Right?!

I guess I should have added that I mean this less as a suggested course of action, as I'm sure everyone at AC is aware of this option.  I meant it moreso for people to keep in mind as they are complaining about everything.  The game will work really well as it is now once there are more players, and all of the changes we are clamoring for (myself included) probably aren't really needed once players start coming.

Or... You can get on board with the "Spread the Word!" campaign.

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Print one and see if you local comic shop or game store will put it up.

Ah, but that is the very essence of my point.  The issues you quote (with the possible exception of new player experience), are all DUE to lack of players.  So you get into a chicken/egg situation somewhat, but the lack of content, industry/economy, all improve drastically when 10x the players join the game.

Can we get one for each race? Is there a Nian Industry logo?
Three posters like the seconds one would be perfect.

We just fundamentally disagree on the way the game accomplishes its goal (to entertain players).  In a game like WoW, and I don't mean that as an insult, you could say Aion, Rift, FFXIV, etc, the game entertains by having endless content for players to go through.  As the game ages they raise the level cap and add more content for players to enjoy.

In a game like Perpetuum or Eve, there is minimal content provided by the game, rather, players are encouraged to "make their own fun."  Player-created corporations fighting each other for valuable resources which will be player-gathered and player-created into bigger and better weapons to continue deploying against other players, is the main content in these games.  Yes, an equivalent of Eve Titans or even Capital ships would add to the content available, and I'm sure they will come.  But right now the game's problems are lack of market activity (too few people supplying and especially too few people demanding), lack of PvP activity (triple the number of players trying to access beta and this will step up significantly), etc.

PO is an extremely niche game; it is not for everyone.  It is not for most people.  I suspect that is why many people are leaving it; if you put a random MMO player in a world and say here's your bot, here's how to shoot it, go have fun, they will scratch their head and wonder where the first quest hub is supposed to be.  Even relatively successful sandbox games like Eve have negligible numbers compared to WoW or even its off-shoots mentioned above.

So basically what I'm saying is the content in PO is directly connected to the players.  More players, more content.  It's not the type of content you're used to, but for the audience PO is intended for, it's what is needed.

Ral,

Dont let yourself get dragged in by Maynard, he's only created a trial account for trolling purposes on here and general chat

I agree, with more players comes more opportunity, more conflict, more competition, more demand etc etc

It seems like they are able to patch size and locations of fields rather quickly. If server population goes up significantly, they can and should adjust the resources accordingly.

EDIT: assuming that the population increase happens well before the new land is released.

It's not ready yet to be heavily advertised. We need more space badly. Personally I don't think what the Devs are adding is enough, since it's still going to be too easy for established corps to seriosuly mess any newb up that decides to try and stake a claim in beta.

Eve had steady growth because it had the space available (5000+ Star Systems)for even solo players to venture out into lawless space and try to make something of themselves. PO does not....5000 star systems vs 6 islands, where can you hide better?

Expand to 50ish islands for the start, add more later. It's like we're on a mini planet at the moment...

they could add one new feature

//add titanium X

x = amount