Mali Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 In the interest of keeping this a multi user dungeon, what are the most likely times to play with groups of others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fool_Hardy Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 I have noticed Sunday afternoons seem strong. I live in Central US time, so you may need to do the math for when that actually is. My normal play time I see me and maybe 1-2 unwizinised others. Sundays, me and 6-9 unwizinvised others. Edit: A lot of my time its just Me, and maybe some wizinvised other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Lately i login, am the only one on and just go do something else. Kind of sad really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zavero Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 You play at work Kyz, don't you? I am central time and play at work but cannot do much most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fool_Hardy Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Would be interesting to see some sort of a conjoined effort between players and staff to encourage certain playtimes. Perhaps at a few selected times of the week, when staff knows they are available, to entice players to be present for the special rewards. Rewards could be RP points, time toward promotions could be sped up, ect. Several periods during a week, will provide players all over the world equal opportunity at said rewards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cephirus Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 I am not able to play at work, but am also Central time zone, so I usually log in anywhere between 5-8pm CDT. Weekends are pretty weird right now because I moved to a new city and have a lot of stuff to fit in during the day. Usually I try and log in for at least a little bit in the morning and maybe in the evening, but it's kinda hit or miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fool_Hardy Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 I can not play at work. Just no time between turning wrenches and chasing electrical issues. Since I work second shift my play time is generally midnight to 4 am CST mon-sat. Sundays, I balance between entertaining the wife and Aabahran as well as an addict can. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 What pisses me off is when we have haloween madness there was like 8 people on at all time slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mali Posted April 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Maybe I should recreate as a poll. If we can find common times then we can narrow in on when there's going to be a lot going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0xx Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Truth is, nowadays we have more activity on the forum than in the game.... It's sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 The forum is something you can pick up and put down at a moment's notice, and can be conveniently accessed through mobile devices - the game isn't. It being more active isn't really a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fool_Hardy Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 1 hour ago, f0xx said: Truth is, nowadays we have more activity on the forum than in the game.... It's sad. Sad is a good word for it. Sad that forum handles likely with a some desire to be active players, are willing to look through the mirror but refuse to step through the looking glass. Sometimes I log in for hours. Sometimes for minutes. I do not log in to avoid purges, I log in to support others. Sad is a good word for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manual Labour Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 7 hours ago, Kyzarius said: Lately i login, am the only one on and just go do something else. Kind of sad really. You reap what you sow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, Manual Labour said: You reap what you sow. not sure if this makes any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 7 hours ago, Zavero said: You play at work Kyz, don't you? I am central time and play at work but cannot do much most of the time. sometimes, thought not as often lately. I play pretty randomly lately. This last month I was really busy with the baby and travelling, though things have settled down now. Evenings I find are the best time, usually 8 to midnight est time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 5 hours ago, Manual Labour said: You reap what you sow. It's hardly fair to pin a declining pbase on any one player deciding to not play for whatever reason. I'm part of the problem too - I haven't played since retiring Teldrin, and I still am not willing to commit the time to either bringing him back or start a new character. Every other player who has left at some point or cut back on their playing or not recommended the game "sufficiently" to friends is equally to blame, as are the various staff members over the years who have failed to retain such players or recruit sufficient new ones. It's a community failure, not an individual one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celerity Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 It isn't so much about who gets the blame but more about what is going to be done to address the issues that are presented. You will lose players to natural attrition and so forth, but if you have players who are not willing to play for some other reason, it should be investigated, especially when the playerbase is so fragile. For example, if @Pali says he is capable but not wiling to play at this moment, perhaps we should see how we can get him willing to reinvest. Players can do their part as they want, but the responsibility lies on the staff. Although I'm not sure if we are even in a decline or still holding steady. We need those cabal number reports over time to track this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 CABAL | TOTAL ACTIVE INACTIVE ===========|============================== [SYNDICATE] | 8 6 2 [WATCHER] | 7 5 2 [NEXUS] | 6 3 3 [SAVANT] | 5 4 1 [WARMASTER] | 4 1 3 [KNIGHT] | 3 1 2 [TRIBUNAL] | 2 2 0 [HERALD] | 0 0 0 22 active cabal characters (note not players) now. @Erelei, man what does "active" mean, isn't it logged in in the last X number of days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zavero Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 I think it's 3 days being logged off for Inactive. Isn't that what Anume said a while back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celerity Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Yeah, we need this information at several intervals and plotted out to see trends. It should be done automatically for consistency and accuracy reasons. That was part of the player change request, so @Erelei is probably working behind the scenes on it yet. It will be very helpful once it is running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fool_Hardy Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 We need FL Happy Hours. Certain times of day where rewards are boosted, A poll to determine the best times should be done first. Zavero started mudding in HS. We should keep young players in mind while choosing times. To bring in new youths if we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zavero Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Yeah @Fool_Hardy, it is all my Uncle and your fault. Thanks a lot. Here I am, 33 and playing a text based game still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaa Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 See, the problem with happy hours is it would undoubtedly be at 4am in the morning for some of us. But I can tell you why I've been playing less, the bounty system. The other week I had 4 characters in the top10 and I'm just sick of fighting Kotrag over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tassinvegeta Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 I feel its usually a chain reaction of events. No opposing members to fight against (i.e. Knights/Tribunal/Savant usually), Thus creating too many Nexus/Syndicate who get bored and quit. Then you have Syndicates that get too strong and you can't really avoid them (may or may not be the case today). Wait times and high standards for Cabal inductions, qraces/classes, promotions that I'm constantly hearing. Unpopular changes (which I think is the opposite lately). Hopefully things pick back up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mali Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Re: Syndicate. Bounty minimum changed to 250k.In the offtime Syndicate merges w/ Herald and has to take over scribe duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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