Balance for all play styles = more players

[TheSlickOne]

First an observation:

Player base is dwindling...

Next, a suggestion that might help, based on what I've heard from fellow players and read voiced on the forums:

Make playing NA accessible and rewarding with similar experience regardless of play time invested and whether one is playing solo few hrs a week or in a clan several hrs every day. This also applies to ships, blueprints and all the other possible activities possible in the game available to everyone.

 

Yes, NA is an MMO but with one important distinction: IT'S NOT FREE TO PLAY!

Nowhere is it stated in the game description that certain activities are much more difficult or neigh impossible to do unless you spend much more time playing the game then others, preferably you're in a clan and don't mind being available at specific times for such things as port battles, events, etc.

 

Now, with other free-to-play MMOs one can say, nothing invested, nothing lost. However, NA sells for hard cash outright therefore as one is buying a product one is rightfully expecting to buy the same product as the next person. 

I know many things are still being worked on so that is why I make this suggestion now while things are fluid. Please, don't forget that not everyone has the same amount of time to invest in this game. Not everyone has the same play style. Right now these factors make too much of a difference in the game experience. Emphasis is on "too much"! Of course there should be some differences and rewards for added effort, etc. But the current range of game experiences dependent on time spent, availability and solo vs. team play is driving many players away.

The fact is: EVERYONE paid the same amount of money to play the game!

 

Thanks and keep improving this beautiful game!

[Mrdoomed]

Why is it that people knowing they have very limited time or skill to play decide to play? then complain the game needs to work for them , thus excluding all the players who understand what they need to do and play that way.

People should play to thier abilities to play instead of asking for the game to be changed for them. would have been a great niche game.

[TheSlickOne]

Nobody said anything about excluding any kind of player. It appears you also want the game to work for YOU. Either that or your comment has no merit. I'm talking about EXPANDING the possibilities without taking away from the existing play style options. But if you want to have a niche game, good luck making it financially viable at this scale. I'm pretty sure you care just as much about having a good player base as I do. That is all I intended to help with.

[Mrdoomed]

35 minutes ago, TheSlickOne said:

Nobody said anything about excluding any kind of player. It appears you also want the game to work for YOU. Either that or your comment has no merit. I'm talking about EXPANDING the possibilities without taking away from the existing play style options. But if you want to have a niche game, good luck making it financially viable at this scale. I'm pretty sure you care just as much about having a good player base as I do. That is all I intended to help with.

This game hardly works for ME. i just understand what the game is and was and what i could devote to it. i adapted to exel in the area i can afford to devote time to.

You on the other hand want the game to change to fit " your life". instead of manning up and play to a style your time allows.