What will it take to save RO?

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-[SiN]-bswearer

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all i know is, it truely is a sad day when your highest ranked US server is 24/7 DANZIG.......:rolleyes: at least there are a few other servers out there that stay full from time to time.
 
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ron_moron

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I'd like to see a server playing the maps in historical order*, maybe with a set start time for the 'war'. Think it would be great to fight a series of battles feeling each one was related to the last and next one, even better if there was some way of keeping overall score.



*Apologies if this has already been done somewhere and I'm just too stupid to find it.
 
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-[SiN]-bswearer

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at that time there was still only 200 on DH.

Yesterday RO peaked at 822 and DH at 528...two weeks ago RO slipped below 1000 for first time since update/sale in March and even DH is slipping since last week when it was still around 800 peak. hopefully the numbers will start going back up.
 
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Sgt Jigglebelly

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-[SiN]-bswearer said:
at that time there was still only 200 on DH.

Yesterday RO peaked at 822 and DH at 528...two weeks ago RO slipped below 1000 for first time since update/sale in March and even DH is slipping since last week when it was still around 800 peak. hopefully the numbers will start going back up.
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I just bought the game yesterday (bought KF, loved it, wanted to try more TWI stuff) and there we somewhere between 100-300 players in various servers when I was on around 6:30 USA eastern time, and then around the same number that I could see around midnight as well, maybe a lil more than that even - so yea, it's not immensely populated but there's definitely good games to get into... I'm on T-somethin' at school here though so my pings with European servers are actually somewhat playable, which helps me out in finding a game.

I gotta say, I def. appreciate the attention to certain details in this game. It could use a little more something-something to up the intensity factor (I've only played infantry only city streets maps so far tho), but using the weapons in this game gives a good sense of appreciable realism that isn't present in many other games. Fun so far. :)

Haven't tried DH yet.
 
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Makino

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Here in Brazil the RO was never a big hit or anything near succesful and i doubt we have more than 200 players who own the game.

But we are starting to change this by calling them every night to play, if someone enters the server he calls his entire list to join the game. Sometimes there are people who uninstalled RO, but as they see there are friends playing and calling them they will reinstall and join us.

I think no one bought the game just to be down there at the steam uninstalled games.

Doing a more personal approach to the players will bring some of them back.

just my 2 cents.
 
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7-CLOWN-7

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You need to get going over on the DH servers. CLOWNS Darkest Hour Playhouse is the server to show up on. Our server was constantly full once the latest DH came out but has since slipped over the last weekend and so far this week.

I'm just wondering if it's a summer thing??? Folks you need to stop on over and get into the DH scene on our server and with everyone stopping by we can keep it full. We have a well admin'ed server and have many skilled and newer players, we except all, so stop on over anytime and get it seeded, it doesn't take long to get full once about 10 folks show up, it landslides from there to being full. Anyone in the US should have great pings to our server and for the person saying they need some more or something something, come on over when full it's VERY intense and being DH that adds to it.

bswearer and myself and our regulars alone can get it seeded quick, just bring everyone you know make this server your own and we can get back to constantly being full again.
 
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Sgt Jigglebelly

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7-CLOWN-7 said:
You need to get going over on the DH servers. CLOWNS Darkest Hour Playhouse is the server to show up on. Our server was constantly full once the latest DH came out but has since slipped over the last weekend and so far this week.

I'm just wondering if it's a summer thing??? Folks you need to stop on over and get into the DH scene on our server and with everyone stopping by we can keep it full. We have a well admin'ed server and have many skilled and newer players, we except all, so stop on over anytime and get it seeded, it doesn't take long to get full once about 10 folks show up, it landslides from there to being full. Anyone in the US should have great pings to our server and for the person saying they need some more or something something, come on over when full it's VERY intense and being DH that adds to it.

bswearer and myself and our regulars alone can get it seeded quick, just bring everyone you know make this server your own and we can get back to constantly being full again.
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intensity you say? will definitely check your server out soon then bro, maybe even tonight :)
 
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-[SiN]-bswearer

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yes, clown's DH server is very good, lot of regular vets playing and tons of maps. had some good fun in there couple nights ago with some of the old 2mannys guys and some of my clanmates.

summer is a wierd thing. for most people under 25, no school/classes means more time for gaming, but for those in the over 30 age group that means more time for family. usually the daytime hours seem to be dead as people are outside enjoyig the summer weather but between 8pm - midnight people will turn on the computer for some games. the nights are just going to be inconsistant as usual. some nights the normal 300-400 players but some only 100. as long as there are still enough players to fill a server the game will continue.
 
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Shurek said:
.. assuming for a moment that RO is heading for an imminent dirt nap, what in your opinion would it take to revive community interest in the game at this stage in the product's life cycle?[/FONT]
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The release of the sequel RO: Heroes of Stalingrad! :D

Seriously though, when did RO ship, like 05 I think. That's 5 yrs ago now, nothing last forever. People move on, communities fade away, same goes for RO. The mods certainly help and prolong the inevitable.
 
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Rak

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MeatEtr said:
The release of the sequel RO: Heroes of Stalingrad! :D
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This. The mods didn't really bring me back, but if I even play 1-2 hours a week; that's because of the excitement of RO:HoS :)
 
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-[SiN]-bswearer

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what gets me is at 9pmEST, i see steam saying 200 players are in RO when all i see is 2 servers with players......36 in danzig, maybe 60 scattered throughout a TWB server and some others... so where are the other 100?!

even when numbers are at peak which has been down around 850 recently, i see maybe 3 50 player servers filled, the 36 in Danzig, and a few here and there. rounding off that is only maybe 300 total. if there were 10 clan matches of 8v8 going on in private servers, that is still only another 160 players for a total of (being generous) 500 players....where are the other 350?!

i just don't get it. either they are all in practice mode, sitting in some obscure server by themself, or steam stats is lying.

if the problem is people sitting in so many empty servers, then somebody needs to find a way to eliminate servers to only a few to funnel in players.
 
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