COH popularity dwindling

[Crystal Dragon]

Dips in population happen, look at the recent events and holidays. Real Life>Gaming sometimes. And ya know, managing Real Life, is a whole lot more important.

Edited November 12 by Crystal Dragon
HOLY MULTIGIF POSTING! (fixed)

[merrypessimist]

4 hours ago, Diantane said:

 

There will be a time when any thought of this game from me and any memory of you seeing me appear within this forum or game will disappear. I stirred up the forums and game when players made Asherons Call into an emulator after it was canceled. Discussions got so heated that I left never to return; years ago. That time is quickly approaching here.

 

Please, don't stay on our accounts.  If you're not happy here (and you certainly don't seem to be) there's no reason to stay.

[Crysis]

10 hours ago, Octogoat said:

What.  lolwut

 

FTFY

 

 

[Nerio72]

2 hours ago, Yomo Kimyata said:

 

S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y NIGHT!

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wAptFMadyqo

[Without_Pause]

5 hours ago, Diantane said:

I stirred up the forums and game when players made Asherons Call into an emulator after it was canceled. Discussions got so heated that I left never to return; years ago. That time is quickly approaching here.

You were so toxic to two player bases you felt the need to leave both. This is what I like to call a 'You problem.'

[JKCarrier]

5 hours ago, Diantane said:

That time is quickly approaching here.

[Jacke]

32 minutes ago, Nerio72 said:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wAptFMadyqo

 

Less Bay City Rollers and more Elton John.  Leave researching that as an exercise.  😺

[Nerio72]

1 minute ago, Jacke said:

 

Less Bay City Rollers and more Elton John.  Leave researching that as an exercise.  😺

Yeah @Yomo Kimyata comment made me think of that song in that movie tho! Lol

[Psyonico]

24 minutes ago, JKCarrier said:

Man, The Critic was such an underrated show.

[Zhym]

Exhibit #1 that the forum "reputation" statistic doesn't mean what it says it means:

 

[Akalabeth]

In every multiplayer game I've played, there's always been some people saying things like "Game is dead."

 

 

[Techwright]

 

1 hour ago, Akalabeth said:

In every multiplayer game I've played, there's always been some people saying things like "Game is dead."

 

 

 

See, there's the problem: tense mistake.   CoH was dead.  Not CoH is dead.

[Mjolnerd]

Another totally sane thread!

 

Keep up the good work, buddy.

[BurtHutt]

18 hours ago, Diantane said:

Can remember the LFG chat area being extremely busy a couple years ago. Today even at peak times there's barely a message going by. I figured that it would pick up over the weekends. Not anymore. So I look at the server population. Here it is Monday morning. Not going to be many on at this time. Maybe a couple hundred on Excelsior.

 

Then I look at the population of other MMO's this morning:

World of Warcraft 325,612

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 447,398

Baldur's Gate III: 310,204

Old School RuneScape: 272,713

Path of Exile: 176,929

Warframe: 168,712

 

There are hundreds of mmo's these days and the gaming population of the world have moved on to the most popular of them.

Twenty five years ago, there were only three mmo's - Asheron's Call, Sierra Online and Everquest

 

I used to make a new character (alt) on COH and get others to run the arcs. I'd be level 50 in 2-3 days. This Saturday and Sunday evening I can't find one player. Unless you play solo, this emulator is done for most.

 

Well, I would like to suggest maybe you're doing something wrong. Allow me to provide a list and make sure you're doing these things:

 

1) Turn your computer on. You can't play and team when your comp is off. You can't wish or use the Force to play without your comp. Please stop trying this. I am afraid you'll try so hard that you may shat yourself and bust your O ring.

 

2) Comp on then log on to the game. You need to have an account and a toon ready to play etc.

 

3) When/if you navigate 1 and 2 and get into the game, try typing. That's right...typing. Ask to join a team. Join a team being advertised in the LFG channel or others. Again, you can't use the Force to join a team and play. You must put in a bit of 'work',

 

4) Actually try and team and so on. 

 

I hope these suggestions help.

 

Sincerely,

Bartholomew J. Hutt

[kito]

18 hours ago, Diantane said:

Can remember the LFG chat area being extremely busy a couple years ago. Today even at peak times there's barely a message going by. I figured that it would pick up over the weekends. Not anymore. So I look at the server population. Here it is Monday morning. Not going to be many on at this time. Maybe a couple hundred on Excelsior.

 

Then I look at the population of other MMO's this morning:

World of Warcraft 325,612

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 447,398

Baldur's Gate III: 310,204

Old School RuneScape: 272,713

Path of Exile: 176,929

Warframe: 168,712

 

There are hundreds of mmo's these days and the gaming population of the world have moved on to the most popular of them.

