Is this game on life support now, do you think?

[Mikedot]

Yeah... I haven't played PSU in a few long time since january... And I missed out on that firebreak event...

I've asked a few of my friends if they still play PSU, and most of them said they've realized that the game isn't all that it's cracked up to be...

Which makes me wonder... How many people actually even play this anymore? I know that the servers don't give out actual numbers, but from what people say, each star represents around 200+ players or something like that...

[pikachief]

PC population is shrinking and 360 is growing

[Skyly]

Dam.. On Xbox If The 200 Star Thing Is Correct. Then There's About 2500 People On Everyday

[Powder Keg]

I think PC had stayed pretty solid from where it's been for a while. I still say it's a shame that both servers can't play together. There's probably a lot of cool people to meet.

[360NyTeMaRe]

It would also cause a lot of petty hackers to piss off us Xbox 360 players.

[Lyrix]

there would also be a lot of the childish or jerkish 360 players I've heard of pissing off us PC/PS2 players, i think its a fair trade really.

[beatrixkiddo]

Your sig is so true, OP http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[360NyTeMaRe]

I know! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Rashiid]

last ID # i saw on tha 360 was liek '00060135' or sumthin.

[360NyTeMaRe]

I'm 35128

[Mikedot]

Well how many people would you say are playing the PS2/PC version? I'm poor and can afford an Xbox 360, plus I don't want to start all over again.

[beatrixkiddo]

I've seen Uni2 hit 4 stars, so I'd say that there's over 1000 active players. However, not that many are ON at the same time.

[Mikedot]

Eh... That's good enough for me... Did sega get rid of some of the empty universe servers that players rarely use?

And how was the Firebreak or whatever it's called event?

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[Rashiid]

On 2007-07-31 22:28, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
I'm 35128



i was '00001425' but my mamas credit card messed up; and had to get another lisence awhile back (near Thanksgiving)

so now im '000141xx' >.< (forgot last 2 digits)

[360NyTeMaRe]

I woulda been somewhere around 25xxx but same happened with our credit card, it was ummm...empty. *cough*

I got the game and my 360 on December 22nd, but couldn't get online until January 6th.

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[Rashiid]

got it day 1; was online day 2 =]

[360NyTeMaRe]

I hate how people judge me by my player #, but they don't do it anymore though, the victims now are 45k+

[Fure_Rakune]

I think ST should initiate bi-monthly SEED invasions to keep the community on its toes. It doesnt have to be as big as firebreak was, but a week long invasion would be pleasant to get the community back in action.

[Rashiid]

yeh; like

"Seasonal Rappies have ran on the loose and are attacking the citizens! Dispose of them now!"

and rappies are just liek in random missions; random seasons (no special drops or anything or units)

idk; maybe i need sleep....

[360NyTeMaRe]

I think there should be events where invasions occur, and if we don't save each area (planets/lobbies), the area will be cut off for a period of time until "The AMF army has successfully pushed back the SEED forces, with many casualties"

[Complex_Jao]

im #30040253

[Rashiid]

On 2007-07-31 22:59, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
I think there should be events where invasions occur, and if we don't save each area (planets/lobbies), the area will be cut off for a period of time until "The AMF army has successfully pushed back the SEED forces, with many casualties"



do that w/ Labs/Crimson Beast

watch the whole world go crazy.

[ShawnLeeGuku]

The reason it appears people are switching to the 360 in my opinion is probably the DEMO Weekends. But the demo requires Xbox Live Gold, which costs more money alltogether just for a few rare items. (Items that everyone with a Gold account will have, mind you.)

I play the 360 version because my PC is a piece of crap, and I happen to have a 360. The Demo weekends are just a bonus.

But the immature people you meet on PSU for the 360 isn't as bad as you'd think. Especially when compared to other Xbox Live games. *cough-bomberman-Gears of War-Halo*

But there are still a fair share of supremists. But there's also a fair share of people on my blacklist. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[D1ABOLIK]

On 2007-07-31 22:03, Lyrix wrote:
there would also be a lot of the childish or jerkish 360 players I've heard of pissing off us PC/PS2 players, i think its a fair trade really.

I dont know.I will take the jerks over haxeta any day.I just B list them and never play with a headset.But haxeta messes everything up and there is no way to stop it.

