Physic FormerlyHasRez wrote:

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It has always been the goal of our Influencers Program to embrace people who represent a diverse range of opinions about SOE and our games.

is this shit like...real? at least according to the pie chart they amount for a whopping 2ish percent of the MMO business. if they were serious about getting market share back they might try dropping some cash on real marketing and consumer relations than crap like this.

i've heard of dumb ass ideas coming out of SoE, but this takes the taco.

It would take more than marketing I'd think.

My father bought a year pass a couple years ago and apparently either forgot to cancel or some glitch happened and it resubbed him for a year.

Logged on this weekend and tried the tutorial. Between the loading please wait and the constant pop ups I wanted to scream.

Switched to one of his higher level chars did a /who on a few things. (recognized only 1 name of the lvl 80 wizards online). found a couple people still playing. sent a hi tell chatted a bit and logged off.

I think the Influencer program is probably the best thing for them at this juncture. It's keeping those playing involved and feeling that they are contributing to the direction of the game.

I don't see any amount of marketing is going to attract a good portion of people that would enjoy that type of play to make it cost effective. Heck I'd venture to say that the reason they have a decent pop right now is moreso due ot the station pass than anything else.

There's a reason that WoW has 10 million subscribers and no other MMORPG comes close (except lineage I think?). It's the type of MMO that matches most people's playstyles. EQ will always have a niche market for sure and for those still playing it's enjoyable for them.