Twenty five years ago, there were only three mmo's - Asheron's Call, Sierra Online and Everquest

 

I used to make a new character (alt) on COH and get others to run the arcs. I'd be level 50 in 2-3 days. This Saturday and Sunday evening I can't find one player. Unless you play solo, this emulator is done for most.

 

I know, it's so hard to play now, sometime I don't log on for weeks cuz there is never anyone on.  Spent like an hour in atlis not one new person logged in. Sometime I wonder why I bother to play. 

 

Worst part is the forms you post here and won't get a response for weeks sometimes a month.

[BurtHutt]

13 minutes ago, kito said:

 

I know, it's so hard to play now, sometime I don't log on for weeks cuz there is never anyone on.  Spent like an hour in atlis not one new person logged in. Sometime I wonder why I bother to play. 

 

Worst part is the forms you post here and won't get a response for weeks sometimes a month.

Again...I don't have the words so I will leave this instead...

 

 

[Ukase]

I have peeked in here. I have written replies, only to hide them because I didn't think they really served a purpose. And maybe what I think about this is irrelevant. But, probably no less relevant than anyone else, while certainly not more relevant. 

The OP certainly isn't the only one who isn't happy all the time. But who is? 

I am glad to say that I am at least happy sometimes with the game and how things are playing out, so to speak. 

The truth is, from where I sit, if we had 1000 more players per shard, I don't think it would change a thing for me, aside from trying to keep a closer eye on the clock for when I know things are going to kick off in the Abyss. 
And yeah, I'd probably do more msrs because they wouldn't take quite so long to fill. 

But, I don't think it's a lack of players that's the issue here. 
There are 2 things that typically lead to disappointment: 
Unrealistic expectations and unrealized expectations. 

It's tough to say which is really the reason here. Is it realistic to expect 7 other players to join you for a story arc or a tf within 5 minutes? I can't answer that. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes it doesn't. Much has to do with the content you're running and the time commitment. For just general missions, I'm usually out because I get nothing out of them. Sure, I get XP. Big deal. But if I don't get progress towards a badge I want, and I'm not going to get reward merits - I need to know I'm going to at least have some kind of fun. 

Sometimes it's as simple as helping someone with an EB or AV. I don't need to get paid for everything. But there has to be a reason. Those reasons may be different for many people. 
Merits, badges, XP are probably the big three. 


Maybe it's players who play like me that are part of the problem for those like Diantane. They want people to join their stuff. But they also have expectations that we'll do things the way they want them done. And sometimes those expectations are unreasonable. 

It stands to reason if there were more people, our OP would have more people who see the world (in game) as he sees it. So, odds are his gaming would be more enjoyable. I don't think we have any fewer people playing now, just newer people who may not be using The Hollows, but using DFB and Posi 1 & 2, and then on to DiB. 

My best advice for the OP is to learn to enjoy soloing. Team up when it's convenient. Chat less and mash buttons more. 

[Seed22]

4 hours ago, BurtHutt said:

Again...I don't have the words so I will leave this instead...

 

 

I love how the mods do nothing about this being posted but me talking about the forums gets a demerit. Gotta love our GM team. Still a great movie though 😂

[Octogoat]

Diantane proved the game was alive and well by deftly swatting the hornets' nest.

[UltraAlt]

On 11/11/2024 at 7:54 AM, Diantane said:

this emulator is done for most.

 

[UltraAlt]

7 hours ago, Techwright said:

 

Banned record cover

 

 

Revised cover

 

 

Apparently, shrinking human heads is more acceptable then possibly putting a cat in a stew pot.

 

 

You know ... like @GM_GooglyMoogly says ...

 

[Skyhawke]

1 hour ago, Octogoat said:

Diantane proved the game was alive and well by deftly swatting the hornets' nest.

 

 

[Without_Pause]

2 hours ago, Octogoat said:

Diantane proved the game was alive and well by deftly swatting the hornets' nest.

Yeah, but we're just trolls who post on a forum for a dead game we don't play. 

[Psyonico]

16 minutes ago, Without_Pause said:

Yeah, but we're just trolls who post on a forum for a dead game we don't play. 

Is it really trolling if you're trolling a troll?

[GM_GooglyMoogly]

4 hours ago, Ukase said:

There are 2 things that typically lead to disappointment: 
Unrealistic expectations and unrealized expectations. 

 

That sounds like something I say: "Expectation is the main ingredient of disappointment."

 

Sorry to disappoint, but you shouldn't expect to post in here anymore.  Let's talk about something else and be excellent to each other while doing so.