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| Flari-Merchant 01.22.2018 10:02 | |
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I think that the real bottom line is just that more players are needed to make the game run in a way that more closely fits the original design intentions. Not sure if most or any of those are still what Paizo wants the game to be like anymore or not, but a much more large population will help out with most every problem or frustration that we communicate to them. Unfortunately progress on that is going to be slow until some things get fixed and some "neat" stuff can get implemented and polished. Some just polish and some need to be fairly unique features, not offered in any or very few other games. @ Paizo/PfO Keep trucking along guys. We appreciate your efforts very much and know that it isn't easy to do this without many more hands, tools and time than you have. If I can give you any acceptable advice as one of your playerbase, the best would probably be: When your Roadmap is finished, focus on easy to implement features. Bring small scale PVP into a realistically viable activity choice. Figure out how to get micro transactions (and merchandise) into your store. Improve the social connection abilities within the game. Get more "crunchy" game info accessible In-game, at our fingertips. |
| Flari-Merchant 01.21.2018 18:31 | |
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/bobpromote /bobdemote All for it |
| Flari-Merchant 01.19.2018 23:37 | |
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Iram ThelbaneThat is no problem, Iram. Let me know if I can be more clear about some things. Your English skill is one million times better than my French. 
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| Flari-Merchant 01.19.2018 10:55 | |
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I like the concepts behind everything that Smitty has presented here: * Add PFRPG elements that are recognizable. PFRPG flavors from the NPCs to the naming of objects to Adventure Paths To ANYTHING that reminds players of PFRPG when they play this game. If you are going to call it Pathfinder Online then damn well do everything you can to add a PFRPG "feel" to the thing! *Add fantasy world depth to the "atmosphere" of the game. It just seems so freaking sterile…. All places that players can build to live in are called "Settlements"! What about just lone towers, keeps, villages, towns, cities? *Leverage existing graphics so that players can be skinned as monsters if they want. Make these rewards for something players can achieve. *Random World Boss Events. *Random GM run mini adventures. GMs can spawn mobs wherever they like. GMs can spawn buildings where they like. Use this to create mini adventures. Bring the thrill of TT as much into PfO as you can instead of the same old generic, actually static, worlds that published TT worlds and MMO worlds REALLY ACTUALLY ARE. Remember though, we are very diehard players. We are used to all of the workarounds that lack of "Quality of Life" things that most players expect to see in MMOs. Much better developed UIs, social tools, etc.. We are all used to "going without" but new players expect to see much more ease of use and function than we do. That needs to be addressed, BIG TIME, also. I know that Paizo's focus for this Road Map has been to try and flush out all of the features that they have promised for this to be a "complete game". I appreciate this and it isn't a terrible goal and focus for the past months of development BUT IT ISN"T MAKING THE GAME MORE "STICKY" for new players on a moment to moment, day to day way. Need a Road Map that is all about BRAND NEW PLAYERS and contents that are accessible to them. This includes UI, quality of life conveniences, more PVE variations, and yes more small scale and rewarding PVP possibilities… Much of these things could probably be done with minimal coding but time heavy investment. PS-Get out of the BOX. It is way too stuffy in there for your imagination and creativity to work at 110%. Break "the loop" that makes everything seem impossible without direct $$$capital$$$ funding. The game has so much potential.
