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The game already lose almost all of the player base on pc, we always play vs the same players and the matchmatching only works in Dominion mode and 1vs1 modes since the other modes give you a clear matchmatching error searching for long time (the error the game gives you when no players are playing it) + all of that with the new error code 6000137 that some players make (since they play with bad nets with red connection and makes the game unstable) and you have the formula to disaster.
Its really sad that a game with so much potential got screwed up because of bad netcode management and greedy in game economy, but i have a solution to the problem, its a bit drastic but its the only last hope you Ubisoft have to MAKE THIS GAME GREAT AGAIN! tm.
First of all you need to make a new patch of netcode improvements, little or major but something, then make a free to play weekend with disccounts to purchasing the game, i think it would be prudent to make them before the steam sales since in that time people will just buy another games since this has such a bad reputation (for the connectivity and greedy economy) so you need to make it happen before that.
If you want to make money with this you can make a "basic features" buy (kind of like the rainbow six one) that only gives you all the 3 vanguards and you have to buy the other heros for 5000 steel (so you can still make money and dont lose all of it with the disccount, that also makes money because if it works you get more buyers = more total money than 60$ for just a few players)
If you dont make this changes the future of this game would be very grimm, yesterday it had a 1600 peak players and that is really low taking in mind that is divided by the countrys and then the specific region people play.
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I dont understand how packaging all the original heroes for a lesser steel amount would be beneficial? Its extremely cheap to buy those heroes just earning in game steel. And you can still play any of the original heroes in any game mode.
Ive played the game since the Alpha. Ive only unlocked PK, Orochi, Lawbringer, Shugoki, and Centurion. Ive tried every hero. Even have a few close to level 10 or so and ive never unlocked them since you dont need to really.
The connection issues for sure need to be fixed. And that has been addressed probably a thousand times on this forum. Not much has been done, so a thousand and one is always welcome.
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I think he means selling the game for a budget price with those 3 heroes already unlocked, like the starter edition versions that some games have. Low cost, easy entry game version with small initial investment required. One step before F2P in other words.Originally Posted by Blasto95 Go to original post
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Ahhh ok my misunderstanding. Not an awful idea, but I dont think it would be a difference maker in their profits or bring enough people in/backOriginally Posted by Gray360UK Go to original post
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Its a disccount after a free to play weekend (so we get more players that dont risk paying for a game with bad connection, so making it free to play for that limited time could make them change their impression of the game) this way we get more players (what we need) also this could be implemented on console, not just pc for a overall increase of players.Originally Posted by Blasto95 Go to original post
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Did you happen to look up the top players for that event? to make sure that everyone was a PS4 user? Its possible that they combined all of the leader boards. Or maybe you misread 3,600 as 36,000? I just find it hard to believe that there are almost 40k players on PS4 yet PC struggles to hit 4k.Originally Posted by TheLastPandaa Go to original post
And well, as ****ty as a move it would be, would you doubt Ubisoft fabricated those numbers somehow?
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Is is more then 50k active players on PS4 actually. Almost every event had the lowest ranking players placed at rank 50k-ish. However, it have been way more playera before. i did post a trophy analsyse not so long ago. There you could see, that even until now, only 1 of 5 players came back for season 2. Those with platinum trophy for a fighting game too very very low (0,2%). So console suffers too and will continue to do so. However, where pc may really completely die off, console playerbase might be strong enough for a real comeback.
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Im truly surprised that Console outnumbers PC by that much. I knew console had more players but I figured double maybe triple the amount. Not 10x maybe even more.
What constitutes a high player base for consoles? I think the most I saw in beta/early release was 80-90k. 50k after a couple months id say is not that bad.
Im also just thinking, are you sure they are counting just active players? and not including inactives like say people that quit a couple months ago? Ive gotten rewards for every event even though ive participated in maybe half of them. Im sure all those inactive players have their event rewards waiting for them.
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