hmmm... is anyone else seeing those 'new players' that have flown 5-10 battles but still have 100% WRs?
Persha coders? Persha coders' brother-in-laws?
Bots?
hmmm... is anyone else seeing those 'new players' that have flown 5-10 battles but still have 100% WRs?
Persha coders? Persha coders' brother-in-laws?
Bots?
trikke, on 20 December 2017 - 02:25 PM, said:
hmmm... is anyone else seeing those 'new players' that have flown 5-10 battles but still have 100% WRs? Persha coders? Persha coders' brother-in-laws? Bots?
Really clever humans who've read everything about Conquest mode and fly a bomber with a close protection fighter (in a flight) at high altitude?
I doubt it's anything to do with Persha coders (or their familiies), I think they're contractually prohibited from playing the game in case they start to sympathize with the customers players (you know the Kiev Stockholm Syndrome)...
Just reading through the recent Developer Q&A (Part 2), I wonder whether there's a significant departure from reality somewhere, or whether the numbers we're backing into are correct or the devs have #s we're not aware of (or can no longer access, or both):
Q: How did the release of 2.0 influence the total number of active players?
In several regions where the game is available, our daily player count grew so significantly that it became several times greater than we’ve seen over the last three years. That’s impressive considering that some players thought the changes we’ve made were too drastic for them to continue playing. This indicates that we are on the right track and we will continue developing new exciting features. We are sure you will like them. [Italics mine].
Is anyone else a little worried when they see this? Not so much for the thoughts- noble enough- but wondering whether there's a disconnect between dev and customer player (sorry, got to stop confusing the two) perceptions of how things are progressing?
Update for 14-20 Dec on EU Server (see Post # 1 for sources): 6765
That's following from previous #s:
19-25 Oct 11831
26 Oct-1 Nov 11230
2-8 Nov 10282
9-15 Nov 11649
16-22 Nov 9898
23-29 Nov 8554
30 Nov-6 Dec 7819
07-13 Dec 7299
Who knows what this week will bring, what with the Skies of the Twilight ZoneAlbion Tournament, and associated issues?
Catch21, on 24 December 2017 - 04:53 PM, said:
Update for 14-20 Dec on EU Server (see Post # 1 for sources): 6765
That's following from previous #s:
19-25 Oct 11831
26 Oct-1 Nov 11230
2-8 Nov 10282
9-15 Nov 11649
16-22 Nov 9898
23-29 Nov 8554
30 Nov-6 Dec 7819
07-13 Dec 7299
Who knows what this week will bring, what with the Skies of the Twilight ZoneAlbion Tournament, and associated issues?
What about NA?
"Come find me in the game, tough guy. We'll see who knows stuff."
Feel free to calculate using the posted methodology, or he does (sometimes) post #s for other servers on the EU Czech sub-Forum (see sources post # 1).
For myself, I'm happy enough that these #s and trends could be extrapolated to RU and NA servers, albeit they've different relative populations (NA-EU-RU): 4249-6765-11409 or c20-30-50% of global player base.
Edited by Catch21, 24 December 2017 - 10:11 PM.
I don't need to calculate anything to know that the numbers on NA are in a decline again but if somebody thinks differently then they can go ahead & show the numbers to prove me wrong.
"Come find me in the game, tough guy. We'll see who knows stuff."
Perco_lator, on 24 December 2017 - 10:22 PM, said:
I don't need to calculate anything to know that the numbers on NA are in a decline again but if somebody thinks differently then they can go ahead & show the numbers to prove me wrong.
WG seem to think differently, but they won't unfortunately provide the #s to show that we're either buying early access to a success or betting the Titanic will rise again...