________
Cloudy Trichomes (http://trichomes.org)

[360NyTeMaRe]

On 2007-07-31 23:21, Rashiid wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:59, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
I think there should be events where invasions occur, and if we don't save each area (planets/lobbies), the area will be cut off for a period of time until "The AMF army has successfully pushed back the SEED forces, with many casualties"



do that w/ Labs/Crimson Beast

watch the whole world go crazy.



Ooh I know! Or even worse, with all of Parum. LOL

The whole concept could help determine which planets and areas the players like the most. BY FORCE.

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[Lyrix]

On 2007-07-31 23:31, D1ABOLIK wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:03, Lyrix wrote:
there would also be a lot of the childish or jerkish 360 players I've heard of pissing off us PC/PS2 players, i think its a fair trade really.

I dont know.I will take the jerks over haxeta any day.I just B list them and never play with a headset.But haxeta messes everything up and there is no way to stop it.



it isnt THAT horrible, and dint they get rid of the method to make it? it should go away eventually, or at least balance out.

[Phantomface]

ON TOPIC: I personally never expected PSU to make it out of the shadow of the other MMOs on PC *COUGHwowCOUGH* so, "life support" isn' t really the right word for it.

musings: why even re-open the lobbies? might make the 4/5 of the population do SOMTHING other than spam labs or crimson

[Rashiid]

u can still hear em thru ur TV; headset is just for ur ear if u dont talk lol

[xgp]

it may be no mats but not on live sport not now and hopfill not in a long time its my first mmorpg and its still fun.

[pionear]

On 2007-07-31 23:39, Lyrix wrote:

On 2007-07-31 23:31, D1ABOLIK wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:03, Lyrix wrote:
there would also be a lot of the childish or jerkish 360 players I've heard of pissing off us PC/PS2 players, i think its a fair trade really.

I dont know.I will take the jerks over haxeta any day.I just B list them and never play with a headset.But haxeta messes everything up and there is no way to stop it.



it isnt THAT horrible, and dint they get rid of the method to make it? it should go away eventually, or at least balance out.



While they did fix the Hax, they didn't clear out the people who already had TONS and TONS of meesta saved and stashed away...And with all the meesta, they could go out and synth as many weapons/armours as they wanted; that's why you have so many 50% armours/weapons on the PS2/PC servers.

So, IMO, it won't really balance out until the AoI release...So ppl will trade/sell away all their 50% weapons/armours/etc. for the new stuff.

[Whackedcougar]

On 2007-07-31 22:42, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
I hate how people judge me by my player #, but they don't do it anymore though, the victims now are 45k+



Ah, Good. Cause im 442** (Don't Know last 2 digits)

[Mystil]

The game was on life support when everyone was playing only for updates. Now it seems people play when they can.

[Shiryuu]

On 2007-07-31 23:21, Rashiid wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:59, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
I think there should be events where invasions occur, and if we don't save each area (planets/lobbies), the area will be cut off for a period of time until "The AMF army has successfully pushed back the SEED forces, with many casualties"



do that w/ Labs/Crimson Beast

watch the whole world go crazy.


That's not gonna fix anything. They already run there constantly, the invasion thing is just gonna keep them there more. All that's going to do is kill every other mission that only hardcore people do.

[gundam0079]

last registered id number i saw like 389XX on ps2/pc servers, i dont mind the small population. lol i remember when both uni1 and 2 were full( so hard to get to friends back then)

[60Hz]

The game seems to be very stable in terms of population, sure some players that started early have drifted off (thats to be expected) but alot of new players have filled the void. It's no where near WOW numbers but its far from in the red... and it'll probably surge on AOI...

[gundam0079]

i bet my $10 that AoI will increase the population to a ful uni and then some.

[Orin654]

The only thing keeping me from the xbox version is the friggin slowdoown. I CANNOT STAND IT. If they ever fix it for AOI my PC account will be retired.



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[Endykins]

On 2007-07-31 22:33, Rashiid wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:28, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
I'm 35128



i was '00001425' but my mamas credit card messed up; and had to get another lisence awhile back (near Thanksgiving)

so now im '000141xx' >.< (forgot last 2 digits)



Creepy. I'm 2001425 on PC/PS2 Servers...

[KidoKresh]

I'm 5,9xx i think it is 81 can't remember... If there is a way to keep the 360 and PC/PS2 fair I would love for Sega to combine the servers.

[McLaughlin]

On 2007-07-31 23:49, Phantomface wrote:
hey, not that i'm bashing the wonderfull engine that created the paradox we commonly refer to as "360 eliteism".