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| Flari-Merchant 01.18.2018 17:04 | |
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The loop needs to be bypassed or broken by out-of-the-box thinking. Unless Paizo is cool with carrying a micro populated game for years before any real progress can be made. Unless Paizo is not actually suffering from a tiny pop and tiny Dev team and is pretty much content with what they have going now. Unless WE are content with the game as it stands and are happy to have it so for many years to come… If all parties are satisfied then that is cool and ok. I'm just one player but I'm not really seeing a satisfying version of the Kickstarter presentation of the game yet. My idea may be impossible to implement now or may be complete crap that will not work but SOMETHING has to work because I believe that anything is possible. Anything except getting the game on its feet sooner than 2024 with the current approach. I think the DEv team are great and I admire how hard they work but they are just 2 guys. |
| Flari-Merchant 01.18.2018 11:46 | |
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As for content I also agree that content is VERY IMPORTANT. Remember though that content is perhaps one of the most expensive things to develop in an MMO. Takes money. Takes a lot of different specialized skills. Takes time and in short: Resources that yu can only get through Investors OR a large player base. However, there IS SOME CONTENT OF ALL TYPES already built. We just need to bring new players through it so that they see it. Maybe there is more to the saying that "In a sandbox, the players provide the content"? Maybe part of that is meaning that we drag new players(or bring them) TO THAT CONTENT. |
| Flari-Merchant 01.18.2018 11:28 | |
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Iram Thelbane That is probably one of the most important things that we as players can do. No argument there. Hopefully we are all doing that but I have my doubts that all are doing so. Having talked to many players, I have to say that they are happy to help new players and do so as often as they get a chance by answering questions, offering explanations, etc… Certainly though the vast majority of players just like to log in, do their gathering/crafting/chat/"escalation for a recipe lottery" and log out. I don't think that there is enough active population right now to catch 1/2 of the new players that try the game. BUT rewards for participating in both finding and helping new players with rewards for being new and participating in some "mentor" program to learn could be a "win/win". All players love to be rewarded for doing things in game. If you "incentivize" these players so they feel they are "getting extra" for doing something, you have a motivating system. You have player to player contact and you have the building of social bonds. Automatically. You have "zero pressure" to "Join A Settlement, It is your only hope!" You have a vet player that is more dedicated to take care of a new player because he gets rewarded. You have a new player more interested because he can learn faster but best of all, He gets "Rewarded" too. He gets "something extra" for using the program. Something that those who don't, can't get… Remember that PFO University was quite popular with new players? Remember that they were asking about it ALL THE TIME? Realize that they still do as a matter of fact? Think about that… I am not going to say that it is, by any means any kind of panacea. There are lots of reasons players try and then "bounce" from games and each person's exact "negative impression triggers" are different so we (and Paizo) have MUCH work to do to smooth those out. Just sayin': if it could be developed at fairly low cost, might really help. |
| Flari-Merchant 01.17.2018 08:53 | |
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MaxenI agree and I suppose that should be a bit less for +kits. Not often can we spend an hour on every gusher. Not when, just ignoring any gushers, my T3 4x gatherer can scoop up 500+ pieces in an hour quite easily. Hit that hex a few times and it is better than doing random gushers if it's a good hex. One other issue: Gushers are designed to be done by high lvl characters or lower levels in a group. This is a great policy if there is a large population. While the pop is so small, however, it hampers new players. They are often alone and simply can't hope to enjoy a T1 gusher on their own. I think that there should to be a rank of gusher that a solo lowbie can do… Would be good for the game and could be phased out when the game actually has players, if needed. |
| Flari-Merchant 01.16.2018 10:47 | |
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I wasn't clear with my OP. I am looking for a magic sword of Stickiness. Ways that help new players get "hooked" that can be done with minimal Real Cash investment, i.e. coding time, art work, etc… There certainly isn't just "One Way" to grow and stabilize player population. Certainly we all take care of New Players when they breeze through checking the game out. We are already friendly and we are already eager to learn them some PfO Player tricks and we are generous. It does not snag them into the cycle all that well, though. They stay for days, a few weeks, maybe a month. Then they fade away. That is a normal MMO cycle anywhere, but it would help us bunches if we had a much higher success rate than normal… Thanks for all of the musings, though. They are all good food for thought. |
| Flari-Merchant 01.16.2018 02:31 | |
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Iram Thelbane You can and others have. What I am getting at is that there IS AN ECONOMY. It is just mostly based inside settlements/alliances as you already pointed out. Most settlement/alliances can provide all they need internally. We have a small population that is very heavy with all kinds of crafters. All of them in alliances. There is a REAALY SMALL part of the economy that can't have everything made by friends so you see some little AH activity. For some reason, very few players want to gather and sell on the AH. They use it all for gearing their own group and are not much interested in selling. Maybe because they can easily get what they need internally without coin? Maybe they don't need coin because coin is so EASY to get, they don't ever need coin… I don't know for sure Need many more players that HAVE TO TRADE for their gear and also always need coin. |