EVE General Discussion

Oh god, I will NEVER understand how can someone use finals time at universities use as a reason for activity drop. Me and all folks I know have much more time to play when the finals are on because noone is expecting you to do much more in addition to studying so one has time to play after he is done learning.

Grahps: I see a clear decline. How is it asociated with HAG and bots I don't know, the only thing I notice is more EvE seasoned pilots angry. But that may just pretty much be a coincidence. It would make some sence, though. Suicide ganking happens in high sec. Highsec isn't a sandbox, there are rules, and if the rules favor the griefers too much, folks will leave. I will leave the quantification of this for someone with access to numbers.

We may very well be (aside from the whole vacation = less play bit, but that's just me projecting my free-time preferences).

All I'm saying is that the whole idea that populations go down during the actual summer months — June through August — is something of a myth, and that it became a popular (if incorrect) scapegoat during the months following the Incarna release. People didn't leave the game because it was the middle of the summer; they left because the expansion was a blunder; the supposed “summer slump” during the same period had historically actually been a summer bump, and the real slumps were in the late spring and early autumn.

Exactly why this is the case is a completely different matter, and I don't think anyone has any good answers to that one. I say it's because people have more free time during the summer and are wrapped up with finishing things up before the vacation during late spring (possibly combined with EVE going a bit stale since it was a while since the winter expansion at that point).

Ok, I think I see my mistake here. I should not have used the term "summer Slump" I guess. What I should probably have said was "Annual Slump", which is more technically accurate and less open to abuse by the sky is falling crowd. I still defend my position that summer isn't the same for everyone, but I do admit that using that particular word was not the best idea.

Fixed.

I dunno. If the Diablo III players are to be believed (and I include Tweets from will Wheaton in this) it's still next to nigh impossible to login to Diablo, and if so, to actually STAY logged in. That connectivity requirement is kicking them around but good.

In checking the Forums for Simcity 5, coming next summer, they users are already rattling the bars about it's connectivity requirement. yes, you most be connected at least initiallly, to even activate the previously ultimate stand alone Simcity.

The entire gaming industry needs to sit back and observe their situation. Their unwavering fear of even one pirated copy of anything at all is literally making the industry eat it's own tail.

IT's in huge trouble. If Star Wars:TOR can't get crowds, nothing will. One almost thinks the entire industry needs to re-boot and Start Again.

So no more EVE for the chinese?

C'mon. Does that REALLY deserve a posted question ?? That's like asking if fire is hot.

Just.......ah never mind. You aren't worth the insult.

(tick tick tick tick 3 weeks to go on 2 accounts. 2 dead already)

Just an FYI when looking at the Graphs: the EVE server graph on the Community page is actual number of players logged in. The graphs at Eve-Offline are the DAILY AVERAGE. Example: population yesterday peaked at just under 41,000, but the average daily was 32,100.

Right now, that Daily Average is as low as it was after Incarna ! And not even as high as during Dominion, for sakes. Obvious decline is obvious.

Interestingly, Americans (largest block of EVE players) take the shortest, fewest vaction times in the world. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-d-chalmers/americas-vacation-deficit-disorder_b_1534304.html

Besides, before retiring, I always considered short holidays, like Memorial day last weekend, as the time to get in even MORE game playing, and that obviously did not happen this particular weekend on EVE.

Just observing it all.