Server User Count!

[DiabIoDoom]

Just wondering why the user count has been dropping recently on HighRate?

are most people moving to new servers? tbh when evo is up can see 10 or more people going to that

[kurdlegend]

cause ppl get pssed when they get caught wiv exploits n cheats =)

[Lone]

as Kurt mentioned peopleget banned, Some people have moved to Extreme, Some has moved to help test out evo - i believe LR has also picked up a couple of HR users recently.

also with some other server coming online i guess people have gone to try those out, more often than not though people will come backto what they know unless where they go is more enjoyable


allllso something that might of changed the numbers slighty is school is back in session the uk summer holidays finished a week or so ago so that might of lower the numbers during te day a bit as all the kids are back in lessons

[Tiorikikaze]

i miss the old usercount when everyone is at midlvls 60~80 ish, only auntsally was 100 that time, i think the usercount was 250+ and was fun old times group pk and hunt but now i just log on to afk in gt lol and lvling my war somtimes ^^

[ecalos]

also lapta promised updates which seem to never happen have an impact on morale and player enthusiasm.

from my perspective its somewhat dull reading the forums when i see tales of e-egos and grief and other such wank and then updates due ingame but very little communication after initial announcements and no follow up.

not a pop just a statement as i see things.

it's all well and good having new ideas and thoughts but then they need to be substantiated otherwise interest wanes. i enjoy playing this game but with my limited playing time due to work/kids etc i tend to read forums, log on when i can for 30 mins, see nothing has actually happened then leave char afk in a shop (cos my house no longer exists and i cant seem to find wood><) then log on a few days later after the server has crashed for much of the same...

lapta does seem to get distracted rather easily - something my sons teachers have also said about my son, but he is 7 ^^

[lapta]

also lapta promised updates which seem to never happen have an impact on morale and player enthusiasm.

from my perspective its somewhat dull reading the forums when i see tales of e-egos and grief and other such wank and then updates due ingame but very little communication after initial announcements and no follow up.

not a pop just a statement as i see things.

it's all well and good having new ideas and thoughts but then they need to be substantiated otherwise interest wanes. i enjoy playing this game but with my limited playing time due to work/kids etc i tend to read forums, log on when i can for 30 mins, see nothing has actually happened then leave char afk in a shop (cos my house no longer exists and i cant seem to find wood><) then log on a few days later after the server has crashed for much of the same...

lapta does seem to get distracted rather easily - something my sons teachers have also said about my son, but he is 7 ^^

my only distractions are with the coder working on the new files.

Main reason for the low user count is the amount of reboots. If there are no reboots for 4 - 5 days the user count is about 140, rebooting every few days means AFK are kicked off line. Still good to see that when the server comes back online that 90 people are online within 30 minutes.

[lapta]

oh yeah and the 20 - 30 peoplr i have banned this week :P

[Provectus]

Just wondering why the user count has been dropping recently on HighRate?

are most people moving to new servers? tbh when evo is up can see 10 or more people going to that

Lone's point about school holidays ending will be the main one, 4H has taken a few numbers but from what I've heard about Ben's way of treating people on there (seriously, you think Jamie is bad? Go there for a few days, you'll be begging to come back) it won't be long until they return.

We've already got 10 or so testers, more than half are raring to get going on there, we'll actually be up before this weekend now the hosts pulled their fingers out, so hopefully we'll take some people back from non-MR servers and get the MirRev name back in to the 250+ user count pop. :P

[PaulTheRipper]

tbh one thing me n a few mates been talkin bout is when ur like lvl 80 odd, and ur on about 11pm. not rly much to do, you can kill bosses, do that then bored coz ya dont wanna hunt. i think once these updates in the count will raise big time. its just ppl get bored of doin same thing, attackin same ppl outsdie bw book and killin same bosses. EC DD OKS etc. and also i dunno if something has happened with drop files with bosses, i haven't heard a decent item being dropped in ages. (obv things like em and Devil etc will) but i kill OL like 2-3 times a day when im working but nothing, EC god knows how many, OKS around 3, DD like 5 lol and nothing ever drops. best i had is PR orb (L) which i sold for 100m to a m8. once updates in etc i think things will pick up as new places to go n explore.

[Bing]

I am quite suprised to see how the number is rapidly declining.
Lots of things lapta says he is going to update or bring into the game are not done or only done in part.

Gold drops have been killed in the game. Killing in EP used to give some decent gold and other areas but now getting 90 - 450 gold from a mob that takes some people a while to kill is a bit drastic.
I am not saying give gold away but what was wrong with drops as you had them?
Because a few idiots find an exploit doesn't mean the whole community should suffer.
Lock off the exploit, ban those involved and let the community continue as they had been enjoying their game.

The beefing up of bosses is over the top.
Even smaller ones for example Bonelord cannot be killed by a lot of wizards.
Bring higher level mobs and bosses in, that way you don't have to make all of them impossible for lower levels to kill.
Make some caves level restricted to stop the high levels going with teleport rings from cave to cave taking out all the bosses in an hour.
Or that they cannot use teleport rings and have to run or hunt all the way to them.

People on the top end of the game have become bored.
They need higher level caves and more fun.

Now they are being told they may undergo rebirth whether they want to or not and this would mean them losing a lot of levels.

So more will leave and find pastures new.

The best thing is NOT to say anything about new ideas of things to be implemented until it is done in full.
That way people do not get disappointed over and over.

Get players to come up with some interesting quests for different levels that will give a nice reward but keep people busy, not OTT but busy and entertained.

Mir is a good game but it does take a lot to keep it and the people going.
Jamie you have done a great job for quite a time now.
Put in what you say you are going to and finish each idea before taking on a new one.