well problem with steam is that it only shows players that have game running and not actions of players in game. people can easily test stuff on range or just play with equipping squads or just have game open while being AFK or they can all be currently in battle. there is no way to tell. so steam can have anywhere from ~50-60% of playerbase according to graphs or they can have 10% cause they dont use same metric as i do.
I donāt think the game is really dying at all, but I can see why some people would think this, mainly do to the slow content drip burning people out. Some people really need constant new content to be added otherwise they get bored and burnt out easily.
The map rotation for example is incredibly stale. There are so many battles that can be added to Enlisted, yet we get drip fed maps. If we could get more maps at a nice consistent bases I think people that have been around for a while would feel less burnt out, and new players would be less likely to ever reach the feeling of being āburnt outā.
Also there are still a few major factions that can be added, as well as sub factions that can be added, but how long will it take them to actually add these factions and sub factions? Apparently it will take them a VERY long time. (And this is if we ever even get them, for all we know the bare minimum of Italy and the Commonwealth being separated from Germany/US may never even come, let alone any new Factions/Sub factions coming to the game)
problem is not even the content. for me biggest problem lies in some basic mechanisms that havent been addressed on time. e.g. devs should have implemented map preference with merge and we still didnt get it despite being announced a year ago.
or devs need to fix some basic stuff like making engineers default squad for new players and good tutorial that would teach players how to play the game(with good reward for players that finish tutorial, so players actually finish it).
or devs need to implement faction specific mechanics to all nations(or remove them). e.g. body armor, custom paratroopers etc.
or devs need to implement TT paratroopers for all nations
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the game has improved so much since CBT - its crazy to me that people actually think it is dying. even the playerbase is much larger than ever
Iāve noticed it quite a bit in my recent games: long wait times in matchmaking, low BRs with almost no one or placed against higher BRs which means a lot of lost games and great difficulty in farming for new gear. That has surely made a lot of new players leave.
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