I don't know guys, I already made a couple of posts about this but it seems like the game is close to getting killed, lots still continue to complain and lots are still leaving the game, this is pissing me off this game is cool.
I just came back from the Steam forums and saw a few people just purchased the game, loaded it up and running perfectly fine for them on max settings..... and more importantly, they're loving it:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2189259
I personally don't give two hunks of whale crap what statistics say or even if the player base is dying off.... so long as I have servers to join and players to play against, I'm happy.
Heck, I can still find servers for the UT2k4 mod today with players playing.... and that's been around since 2004.
It won't die off.... there will be some dry spells here and there, but once the games fixed for the greater majority and more content starts to be added, all of this will be a distant memory.
And even if for some freak reason it does (which it won't) I'll still be playing SP and trying to host my own games.
Whether or not others hate or like the game doesn't matter to me.... I enjoy the game, I like it.... and that's all that really matters.
I think many players, who enjoy and like the game, might have burned out on it a bit. I played massively in the beta and lots after release. I still want to play it but have a slight aversion towards the intensity of top-notch-seat-of-you-pants-warfare at the moment. I've felt the need to chill for a while and play lots of slow paced strategy or 3rd person adventure games instead.
Game runs really nice for me and I'd like to level up a bit (stuck at 18 for a while) but I just can't bother to go online. I might be on leave or something.
I think others might be too.
Also longing for new maps
That's sort of where I am now.... I've played a lot since the Beta and feeling a little worn out from the limited selection of maps and content.... I'm ready for new stuff to be added in.
Although last night I did get sucked in again for a while and I feel I'll be playing a lot again this weekend.
But in the meantime, I've broken my time with RO2 with Oblivion and decided to get back into good ol GTA Vice City.
I've bought BFBC2 about three weeks before I pre-ordered RO2/Beta. I haven't played BFBC2 since the Beta release and have no real interest in getting back into it, so it's sitting there collecting digital dust.
^ What does that tell you when I prefer to play Vice City over BC2? lol
I can't speak for anyone else...game runs fine...I enjoy it...the only problem for me is that there is rarely servers with players in them. I'm in Australia..and with how buggy the server list still is...half the servers never show up...I spend 10 minutes pressing refresh, but there are mostly empty servers. It sucks!
That's odd... I'm in Melbourne and in my Ranked TE server list, I have dozens of servers pop up..... 80% of them are high ping and only 5-8 are below 60 ping, but all are full of players.
try looking through here and adding the servers to your list:
Game Tracker
http://www.gametracker.com/search/ro2/AU/
Most of them are empty right now, but since it's in the middle of the work day, that doesn't surprise me.
But look beyond just Aussie servers, try looking for New Zealand, etc. The Pings should be pretty decent still.
I've been rather frustrated that I haven't been able to find servers with a ping below 160 at prime times in the US. It's like the US players have just stopped playing ...
Another possibility for those finding no good ping servers with players is that the good ping servers are all filled up and you have ticked off "No Full Servers" in your filters.... possibly.
Anyone that's going to take this:
BF3: Don't need no damn plane to dogfight - YouTube
over RO2, wouldn't have stayed anyway, regardless of the current performance issues.
Dude, that's just friggin lame, lol.