Age of Conan

Gents and Ladies of the forum

I know the consensus of this forum is that Xfire numbers is a very poor guideline for population numbers. That was conveyed to me very thoroughly yesterday when I posted a downward Xfire trend for WAR and I do agree that xfirenumbers are very hard to relate to anything (yet it is the only thing we have and it seems some hobby investors are looking to it as well). Anyway since Xfirenumbers this weeks tuesday was 5432 vs 5337 last tuesday (2% increase), I thought I'll post this as it is first time we have seen stabilization/increase since launch

http://www.xfire.com/games/aoc/Age_of_Conan_Hyborian_Adventures/

This is also in line what we have seen after launch of the PvP patch... We have seen activity increase..

AoC fans always swear that Xfire means nothing.....either they do or don't, take your pick, but don't be flip flopping on it

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Originally posted by OrionMan
Gents and Ladies of the forum
I know the consensus of this forum is that Xfire numbers is a very poor guideline for population numbers.

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Well played trollmeister, well played.

Up until this post you actually came across as an actual AoC fan with a touch of 'boi', but now I feel betrayed, and in time my hair shall cover my eyes so the darkness of the world can't hurt me anymore (//_o)

And Sunday and Monday show a decrease from the previous week. 

What it basically shows is that total hours played has leveled off. 

However, if you actually paid attention to each day as I have, the number of time played per XFIRE member has increased everyday since the PvP patch.  In addition, the total number of players playing has decreased compared week over week every single day.

Players matter for subscription revenue and not time played per player.   Age of Conan is losing this battle still and not even the PvP patch could stop the bleeding.

Well - Funcom is focusing on free to play games with ads now sooo

They will be high on Xfire I guess ?

Originally posted by Libertasplz

And Sunday and Monday show a decrease from the previous week. 

What it basically shows is that total hours played has leveled off. 

However, if you actually paid attention to each day as I have, the number of time played per XFIRE member has increased everyday since the PvP patch.  In addition, the total number of players playing has decreased compared week over week every single day.

Players matter for subscription revenue and not time played per player.   Age of Conan is losing this battle still and not even the PvP patch could stop the bleeding.

"The PvP patch could not stop the bleeding?", what are you talking about. This link show a stop in the negative xfire trend for AoC..  You are right though, it will be even more inducative next week. Also keep in mind that this have happened while other big names in the MMO industry has launched. Compare the WOW trend to the WAR and the AOC i.e You will see WAR naturally has increased as it was 0 before... WOW have taken a good step sown over the weekend in fact and AoC is unaffected (or perhaps some up if you look at tuesday)... Again Xfire are WillyNilly numbers, not much of importance.. But it is what it is.

Originally posted by OrionMan

Originally posted by Libertasplz

And Sunday and Monday show a decrease from the previous week. 

What it basically shows is that total hours played has leveled off. 

However, if you actually paid attention to each day as I have, the number of time played per XFIRE member has increased everyday since the PvP patch.  In addition, the total number of players playing has decreased compared week over week every single day.

Players matter for subscription revenue and not time played per player.   Age of Conan is losing this battle still and not even the PvP patch could stop the bleeding.

 

"The PvP patch could not stop the bleeding?", what are you talking about. This link show a stop in the negative xfire trend for AoC..  You are right though, it will be even more inducative next week. Also keep in mind that this have happened while other big names in the MMO industry has launched. Compare the WOW trend to the WAR and the AOC i.e You will see WAR naturally has increased as it was 0 before... WOW have taken a good step sown over the weekend in fact and AoC is unaffected (or perhaps some up if you look at tuesday)... Again Xfire are WillyNilly numbers, not much of importance.. But it is what it is.

You lack reading comprehension skills.  The PvP patch did not stop the bleeding of players.  XFire lists total hours and if you catch it on the day the number of players and the number of minutes played.

The number of players has consistently went down week by week (measured by the specific day).   There the bleeding has not stopped.  The total hours is roughly comparable because those who have an account have played about 20% more. 

Orion you just need to quit while you're ahead. First you say that most AoC players don't use xfire. Then you say that theres a "compatibility" issue with xfire and AoC. And now that the numbers go up slightly, you felt the need to make a post about it. Just...wow.

I know you don't like when people troll your precious AoC game, but look at what you're doing in the WAR forums. You're trolling that game and posting all kinds of negative feedback. This is why a lot of us dislike the AoC fan club. You guys diss every game out there, yet when someone disses your game they just went too far!

Originally posted by Libertasplz

Originally posted by OrionMan

Originally posted by Libertasplz

And Sunday and Monday show a decrease from the previous week. 

What it basically shows is that total hours played has leveled off. 

However, if you actually paid attention to each day as I have, the number of time played per XFIRE member has increased everyday since the PvP patch.  In addition, the total number of players playing has decreased compared week over week every single day.

Players matter for subscription revenue and not time played per player.   Age of Conan is losing this battle still and not even the PvP patch could stop the bleeding.

 

"The PvP patch could not stop the bleeding?", what are you talking about. This link show a stop in the negative xfire trend for AoC..  You are right though, it will be even more inducative next week. Also keep in mind that this have happened while other big names in the MMO industry has launched. Compare the WOW trend to the WAR and the AOC i.e You will see WAR naturally has increased as it was 0 before... WOW have taken a good step sown over the weekend in fact and AoC is unaffected (or perhaps some up if you look at tuesday)... Again Xfire are WillyNilly numbers, not much of importance.. But it is what it is.

 

You lack reading comprehension skills.  The PvP patch did not stop the bleeding of players.  XFire lists total hours and if you catch it on the day the number of players and the number of minutes played.

The number of players has consistently went down week by week (measured by the specific day).   There the bleeding has not stopped.  The total hours is roughly comparable because those who have an account have played about 20% more. 

 

No need to get worked up. The trend by number of characyters in hyboria pr time unit has stabilized increased. That is the only thing that matters in terms of population/gaming experience on servers... Please comprehend that. This might be more obvious a week from now hopefully... But lets see.