Surely, this constitutes console bashing, which warrants a warning, as stated in the forum rules...?

[jayster]

On 2007-08-01 20:31, Endykins wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:33, Rashiid wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:28, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
I'm 35128



i was '00001425' but my mamas credit card messed up; and had to get another lisence awhile back (near Thanksgiving)

so now im '000141xx' >.< (forgot last 2 digits)



Creepy. I'm 2001425 on PC/PS2 Servers...



I wonder who my pc / ps2 soul mate is?

I'm number 8094( i think)

[Alamar]

well i think its like any other PS game you get the big rush at the start then after awhile it weeds itself out to the hardcore PS loving crowd. thats where we are now. I'd rather have it that way anyways.

[BooChan]

If the game wasn't so monotonous then people would stick around.

[FUFME]

NO WAY IN HELL 1* = 200 People

1* = 50-75 people at the most

People can argue all they want, but Sega has the power to alter what the * figures equal to

[FUFME]

On 2007-07-31 22:43, Fure_Rakune wrote:
I think ST should initiate bi-monthly SEED invasions to keep the community on its toes. It doesnt have to be as big as firebreak was, but a week long invasion would be pleasant to get the community back in action.




Sega seems to be doing more for Xbox with all these friggin room decorations and weapon handouts

[amtalx]

On 2007-08-02 02:35, FUFME wrote:
NO WAY IN HELL 1* = 200 People

1* = 50-75 people at the most

People can argue all they want, but Sega has the power to alter what the * figures equal to



That's pretty much dead wrong. Walk around and count all the players in the lobbies and in missions. I guarantee you'll have more than 250-375. There are also tons of people that idle in their room. Just because you don't see 1000 people crammed into Raffon doesn't mean nobody is playing the game.

[darkante]

Why do the Xbox version get all the good stuff?
Can´t every version get the same things?

It´s not like it was originally on Xbox 360. lol

[Mystil]

On 2007-08-02 02:37, FUFME wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:43, Fure_Rakune wrote:
I think ST should initiate bi-monthly SEED invasions to keep the community on its toes. It doesnt have to be as big as firebreak was, but a week long invasion would be pleasant to get the community back in action.




Sega seems to be doing more for Xbox with all these friggin room decorations and weapon handouts



And they are still paying 5,000 for scapes and we're not.

It evens out.

[Kylie]

On 2007-07-31 21:53, Artea wrote:
I think PC had stayed pretty solid from where it's been for a while. I still say it's a shame that both servers can't play together. There's probably a lot of cool people to meet.


Agreed. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif I blame Microsoft.

[BanF]

On 2007-08-02 04:27, darkante wrote:
Why do the Xbox version get all the good stuff?
Can´t every version get the same things?

It´s not like it was originally on Xbox 360. lol



The 360 has Live, which makes it possible to get "all the good stuff" easily (and most importantly for SEGA, I believe, cheaply). While the PC and PS2... don't. You want "the good stuff", you have to come over to the Bill Side.

Now someone tell me why some useless room decorations are "the good stuff".

[Ashkahn]

Umm... Because... Err...


I got nothing. I guess some people play the demo to get the items for a quick 100k+, but seriously... I could just farm De Ragnus and pick up a Dorso for 200k... so you've got me there.

"Good stuff" is subjective, anyways. Screw the Sonic figures, I'll take my Rappies any day.

[Shardio]

On 2007-07-31 21:58, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
It would also cause a lot of petty hackers to piss off us Xbox 360 players.


Oh Come on!! We got hacked ONCE. Big deal. You 360 players are too damn cocky!
Seriously, I have yet to experience any 'difficulties' due to hacking. And if it's lag you're worrying about, don't worry. Only the PS2 ppl and bad PC ppl will lag. And most likely only they will lag.
I am 100% go for the server merging. Partially because I own the game on both platforms. (360 and PC)

[Ashkahn]

Besides, you have to remember... Microsoft is going to ride Sega's ass up and down if PSU gets hacked due to a server merge. It will at least force them to up the quality of their security programming.

[majan]

On 2007-08-02 09:45, Shardio wrote:

On 2007-07-31 21:58, 360NyTeMaRe wrote:
It would also cause a lot of petty hackers to piss off us Xbox 360 players.


