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post Jul 3 2016, 09:01 PM
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They should have just given everyone 7 days of free time or something
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post Jul 4 2016, 12:26 PM
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QUOTE (darkmaverick @ Jul 3 2016, 12:37 PM) *
A little over 300 active users this weekend according to the server info on Nexus Atlas front page.

It seems a few people re-regged but it doesn't look like more than fifty or so.


Completely off numbers. If you bothered to go in game you would see the numbers were around 380-400 for the most time and the peak was about 450.


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post Jul 4 2016, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE (darkmaverick @ Jun 30 2016, 11:42 AM) *
Some of the more obsessive trolls


Like people who haven't played the game in a decade but make up 60% of the posts on the current state of nexus on NF.com?
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post Jul 4 2016, 09:30 PM
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QUOTE (Qwertyer @ Jul 4 2016, 08:41 PM) *
Like people who haven't played the game in a decade but make up 60% of the posts on the current state of nexus on NF.com?


Well, I'd say the majority of people posting here are the people who have contributed heavily to NA over the last 15 years. So who gives a [Content removed] if they stick around the forum. I don't see many people who play the game still on here.
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post Jul 5 2016, 09:21 AM
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http://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2...-Facts-2015.pdf

An interesting article with facts about the video gaming industry.

DM Youre telling me out of 155 million gamers or people that play games in the US, a few thousand couldnt possibly be able to have time or be able to afford 10$ a month registration to nexus?

Also Your income argument about 1000 registered accounts is very very likely a very wrong number. Many users have several accounts, many users but additional kruna either to sell or to use for personal reasons, and at 30$ a clip for the max# of kruna, thats 3 months of a normal registration.

All of those kids in high school and college who had NO money and had to beg for 10$ a month to register, now are able to afford whatever the hell they want because they have jobs, and even any parent with a kid can afford 10 bucks a month for a game. If you put it logically, paying 10$ for online entertainment can save you hundreds instead of going out.
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post Jul 5 2016, 01:24 PM
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QUOTE (Krmit @ Jul 5 2016, 09:21 AM) *
http://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2...-Facts-2015.pdf

An interesting article with facts about the video gaming industry.


Yes, the entire videogame industry.

There's no specific focus on MMORPGs which must still be played on Windows XP or an emulator (such as Windows XP Compatibility Mode in newer versions of Windows) and cost $9.99 a month to play.

Hell, there's no specific focus on MMORPGs either.

It's also based on survey data, which means the results are only good for those customers and companies who participated in the survey. You can be sure KRU wasn't among them.

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DM Youre telling me out of 155 million gamers or people that play games in the US, a few thousand couldnt possibly be able to have time or be able to afford 10$ a month registration to nexus?


Not under the current conditions, no. I find it extremely hard to believe.

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Also Your income argument about 1000 registered accounts is very very likely a very wrong number. Many users have several accounts, many users but additional kruna either to sell or to use for personal reasons, and at 30$ a clip for the max# of kruna, thats 3 months of a normal registration.


The only people with multiple accounts are those who

1) multi-box their accounts, such as playing a poet and rogue together like Conro did
2) bot / dupe.

Neither is a large demographic.

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All of those kids in high school and college who had NO money and had to beg for 10$ a month to register, now are able to afford whatever the hell they want because they have jobs, and even any parent with a kid can afford 10 bucks a month for a game. If you put it logically, paying 10$ for online entertainment can save you hundreds instead of going out.


You've forgotten to factor in the existence of Time and the existence of Competitors in the market.

It was about a decade ago when those teenagers and college kids started playing NexusTK and since then a large number of GOOD MMORPGs have went free to play, and the paid ones like FFXIV and WoW are utterly amazing; not just in graphics but also in gameplay. Everything you could want, from nigh-instant dungeon party queues (especially if you tank / heal) to intense boss raids, to elaborate guild systems accessible to anyone, exists in these games. That's why the teenagers and college students of today aren't signing up anymore.

(As an example of the latter, I have a max level Free Comapny -- guild -- in FFXIV that offers stat boosts to my members, including XP boosts, and a custom house with crafting bonus tables and furniture I can place. Contrast to NexusTK where it takes an enormous effort to even form a Clan, subject to the approval of other ?Clan leaders and the GMs, and they don't compare at all).

Those who still game are more likely to play one of those other games, rather than NexusTK, because NexusTK has literally nothing to offer except nostalgia which is shattered quickly upon playing the game again after having experienced any of these other games.

NexusTK could be made to compete, but it's not looking like it is going to.

NexusTK has one mechanic that truly separated it from other MMOs and that is you can essentially advance your character forever. There's no ceiling on how strong they can be. But now Diablo 3 offers the same thing and with no monthly fee and a significantly better designed gameplay experience.

The people still playing NexusTK aren't coming for the gameplay. It's just the nostalgia and the positions of power the lifers have obtained. That appeals to a couple hundred people, not thousands.


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post Jul 5 2016, 02:34 PM
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QUOTE (darkmaverick @ Jul 5 2016, 11:24 AM) *
There's no specific focus on MMORPGs which must still be played on Windows XP or an emulator (such as Windows XP Compatibility Mode.


Where did you even get this idea from?


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post Jul 5 2016, 04:26 PM
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DM short answer to your posts are that they can give anyone a frustratingly painful stroke, congrats.

You will refute any type of data just to prove your own point regardless of what that data says so arguing with you is irrelevant. But I buy Kruna and i don't bot/Dupe/multibox/ etc. There are alot of people that buy kruna for different reasons, you are so out of touch with the game you dont know what the hell you are talking about half the time and your long winded posts make you look worse than if you just re regged for a month and learned what the hell is up. People want Item protections, Seraph pendants, EXP gems, Orbs, mounts, crafting bags, Fashion, repair's, worldshouts, etc...

You sell thousands of items at a few dollars a piece and voila you have a lot of money. Its called Micro transactions bro. there are thousands upon thousands of sentimental items in nexus that are BOD and people want them protected. Any BOD item over 300k is basically worth protecting at the current cost of item protections/kruna in game.

You can Max in a rage @ sa san so if you are not married to someone where you can ring, you're going to be buying EXP gems most likely so you don't have to break up your group every 15 min to sell xp.

Lots of micro transactions can mean big dollars. But again mr smartypants you know too much so i don't even know why i decided to explain these things to you.

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post Jul 5 2016, 05:52 PM
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I briefly tried the F2P out. First frustrating thing was that I had to level to 20. It didn't take that long but with how boring grinding can be, if I was new to the game, I probably would've logged out at this point. Once I got to 20, I clicked on the npc who provided nothing. Can't I at least get gateway? Choose a kingdom? Something? Instead I have to find that green snake and …nope lost interest. They really should've given everyone 7 days free registration. Worrying about if someone is going to do something is stupid.
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post Jul 5 2016, 07:04 PM
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QUOTE (Songa @ Jul 5 2016, 04:52 PM) *
They really should've given everyone 7 days free registration. Worrying about if someone is going to do something is stupid.


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