Almost everyone I have talked to or heard post on the forums has a negative opinion on the downward spiraling player count. I assume that AGS has some hopes/ideas on how to turn this around or stabilize the issue.
Regardless of the effectiveness, it would really go a long way for player confidence, if AGS posts something to address this and mention their plans. Please don’t act like it isn’t an issue or just sit quietly on the sidelines. A lot of people are quitting/taking a break simply because there doesn’t seem to be a plan in place and if the game is going to die, why put more effort into it. If there was a light at the end of the tunnel or even a hint of a light, then people might stick around.
They won’t. The cold hard truth is just that they can’t.
New World, and de facto AGS, has alienated their player base by implementing things that disgust most players. Even if they fix everything, it’s really hard to win back trust.
I think they have given us ample transparency into what their plans are. Not only do we have a roadmap and timelines. They are very active in their discord, and have been posting interviews with developers and giving a lot of insight into their vision.
That is the plan, make new content, fix old content, adjust things to be better and keep doing that until it’s right. And ultimately try to create a space where everyone is happy (Impossible) but at least give it a good old college try.
I think some people will just not be happy unless scot lane calls them personally and tells them what he plans on doing next month and thereafter.
Guy literally has NW tattooed on his forearm. Let’s try to give them some breathing room xD
To be fair, I love this game. I will be here when they shut it down. I have played every single day since it came out and I don’t regret it. I watch and read all of the update announcements that come out. I hate the negativity that everyone brings here. If it was such a bad game, we all wouldn’t have thousands and thousands of hours clocked on it. I want it to succeed and prove all the naysayers wrong.
That being said, I feel like the changes they have mentioned don’t seem to have anything to do with bringing back players or drawing in new players. I think them putting out some kind of video and acknowledging the existing player declination issue before describing a list of things that they will be doing to directly try and reverse that would be very reassuring.
Currently, it seems that their plan is to stall until some time in the fall when the expansion comes out. I don’t think the Summer event and the musical instruments will bring players back or bring in new players (though I fully intend to play the hell out of both).
I know they mentioned bringing 15 people onto the team, doing a little sleuthing many of the jobs that are no longer listed on amazon jobs for the new world team include a lot of media management, advertisement and content creation stuff. Would seem like were going to start seeing a push through paid media advertisement somewhat soon from what i can tell.
Some of the listings included social media engagement, content creation and hybrid media challenges. So they are definitely looking for some fresh meat. Just have to wait it out i spose.
My best guess is they were waiting to really get to a point to where they felt like they were ready to tackle the bad reviews from the beginning, and start pulling in good reviews and commercial content. I think the game really is in a much better spot, so let’s hope we see scot putting on some boxing gloves
Like I said, I will be here till the end. But would love to hear them tell us that instead of having to find out from another players sleuthing. Its a good step in the right direction. They should be trumpeting things like that
And yes, the game is in a much better spot now. There have been some huge improvements and the future changes look good.
AGS has worked hard since launch to get the game to a good state. In my honest opinion this games current state is amazing. The combat is very fluid now with little to no desync. The rewards given for content actually feel rewarding in that they respect your time.
There were many issues at launch and beyond that they’ve had to put time and resources into. Now that “the base game” is in a good state they can really start focusing on future content updates.
I fully expect the Fall update to be MASSIVE. The expansion of the map along with the iconic Great Sword being added in will actually bring players back. Theres lots they can do with adding in a new land mass. That will be the time for them to do some heavy marketing to bring new and older players back to the game. This new content along with all of the fixes and QOL additions they’ve added to the game over the last year should bring players back and more than likely retain them.
Yeah, I am hoping that things take a dramatic turn then. Also hoping the update is more than the great sword weapon wise. Don’t get me wrong, its cool and all, but really want to see some weapons that give you alternative options for other weapon types. Ex: a way for a non-strength dps based build to deal super effective damage to Lost or Ancients aka strike damage or in ancients case, lightning damage (I view the void and ice gauntlets as utility weapons more than dps in dungeon boss fights)
So apparently they did a podcast and specifically mentioned player retention. I have yet to watch it but will be shortly. Sadly they did nothing to announce this as far as I know. Learned about it through word of mouth
Edit: nevermind, it was one about game development and player retention was only very briefly mentioned. Ignore the video.
A lot of what you mentioned is not a realistically feasible thing without massively large amounts of rework sadly but I can empathize. Really annoying that the only source of strike damage is a pure strength weapon
