Quote Originally Posted by ShinChuck View Post
Ah hah, so the "industry standard" varies by model. *Now* we're making progress toward defining it, even though we still lack specific numbers.

I've read each and every single list of patch notes for Rift. They *have* had six patches of content. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5., 1.6... and that's not including a few significant ones that they had in between each of those. They're currently at, glancing at my list, nine major updates total since March.
and yet rift has a steadily declining playerbase, which says alot there too
im not ragging on rift saying that, but its also somewhat the industry standard for that to happen no matter how succesful a game is considered cuz it isnt a veteran mmo(you should see my stance/rants on why people play vet mmos and always compare to them, and keep going basck to them while they hate them with a passion)