at least 30% converting to paid accounts. What does perpetuum have to lose? Other then it's onlined status