./sigh Weren't you the guy that estimated the game had a 6 month lifespan? Oh yeah. You were... Alright, well I can't get into it, but if you look up MMOFPS's there have been 5 released in the past 13 years. The all of them, including both Planetsides got an average score under 80%. 3/5 of them got scores under 60%. All survived greater than two years. Even the lowest ranked one set a record for most players in a single game at one time. And if you pull the graph showing a decline in playerbase like someone tried to before, I will kindly show you that more than likely it's average playtime declining, not the overall population.
The problem is that those games had a large world to play in let it be instanced or actual, not just 8 maps with a static colored map that slowly measured faction wins, their game mechanics were up to par and not as buggy and unfinished as this game, they were playable and mostly enjoyable to certain extents basing on what game it was. There's no feeling of accomplishment in this game, just another moment to spam the "Battle Now" button while you gamble for something good out of the loot boxes with your grinded RTP from 3-5 repeated matches. Not many players beyond the Founders group is going to accept this as being fun. The reviews and player feedback states this repeatedly. I'm just putting the facts out there. You're welcome to defend the game to your last breath but that wont get players to buy a 50$ "could have been alot worse" game.
Go read the reviews of the other games. Some had larger battles. Some had more open areas. Only Planetside had both. And Planetside has recieved its own scathing criticisms. None have ever attempted to mix melee and ranged together. And you're focusing on the right now. I too would be very disappointed in how the game ended up, but I got lucky. I'm with a great community, have plenty of people to play with all the time. I'm enjoying great team play on a near daily basis, and eagerly await what changes will occur in the near future moving away from the battle now button and into a meta-campagin. But this game is still in a huge flux. Check back on a weekly or even monthly basis. Things are getting fixed all the time. It could be worse, the devs could have just cut and run.
