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Well... that was certainly quick
It was less than a week ago when Poland was at the height of it's baby-boom, an event which many of us were astounded at. Poland were able to almost triple their popualation in just a few days which is a great feat i must admit, however as i logged on today i saw this:
Polands baby-boom has peaked and is receding, i find it almost ludicrous how quickly the population has halved and no doubt will drop a bit more before becoming stable. But of course this is commonplace isn't it? I heard around, that only 5%-15% of new players reach level 7. If that's the case, only around 90 to 270 of the 1,800 people who joined Poland during the baby boom will stay.
Something will have to be done to keep players with us for longer!
Let me lead your imagination for a moment:
You're on your computer
You see a link for a game
You happen to be one of the few who click on it
You decide it looks like your type of game and make an account
Now lets say that you've done all this (which the majority of people won't do) You click "work" and "train" and do your first bit of fighting. Now what is there to do?
For the majority of players the first log in is decisive, it will be the time when you decide whether it's worth coming back to the game the next day, it's the time when the game has to prove it's worth to the player.
However, once the new player has done his first bit of work and training, there is astonishingly little for him (or her) to do until the next day, and if the first day was unexciting, then they will not remember OR want to come back for the second day. It's this problem which has led nearly every baby boom to fail ---> The lack of excitement or challenge in the game until you're already hooked. I know i wouldn't be here if i was not trying to get to level 7 so my friend would get his gold.
So that's the problem we're facing. New players will continue to sign on, stay for a day and leave, all because there is nothing for them to do. There has been some implementations to help, such as the practice battle, however that only helps the level 5's, 6's and 7's. The first day players will not get a look in, and the first days are the most boring.
We need a way to make this game more interesting for the newer players, something which will want to make them come back tomorrow, something which will keep them interested until they are level 7, and actually able to do anything interesting in the game.
I can't offer ideas on how we do this, not only because none spring to mind, but also because I've just written a big article and can't be bothered to write any more
so if you have an idea i suggest you write it in the comments under this article, raise an idea on the forums or just generally make a massive fuss about it and hopefully we'll get a new way of keeping the babbies happy.
This was in no way an attack at the development team or
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