Oh Come on!! We got hacked ONCE. Big deal. You 360 players are too damn cocky!
Seriously, I have yet to experience any 'difficulties' due to hacking. And if it's lag you're worrying about, don't worry. Only the PS2 ppl and bad PC ppl will lag. And most likely only they will lag.
I am 100% go for the server merging. Partially because I own the game on both platforms. (360 and PC)



yea you guys got hacked once....and from what I understand by hanging out on the trade boards,the fallout is still rather ridiculous....Ive heard things mentioned like 40k for copernias,same for kubara wood.I don't even want to think abotu what rare slot units go for on the pc servers.meseta for you guys is so easy to attain because EVERYBODY has got so much,its somewhat ridiculous when the market is flooded by 50% 9* grinded 10 weapons because everybody has got the money to mass produce and mass grind the weapons.

yea hacked once you all were,and that musta been fun/sucked depending on which side of the spectrum you were on.but the effects are still there,and to merge the worlds pc ps2 and the 360...it would completely destroy the 360 community's economy which is hanging by a hair in the first place.

that isn't cocky,its not wanting my game to be destroyed.its supposed to be challenging to attain highly powerful weapons and the like,and haxeta(not that it still exists and watever,but lets admit that the ps2 servers still have a lot of extra money floating around) completely wipes that notion away.

that's why I wouldnt want pc/ps2 to merge with 360.

edit:on topic,this game is not on life support,its about to get a serious boost with the expansion coming out.if that doesnt draw new players,itll at least refresh old ones and draw back those who turned away.

and its not like i wouldnt like to meet the people from pc ps2 servers but for both economy's sake it would simply become a really annoying game to play especially while the 360 players would be getting screwed over in the process of adapting to the new regime.

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[FUFME]

On 2007-08-02 05:12, Mystil wrote:

On 2007-08-02 02:37, FUFME wrote:

On 2007-07-31 22:43, Fure_Rakune wrote:
I think ST should initiate bi-monthly SEED invasions to keep the community on its toes. It doesnt have to be as big as firebreak was, but a week long invasion would be pleasant to get the community back in action.




Sega seems to be doing more for Xbox with all these friggin room decorations and weapon handouts



And they are still paying 5,000 for scapes and we're not.

It evens out.



They changed the price of Scape Dolls? I never even noticed the change in price

[Shardio]

I know some of you 360 people secretly want our cash... It's WE who should be against the merge! ... Taking MY cash? Nu-uh! >.>

[60Hz]

Hmm... you may see kubara and copernia's for high amounts but whether they sell or not is a totally different story. The meseta inflation has died out, whether people reset their prices is another story...

[majan]

On 2007-08-02 09:57, 60Hz wrote:
Hmm... you may see kubara and copernia's for high amounts but whether they sell or not is a totally different story. The meseta inflation has died out, whether people reset their prices is another story...



fair point and Im pretty delighted to hear that.

however,the 360 already has its fair share of idiots who price things as though they had the IQ of 4(four).any of us psow'ers who play on the 360 servers can testify that your mood will quickly go red the very second you start searching the player shops.

what Im saying is,the 360 economy is already so filled with idiots that any jolt or shake to the economy would probably be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

[Shardio]

On 2007-08-02 09:57, 60Hz wrote:
Hmm... you may see kubara and copernia's for high amounts but whether they sell or not is a totally different story. The meseta inflation has died out, whether people reset their prices is another story...


So true. Most people I know have recently for the first time in about 5 months gone UNDER the 1 million count of Meseta. This includes me.

[panzer_unit]

These days I price my items on how many DGS2 runs I'd be willing to do to score one. Maybe I should cut that in half, considering nobody does DGS2.

[MrNomad]

On 2007-08-02 10:04, panzer_unit wrote:
These days I price my items on how many DGS2 runs I'd be willing to do to score one. Maybe I should cut that in half, considering nobody does DGS2.

if u wanna do DG, im on pc are you? msg me sometime if u wanna do some runs http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Vyre]

meseta for you guys is so easy to attain because EVERYBODY has got so much,its somewhat ridiculous when the market is flooded by 50% 9* grinded 10 weapons because everybody has got the money to mass produce and mass grind the weapons.


No intent to flame or be rude here, but...

Everybody? why wasn't I included in this everybody? flooded by 50% 9* grinded 10 weapons? Where? Player shops? rarely.. in missions? rarely...

And everybody does not have money to mass produce weapons...

[note]: Unless your talking about people farming slot units for meseta lol. Then... me/quick for 30mil anyone

http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/whip.gif