Is it getting quieter here?

Van R Flyheight · Mar 27, 2018

Alec Turner said:
It's so quiet (or at least, uninteresting) in the forum at the moment that, aside from some ongoing planetary circumnavigation diaries, this thread about it being quiet in the forum is the only thing I've found worthy of featuring in the Trending section of my Best of Forum thread in the last few days!

And if I'm being honest, I only did that for the irony of it.

With Bomba Luigi on holiday back on planet Wilson at the moment what we really need is for somebody new to go and get themselves stranded somewhere in a unique and exciting way.

Yay we made it everyone. #Trending

Cmdr Quit · Mar 27, 2018

I'm lurking on this forum, the subreddit, the diversity of discord servers and YouTube for when the next goldrush pops up. I want to take advantage of that before it is shut down.

Lightspeed · Mar 27, 2018

Cmdr Quit said:
I'm lurking on this forum, the subreddit, the diversity of discord servers and YouTube for when the next goldrush pops up. I want to take advantage of that before it is shut down.

It's happening at Hutton Orbital, but I can't say on here or they will all want to get there first.

Oss133 · Mar 27, 2018

Is

The

Forum

Slowing

Down?

I

Hadn't

Noticed.

Ambroza · Mar 27, 2018

You answered your own question. Activity peaks around major releases, then gradually slows down until the next major release.

Frenotx · Mar 27, 2018

The forums do seem be moving a little slower than normal. Was just thinking this yesterday.

The Wallet Inspector · Mar 27, 2018

Stigbob said:
The forums just having it's usual post patch meltdown. For a few weeks yet it'll be wall to wall "WAH", then things will calm down and it'll be back to normal.

Until the next patch.

Ironic coming from someone who does as much forum whining as this guy

^

concentric · Mar 27, 2018

Coloratura said:
It could be any number of things. For example, it was a rather nice mostly sunny, and temperate day yesterday for much of the U.S. When that happens, numbers drop because people are going outside and enjoying it. This is also Easter Week, so people are probably planning events and not spending as much time on the game.

So what you're saying is people actually neglect their pilots' duties for basking and painting eggs? I'm shocked

GunnerBill · Mar 27, 2018

OP - Yes I think it is, I can hardly hear you!

Stigbob · Mar 27, 2018

Arcadius said:
Ironic coming from someone who does as much forum whining as this guy ^

It's the best time for FDEV to gather salt from the sea of tears.

Mysturji · Mar 27, 2018

Van R Flyheight said:
Straight off this is not a flaming post or a "I quit" post. I'm still here, still playing and happy...ish.

What I am noticing is a slow down on the forums and I'm wondering why. Their is the obvious thing that 3.0 came and went which brought many returning players back and they have perhaps now put it back down. A shame but not really a loss, more a return to normality. As an active recruiter for a player group though I'm also seeing far less "LFG" posts, has everyone found their groups now?

All speculation but what I'll put out is this bit of data collection:

Patch 3.0.3 was announced at 11:10am on the 19/03/18 and 12 hours later the thread had 576 responses.
Patch 3.0.4 was announced at 3.33pm on the 26/03/18 and 12 hours later the thread had 242 responses.

There is the obvious different times which could play a factor but arguably the US time zones would actually have been more active so why is patch 3.0.4 not getting the same attention.

I guess what I'm really asking: Is this a return to normality or were those "I quit" posts for real and we've actually witnessed a mass reduction in the playerbase?

Sorry. I've been busy working.