Quote Originally Posted by Meow_Zedong View Post
That would be fine and dandy if what he said were his fears and opinions. He STATED that the game would be empty after billing started. Is he psychic or just lieing? I very highly doubt the population will go down much more than it already has, the people playing this game have stuck by it for a year, they must like it at least a little.
I actually made a prediction that read as follows, I made no claim of fact, just a prediction, here is relevant text from the OP:

Quote Originally Posted by Captain_Picard
Predictions

1. Given the low population, competition from new games coming out in Q4 2011 and Q1/Q2 2012, and a lack of content, this game will face hurdles in retaining the existing tiny player base.

2. As people choose not to pay to play, unfortunately those that are willing to pay to play will find themselves having an ever more difficult time building an exp party etc and many will ultimately leave out of frustration that there is no one to play with, rather than the fact they are paying or lack of content or otherwise.

It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If your game is the BEST game in the world but it takes 6 to 8 people to effectively play, and it is a real struggle to get 6 to 8 people together to play, then slowly but surely the player base will erode to nothing due to lack of others to play with.
If you perceive the statement of "as people choose not to pay to play" as a statement of fact, then you can take it that way, because someone will choose not to pay to play, even if its just one.