Dead3yez 0 Posted April 15, 2010 I'm surprised there seem to be less servers online during "US hours", since this game does use US forces I thought more of them would have been interested. I guess that this game isn't accustomed to the American IQ. jk (for the terminally serious) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex72 1 Posted April 15, 2010 exactly. 1000+ is not alot of people. like i said, bad company 2 on a bad day has over 100k.Hardly anyone plays this game and it is a damm shame. Lack of advertisement i reckon plus the slow pace approach of this game. a blooming shame as when you play this game with people u know with comms, nothing beats it and i mean nothing. You are forgetting the complexity of this game. Advertising will not teach people how to play this. BF games are very simple to just jump in and shoot. Heck even my friend that is really dumb (yeah he knows this) baught BF and jumped straight in. No problems at all. When he tested ARMA he didnt know what to do. So there is a difference in complexity. Not only does it take longer time to learn the controls, but also what the missions are about. Maybe PR will change this though on the PvP side. Well have to wait and see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whoatherefatty 10 Posted April 15, 2010 Lol, the sad fact is most people who play COD and BF wouldn't give arma 2 seconds of their time after hearing the voice work or seeing one truck spawn halfway inside a buidling with ACM mudule(these people like shiny polished vanilla nothing games). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laqueesha 474 Posted April 15, 2010 Even as a fan of BIS games from the start (I bought the Operation Flashpoint GOTY edition in 2003), I found the multiplayer interfaces of BIS games to be complicated, not very streamlined and not very user-friendly. For this reason, I do not play multiplayer matches much, which is a shame as it looks very fun. I have played multiplayer on occasion, but that is very rare. However, the times I have played multiplayer, I have had good experiences, apart from the lag. If BIS revamps the multiplayer interface, I think the number of players will increase. Just my opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertz 10 Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Pretty sad state of play (npi) for the US players it seems if the stats are correct: Thats pretty close what you see in the in-game server browser. Evening hours in the US peak around 350 on a good day during the week and then drop to 100-150. On ALL severs. Only marginally better on the weekends (peak = around 500). Sucks to live in the US (for ArmA play, that is). About "US = low IQ" or [insert random eurocentric cliché here]: If you complain about lack of ArmA marketing in Europe, think again - its non-existent here. Plus, the US has never been a strong PC gaming market. Also, I wonder why some ArmA players always consider themselves "elite" over other games's players - I mean we are talking computer games here, at the end all we do is pushing mouses and clicking buttons... Edited April 15, 2010 by qwertz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadfast 43 Posted April 15, 2010 Pretty sad state of play (npi) for the US players it seems if the stats are correct: It would be better if you actually provided some background to that graph. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertz 10 Posted April 15, 2010 It would be better if you actually provided some background to that graph. Not my graph - its from sickboy's post above: http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1608959&postcount=21 I just added the US time frame Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sidhellfire 0 Posted April 18, 2010 (edited) exactly. 1000+ is not alot of people. like i said, bad company 2 on a bad day has over 100k. Twenty men I play with, I value more than thousands I've encountered on Battlefield Bad Company 2. I share the best I have, with those who can deserve and appreciate it. Until I can have someone to share with, I am nothing, but satisfied. BFBC2, MW2, or any standard, modern fps offer only temporary joy, but in a long run it's nothing worth to come back. And it's not because there's something on Bohemia servers that I was farming for long time, whether it is some kind of statistic, item, title, or credit. It's because we're making something beautiful whenever we form group, and this invisible thing cannot be taken from us, counted, compared to anything. It is some kind of bond, that is on the level above gaming. There are people who play Arma2, those who play flight simulators, and those who do not play games at all. You have to find people who have same interests, and then apply that into gaming. I encourage you, to find persons who seek quality by their own instead of accepting what is advertised, or on the wave. Do not search for "gamers", but for those, who will become ones if they happen to be interested. Form then groups, and inform, not convince others, that that option is available for them. If you need advice, I would recommend to ask on forums, which are dedicated to people that might be into military, not hardcore counter-strike players, or casual Halo kids with urge to kill. If you're into Airsoft, you may check your local forum for gaming section. If you're into films or TV series, seek for active topics about productions, that reminds you time spent playing Arma. You may try neighbours or people from your network - you may never know what kind of stuff they are into, and it's also easier to explain your point of view and let them discover the world deeper than fancy headshots and instant explosions. Choose wisely who do you recommend Arma game to, and invest some time for them, and you'll have more powerful team, than an army of lemmings who will follow fancy advert on TV, trample through, and leave out nothing, but waste. Edited April 18, 2010 by sidhellfire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
walker 0 Posted April 19, 2010 Hi all What he ^^ sidhellfire^^ said Hind Regards walker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
