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"Guns of Icarus" fans, holding game back.
Aythreuk:
Hello.
Some of you may be aware that "Guns of Icarus Online" was basically the featured game of Indie Royales latest bundle.
Which, as of posting this had sold 11,112 bundles. That's 11,112 new players coming into Guns of Icarus this week and at least trying it out.
http://www.indieroyale.com/
You can see the exact sales numbers on that link for the next 2 days of posting this at least, after that the bundle will be off sale and you probably won't be able to see the sales statistics. It's the "Mash Bundle"
Usually, there is maybe.. what? 100-200 players online at some of the games busier times. So you might ask yourself, where is this flock of players who were probably playing Guns of Icarus for the first time at some point this week. Where did they go?
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=130962903
This is what you did to them. Guess where they went? To play the other games in their bundle.
This game could of potentially received a healthy boost to it's playerbase this week, but it didn't due to these kind of team stacks.
If you try to tell me team stacking isn't common in this game, while I can't provide evidence of that (not sure how I would anyway, conduct a huge survey?), I will just laugh at you.
Captain Smollett:
I'll admit that I often play on a stacked side, since I generally like to fly with the people I know and have met through the game, and I have been more or less flying with since I bought it. For me it's enjoyable to socialize and chat while flying through the skies and vanquishing foes. That being said I usually don't mind evening out teams if asked. It often only takes two ships switching, with one going up and one going down to balance out experience levels and I'm always happy to do that.
Aythreuk:
--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on March 05, 2013, 08:50:13 pm ---I'll admit that I often play on a stacked side, since I generally like to fly with the people I know and have met through the game, and I have been more or less flying with since I bought it. For me it's enjoyable to socialize and chat while flying through the skies and vanquishing foes. That being said I usually don't mind evening out teams if asked. It often only takes two ships switching, with one going up and one going down to balance out experience levels and I'm always happy to do that.
--- End quote ---
I'm glad to hear that . . . kind of?
Usually I would say something and be ignored as the blatantly and shamelessly stacked team continues to blabber among themselves.
Captain Smollett:
Yeah, I can't speak for everyone in the game but I find most people easygoing and agreeable. That being said I really learned a lot by flying against all those stacked teams that I flew against when I started. I had a lot of losses flying in those games but it definitely made me better. I can't tell you how proud I was the first time I made Firestone rage quit.
Aythreuk:
--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on March 05, 2013, 09:05:28 pm ---Yeah, I can't speak for everyone in the game but I find most people easygoing and agreeable. That being said I really learned a lot by flying against all those stacked teams that I flew against when I started. I had a lot of losses flying in those games but it definitely made me better. I can't tell you how proud I was the first time I made Firestone rage quit.
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I would say you could learn a lot more in balanced teams because then you have experienced people on your team and you can see what they're actually doing on board. You can't see what the enemy is doing on board.
That and you know, balanced teams would make people want to actually play the game.
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