Catch21, on 24 December 2017 - 09:53 PM, said:
Update for 14-20 Dec on EU Server (see Post # 1 for sources): 6765
That's following from previous #s:
19-25 Oct 11831
26 Oct-1 Nov 11230
2-8 Nov 10282
9-15 Nov 11649
16-22 Nov 9898
23-29 Nov 8554
30 Nov-6 Dec 7819
07-13 Dec 7299
Who knows what this week will bring, what with the Skies of the Twilight ZoneAlbion Tournament, and associated issues?
So we have (EU Players with more than 20 battles):
19-25 Oct 11831
26 Oct-1 Nov 11230
2-8 Nov 10282
9-15 Nov 11649
16-22 Nov 9898
23-29 Nov 8554
30 Nov-6 Dec 7819
07-13 Dec 7299
14-20 Dec 6765
21-27 Dec 9190 (Christmas, Skies of BotlandAlbion Event Start)
28 Dec-3 Jan 10611
4-10 Jan 9959
11-17 Jan 8511
18-24 Jan 7363
Edited by Catch21, 31 January 2018 - 12:42 PM.
Continuing with #s, EU Players with more than 20 battles
25-31 Jan 6902 (It's noted that "NA = Hall of Fame does not work")
1-7 Feb 6834 (It's noted that "NA = Hall of Fame does not work" and "RU = web under construction")
Trends/Graph here. Source Perpentach @ EU Forum Czech sub-section here.
What's really troubling (to me anyway) is the shutting down of API access to player #s. And the accompanying sense that the developers are deluding themselves- and maybe worse their player base- from their February 2018 Q&A Session here [bold italics mine]:
Q. Why was the API for the server population on https://developers.wargaming.net/ removed? Can you give us any indication of the online population during peak hours on the NA server? What are the peak hours? Would you consider unlocking the server population API again so that this website would work again?
A. The peak hours are 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. CTA. API access was removed because the server population became a bigger deal for the players than the game itself.
If this isn't disingenuous I've got a WWII combat flight game to sell you. Let's all be really clear here- it's been removed because if folks sense the game is losing its player base, they won't throw $s at it.
***
But a truce to this mournful story
For death is a distant friend
So here's to a life of glory
And a laurel to crown each end
Edited by SpiritFoxMY, 19 February 2018 - 02:19 AM.
***
But a truce to this mournful story
For death is a distant friend
So here's to a life of glory
And a laurel to crown each end
trikke, on 19 February 2018 - 02:03 AM, said:
You're right. But then again, your team will never forget you either...
SpiritFoxMY, on 19 February 2018 - 02:18 AM, said:
How can you tell when there's no chat to hear the whinging?
no chat->no fun->[tick tock]->no players
EU server population is now below 1.9 avg. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfBxQLlQxtae3i3Fma2Y2CcCx9CwxOfGN96c4KO1Gyw/edit#gid=0
Zapperguy, on 19 February 2018 - 09:00 AM, said:
EU server population is now below 1.9 avg. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfBxQLlQxtae3i3Fma2Y2CcCx9CwxOfGN96c4KO1Gyw/edit#gid=0
sadly, we can only dream about those kinds of EU numbers
the taste of ww2 is just stronger in the mouths of Europeans... it was fought at their parents and grandparents' doorsteps, north/south/east/west
o7
Catch21, on 19 February 2018 - 01:14 PM, said:
You're right. But then again, your team will never forget you either...
How can you tell when there's no chat to hear the whinging?
no chat->no fun->[tick tock]->no players
In-game chat works just fine - sadly in some cases.
***
But a truce to this mournful story
For death is a distant friend
So here's to a life of glory
And a laurel to crown each end
Zapperguy, on 19 February 2018 - 02:00 PM, said:
EU server population is now below 1.9 avg. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfBxQLlQxtae3i3Fma2Y2CcCx9CwxOfGN96c4KO1Gyw/edit#gid=0
Eventually WG is going to close down hall of fame to cover their ever-accumulating shame...
pyantoryng, on 19 February 2018 - 05:39 PM, said:
Eventually WG is going to close down hall of fame to cover their ever-accumulating shame...
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