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Im Blue
Spirits of Vacon
Hole Control
#1 - 2011-10-16 09:29:41 UTC
with the cancelling of the QEN. how do we find out the active sub number?

CCP will you publish these numbers again?
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#2 - 2011-10-16 09:53:20 UTC
^^ This

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
#3 - 2011-10-16 10:11:12 UTC  |  Edited by: T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
+1 to subs from me, I have faith that CCP is now in the right direction.
Thinking about celebrating with a free to enter pvp tournament with a rare ship as first prize after we see what the next expansion / fixoldshitpatch is released.

www.shipsofeve.com
Florestan Bronstein
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2011-10-16 11:01:58 UTC
any publication of sub numbers will either lead to

"waahhh... eve is too mainstream, I am quitting" or

"waahhh... eve is dying, I am quitting"
CCP Spitfire
C C P
C C P Alliance
#5 - 2011-10-16 11:02:43 UTC
Im Blue wrote:
with the cancelling of the QEN. how do we find out the active sub number?

CCP will you publish these numbers again?


Hello Im Blue,

To be honest, I don't know what are the plans regarding that data, but I'll ask around.

T'amber: Welcome back! That pic is just Shocked, really looking forward to the tournament if you decide to hold it.

CCP Spitfire | Marketing & Sales Team @ccp_spitfire
Baby ChuChu
Ice Cream Asylum
#6 - 2011-10-16 11:07:57 UTC
Florestan Bronstein wrote:
any publication of sub numbers will either lead to

"waahhh... eve is too mainstream, I am quitting" or

"waahhh... eve is dying, I am quitting"


Well, we already see that second one 9001 times a day so the possible addition of that first statement, as unlikely as it is, would be a welcome change.
Im Blue
Spirits of Vacon
Hole Control
#7 - 2011-10-16 11:30:52 UTC
CCP Spitfire wrote:
Im Blue wrote:
with the cancelling of the QEN. how do we find out the active sub number?

CCP will you publish these numbers again?


Hello Im Blue,

To be honest, I don't know what are the plans regarding that data, but I'll ask around.

T'amber: Welcome back! That pic is just Shocked, really looking forward to the tournament if you decide to hold it.



ty, would be intresting to get and compare these numbers(before/after sanctums, before/after incarna etc)
looking forward to getting data
JitaPriceChecker2
Doomheim
#8 - 2011-10-16 11:36:22 UTC
Im Blue wrote:



ty, would be intresting to get and compare these numbers before/after incarna


Obvious drop is obvious.
Im Blue
Spirits of Vacon
Hole Control
#9 - 2011-10-16 11:38:06 UTC
JitaPriceChecker2 wrote:
Im Blue wrote:



ty, would be intresting to get and compare these numbers before/after incarna


Obvious drop is obvious.


i know of a lot of people that while are not playing have active accounts, so online numbers will reflect there absents, active sub numbers wont
Maximillian Dragonard
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2011-10-16 16:10:23 UTC
Personally, I unsubbed all three of my accounts, but when I read Hilmar's blog, I resubbed my main..... hoping :)

Wut?!
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#11 - 2011-10-16 16:41:40 UTC
CCP will release the numbers as soon as they surpass the last released numbers. To think anything less you'd have to be a hopeless romantic.

internet spaceships

are serious business sir.

and don't forget it
Poetic Stanziel
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2011-10-16 16:48:36 UTC
I believe CCP stated that they will no longer be releasing that yearly General Report thing they used to do ... the one with all the gorgeous graphs and statistics.

Another example of CCP softening-TFU. They're just like any other corporation now ... afraid to publicize a little bad news.
Im Blue
Spirits of Vacon
Hole Control
#13 - 2011-10-16 16:50:49 UTC
i dont care personnaly about the QEN, id just like to see the subscriber numbers. afaik all the other data is avalible except those numbers
Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#14 - 2011-10-16 17:03:52 UTC
JitaPriceChecker2 wrote:
Im Blue wrote:



ty, would be intresting to get and compare these numbers before/after incarna


Obvious drop is obvious.



Numbers mean nothing if you can't say those 100 accounts gone are 100 individuals or a 10 with 9 alts.

While 10 with 9 alts is not important, 100 different people become annoying.
Im Blue
Spirits of Vacon
Hole Control
#15 - 2011-10-16 17:32:27 UTC
it dosnt matter how many people that 100 accounts is, its still 100 accounts
Digital Messiah
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2011-10-16 17:40:54 UTC
Poetic Stanziel wrote:
I believe CCP stated that they will no longer be releasing that yearly General Report thing they used to do ... the one with all the gorgeous graphs and statistics.

Another example of CCP softening-TFU. They're just like any other corporation now ... afraid to publicize a little bad news.

If you owned a company with a very impressionable consumer, would you go about posting bad news about? Also what exactly is bad news to an under educated individual who casually follows the forums? I am not saying a large majority are. What I am saying is, look at the unsub for lack of confidence thread. Not everyone who posted in it actually followed through or did so because they knew the inter workings well. We are all sheep, impressionable to the wolves that herd us together and the shepherds who push us along.

Something clever
Max Essen
Bison Industrial Inc
Cat Scratch Fevers
#17 - 2011-10-16 17:45:14 UTC
Sub numbers or not, I am holding my breath for this winter's release.
It is a real "make for break" for me personally.

I've only been playing for 4 years (three separate accounts), spent a year + out in null-sec Dronelands (back when IRON was still there) and then went north to WI when it was still a start up. Most fun but, RL obligations have made me a HiSec industrial/PvE player for almost 2 years now.

As such, I am obviously focused on things that effect the casual player more than the null-folk at this time. With this in mind, the Hybrid balance, star-base logistics, new T2 modules and T2 rig production will be a good step. But, is it enough to keep me paying for 3 accounts ?

My fingers are crossed .... I want the magic back.
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#18 - 2011-10-16 17:46:28 UTC
hmmm... new T got outed thar... heh...

I think everyone looking at sub numbers should brace for some very big account number fluctuations over the next 10 years. When DUST lands I'm sure there will be an awesome wave of new EvE players that will make eve-this-second look like a fraction of eve-at-beta population. Just as quickly as those numbers ramp up though... if interest in the FPS falls off so too may the pod population drop. This could go on a lot...

I do think that even that will be kind of fun though. We'll see huge surpluses and shortages on the markets at various times... huge blobs of ships for a time followed by sparse populations... wild new mechanics will pop up to accommodate this... good times for eve's future methinks...

...I'm not sure where I'm really going with this... 'cept to say I think current subs aren't necessarily going to be the primary indicator of EvE' s overall health. People come and people go. I'll be camping low sec.

Lol

Signatures should be used responsibly...
Taedrin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2011-10-16 18:05:17 UTC
Im Blue wrote:
it dosnt matter how many people that 100 accounts is, its still 100 accounts


QFT.

At the end of the day, what really matters to CCP is the bottom line, and an account is an account, whether it is a main or an alt.
Thomas Abernathy
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#20 - 2011-10-16 18:15:55 UTC
Considering the recent backpedaling and apologies, you can't get a good idea of the sub trend? Shocked

"Fighting CCD since 2139"
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