playerbase down 25% in 4 months?

[Rinsui]

I base what I say on facts.

Yes! And that's your big mistake; facts don't
matter when you try to retain customers.

Opinions do. Reviews do. Forum posts do.

Because unless SE can convince reviewers,
and forum posters to invite their friends,
this game will simpy fizzle into oblivion.

[Abriael]

Yes! And that's your big mistake; facts don't
matter when you try to retain customers.

Opinions do. Reviews do. Forum posts do.

Because unless SE can convince reviewers,
and forum posters to invite their friends,
this game will simpy fizzle into oblivion.

Opinions vary. YOUR opinion counts only as YOUR opinion.

Forum posts count for crap. Forums are no representation of the playerbase. Any and every MMORPG forum is full of hate and rage, even more than this one, and even for games that are far more successful than this one.

Reviews are obsolete. Nothing SE can do can change obsolete reviews. The fact that obsolete reviews describe systems that don't exist anymore makes them irrelevant. As they are irrelevant to describe the validity of the current market wards system, since it's *factually* different from the system they describe.

Future reviews (that will come out with the PS3 version) will have to be based on facts, unless the reviewer is willing to throw his credibility into the bushes (which isn't even that unlikely, mind you, most reviewers have no respect for their credibility).
I'm sure very eager to see what happens if a reviewer reviews the PS3 version of the game and states that the market wards don't have a search function (like in the original reviews). Credibility -> gone.

Sorry to burst a bubble but you trying to convince yourself that "facts don't matter" is probably the most laughable statement i read today. But yeah, I'm sure that facts don't matter for you, since you posted a misleading and false statistic to begin with.