Cascading population drops the true MMO killer : EverQuest 2 General Discussions

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Register to unlock hidden linkOne of the most depressing situations in any MMO is coming to terms with the fact that you feel isolated and alone, even in the midst of your massively multiplayer world. According to Eric Heimburg of Elder Game, this phenomena happens not because of any specific reason like a bad patch or lack of new instanced content, but because Register to unlock hidden link it takes to keep a game functioning as intended, and players start fleeing in droves. Register to unlock hidden link, he suggests, is in need of some server mergers if they hope to keep their population numbers above that important number.

One wonders what is supposed to be done with a game like Register to unlock hidden link when servers drift into dangerously low territory. With only four servers to its name, it might actually be more harmful to the size of the player base to simply concede that a merger is necessary. Players have never been terribly resistant to bad news, at least if forums are any indication, so might a server merger act as another negative point in a cascading failure? At what point do you leave an MMO?

 

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Author: Chris Chester
Category: cascading-failurecritical-masselder-gameeq2eric-heimburgeverquest-iiserver-populationtabula-rasatr
Publish Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EST
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