TP latest apology
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How is TP going to apologise to the 18k players who have uninstalled the game since the ban 11/2/21?
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May I ask where you are getting this information from?
Top 1% in Admiral is now 1-574 it was 1-754 only a few weeks ago. 180 less at 1% is a loss of 18k from Admiral. 1 year ago top 1% in Admiral was 1-1024 so that's 45k players less than this time last year
If that is how you are determining the player base (as good a measure as there is, I suspect), that I don’t think the exodus from ban-gate has shown up yet. I believe it takes approx 3 weeks of inactivity for a player to not appear as a player in the arena ranks.
The arena count does not yet show the cost of the bans.
I used to think the same, especially since Admiral 1% once flirted with 1-1400.
However, as these numbers of cratered, Commander has remained remarkably stable at around 1k for 1%.
I think there may be something to Arena as a health metric, but it could also just be that a lot of players still hate Arena.
I have not participated in Commander division in well over a year.
I am currently rank #30432 in Commander division.
I still get 3* schematics in mail every day for my ranked arena rewards.
but there is a decline of active players for sure.. not just since yesterday...and any xyz-gate is worsening the situation for sure
Now that's what I call a great metric!
My understanding is one becomes unranked due to inactivity only when someone defeats you.
So yeah, that's a bad sign on a number of levels.
This is the type of rigorous bad analysis that makes this place special.
I agree. While this may be an indication of people leaving the game, there are many other reasonable explanations as well. There also has not been enough time for people to drop out of the rankings, as @calsnowskier stated.
It is more likely a combination of reasons, including the bans, that have affected the numbers in the arena. It could be as simple as boredom with the Arena or people being busy. Or they could already have the current reward ship maxed, and don't care if they get more schematics.
I think this is a good time to point out that correlation does not equal causation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
I understand that it seems like an accurate assumption that those numbers reflect a mass exodus from the game, especially after all the anger here. But it isn't necessarily a true reflection.
Those arena numbers are constantly fluctuating. You probably haven't noticed in the past, because you had no reason to pay attention.
Also, a lot of people who were banned that said they were quiting have since returned either as F2P, reduced spenders or have gone back to normal. That will also skew the numbers.
There will probably never be an accurate number that we as players can say for certain as to how many quit because of the ban. At this point, I think it is time to move forward. 🖖🏼
Also, some people might not even play Arena. No way to verify a 10,000 player drop in Arena competitors means 10,000 people quit the game.......
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It’s actually two weeks, according to the in-game Arena rewards message:
I think the "may be" indicates it's not automatic. I've only done Admiral for quite a while, but I still get a couple of Schemes from Captain Division.....
In case nobody noticed, the Arena is a great place to get credits. If you can swing four or five Top spot victories in the Admiral Division in a day, that comes out to 60K or 75K credits a day (that's 15K credits per victory). It's just about the last thing making me want to play in the Arena now.
This is true. I have a fleetie that stopped playing Capt Div and 2 weeks later no rewards or rank. When he started again it showed him as "unranked" and after his 1st battle he was ranked just over 47,000.
Year-over-year comparisons are generally a good metric, barring extraordinary circumstances such as ... a pandemic. Maybe give it another year & compare then? Just a thought.
While it's only a tiny percentage of players, it's interesting that the Steam player numbers have actually increased in the last couple of months for the first time since April 2020.
https://steamcharts.com/app/600750
I would also point out that the fact that we're going on our third round of the exact same rewards in the arena.
That being said .. here's one such source ...
https://steamcharts.com/app/600750 371 PEAK CONCURRENT players who started the game on PC via Steam in the last 24hrs.
And considering this is a mobile based game ... now the hunt is on for similar stats in the Google/Apple/Facebook/Amazon/Samsung and other gamestores and ways to start the game.
This gives downloads, not necessarily new, and a revenue estimate per month. I the last 3 years it has fallen 60%, but I think it has actually risen in recent months. You can clearly see the review bombing in Feb though.
I don't have anything for Amazon, Facebook or any other proprietary store though and it should be noted that for international customers the game is significantly cheaper to play on Amazon or Facebook (around 20%).