I've seen the date October 16th posted, but it doesn't seem to be set in stone.

To be honest I don't think will be one

Usual strategy concerning new servers in online games is to create a hype. Make everyone want to join when they launch. But it's a bit difficult to create a hype when the number of players reached is less than 25...

-MrSinister- wrote:Usual strategy concerning new servers in online games is to create a hype. Make everyone want to join when they launch. But it's a bit difficult to create a hype when the number of players reached is less than 25...

L O L!

Usual strategy is to create as many servers as possible to milk as more money it is possible without caring about the players that end up in dead servers. Someone we have not done and rest assured, this not the problem here or else we would be dead long ago as the players are not fools.

The problem is different and I will reveal it to you; the game is not appealing to newcomers. We like hardcore players most but inevitably, we need to make this new server appealing enough to newcomers. This is why it will take longer than expected and this is why it is taking this much time.

It is neither our first game nor our 1st universe to launch a half-product. We will launch an end-product that will of course be open to improvements but version 1 should include all big deals in.

There are some really long term players here and we thank you for your presence and your support all these years. Rest assured that we are fully working on the new universe.

Zorg if you want new players make a app for the game even if the app is just a log in mainstream sheep only play app games these sheep are what we need

mickylove wrote:Zorg if you want new players make a app for the game even if the app is just a log in mainstream sheep only play app games these sheep are what we need

That's a solid argument indeed. We will find ways to drive them though, don't worry, we have drived thousands of players here. The issue is that the retention rates have dropped.

Retention Rates (7-45 Days):
Standard: 19.61%
Speed: 19.51%
Massacre: 12.5%
X-TREME: 5.44%

Which means for every 100 players that join the game, 5 stay after 45 days for XTREME and 19 for Standard. The higher the number of players joined, the more these figures drop although 5.44% that X-TREME currently has is hard to beat.

Anything higher than 15% was actually good once upon a time. Not anymore. Don't ask why though because it is getting more and more complicated.

This is not an issue ZE has though. This is a general issue and the root solution is that we need to change some things, in favor of the newbies.

mickylove wrote:It will probably be the same as generals for first month then full access it makes sense zorg will want to recoup has much they can early so starting packages will be available at the start but that's only if a new server is coming

That's spot on regarding the Generals guess. But it will not be only for first month but forever. We have nothing to recoup actually - we just want an active forum going on. We are not going to spoil it with pay2win.

For those unaware, Generals in the last release used a pack called War Bonds. This pack was NOT available to the leaders. The same will happen here, top players will be excluded. War Bonds were not as powerful as imperial support and the same will be maintained.

They will be meant to act as a gap closer only and not as a gap opener.

Regarding speed of the universe, we will not experiment much here. We will revamp some things - we will give more value to each individual ship and we will ensure that the interest is kept high for both newcomers and long lasting players.

There will be some key differences to anything you have played till now that will make the quality difference we seek in order to make Zorg Empire great again.

"in order to make Zorg Empire great again"???

So, peoples ideas will at least be implemented, actually any good ideas that you have previously agreed with, not just forgotten about? Or is this just words?