Update from GMs

[Squire]

Originally Posted by mostbitter [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Red has actually seen a few different waves of new players. The thing about that is that every time it gets good something drastic is done which leads to those new players leaving the box. If every time we had gotten the pop near 200 the box had been left alone, or the changes had improved conditions rather than be detrimental we would have a population likely in the 500+ range.

Instead we continue to receive changes that produce a mass exodus of players. This teams idea is just another of many examples of things that drove away players who had developed interest in the box and then lost it when it seemed that the drive to make this server succeed wasn't that strong.

Seeing a large percentage of the players drool about teams just tells the people playing here that those people will leave in a heartbeat if given another option. That hardly inspires loyalty to this server.

I disagree. I started in Feb, along with many new players to the box. In discussions I've had with these people, many stated that the principle reason they started playing was 1) Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen caused them to consider reinstalling, read the p99 forums again, etc 2) They heard about a possible teams server in the future and wanted to get in some "practice" on red99.

Despite this, I'd say from among this wave of new blood about 20% survived the exp nerf. Most of this group was around level 30 or 35 at this point. 8 of 10 stopped logging in during the final week of February.