I know the server merge is happening soon (or did it already?) but beyond that do you think there is a chance of players returning or new players joining the game?
There's a few minis going off which are absolutely no fun for me seeing as I die INSTANTLY (few AA's and noob gear).
I remember when I played 2 maybe 3 years ago it was a CONSTANT battle, sure there were gank squads roaming the zones but I could avoid them and find 1 on 1 combat at most times if I desired... It was a blast. Every zone had at LEAST 10-20 players.. I'm lucky if I even see 5 in the most popular zones now.. Is this just my opinion or what? Am I missing something? I spend most time in NG.
What eventually made me leave the game was just after the expansion (I paid for it and never even played it. Was that 2 years ago? I feel like it was). I didn't have a chance to catch up and before I knew it everyone had better gear than me and this as well as PvP levels made it unbearable for me to play. It's like that now pretty much but for some reason I have a desire to see past that and continue grinding for better gear and AA's.. Which I like. I like having a goal to work towards BUT if there was ANY way to balance this out in pvp that would be tremendously helpful.. I want to PvP badly but it just isn't any fun when I get absolutely WRECKED.
A similar instance occurred even earlier in the game which made me quit the FIRST time - horrible game balance and GEMS with absurd stats... other players quickly got the advantage on me and I was completely hopeless in pvp from then on.
Now however the game is better balanced and contains a wealth of content to keep players entertained for a long time but no one is playing it, so all that becomes pointless.
My question is do you think there will be a return of players or am I better off wasting my time somewhere else?
I really hope funcom does whatever they can to improve the game because in my opinion it's the best mmo out there...
There's going to be more MMO's coming out soon which will take away even more of the potential player base (Elderscrolls online for example)... Which I myself would move to BUT there's a great chance they will fail just as miserably if not even worse than AOC so my time is better spent here... assuming people return/join and it's actually worth it.