Comments on: Relocation Expenses

By: Jump On Contact | Closure

Jump On Contact | Closure — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:38:20 +0000

[...] significantly, and I just finished moving all my stuff back home to Tribute, the reverse of my trip a few weeks ago. I never really got settled there before the hostilities started, so it’s going to be a bit [...]

By: drew

drew — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:50:15 +0000

I'm not sure what the numbers are - my guess is that CCP guards that kind of stuff relatively closely. This article claims that it has "higher than average retention" but that's really not telling you much. I think your intuition is right, though, that the retention after the 14-day trial is not great, but if you've subscribed for 3 months or 6 months you're probably going to be a long term player. Recently, CCP has been working a lot on the so-called "New Player Experience", and it's apparently much, much better than it used to be. I haven't done it since late 2005, so I can't comment on how effective it is, but I hear it's better at helping new players from getting overwhelmed. I think the other big predictor for retention is corporation membership. People who have a social structure in the game are both more effective players, and probably happier players too. (If you're really curious about numbers, the EVE University leadership could give you a decent proxy. They cater to new players, and corporations know when members unsubscribe, so my guess is that EUNI's churn rates are at least correlated with EVE as a whole.)

By: Stephen Murphey

Stephen Murphey — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:43:59 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to speak with our class last night. I’ve hear of EVE but never played and your talk was a great introduction. I found the game itself incredibly rich in detail, more like an actual conflict than a simulation. I’m curious, do you know what the retention rate for the game is? It seems as though people would drop off fairly quickly (due to complexity) or be hooked for life.

By: drew

drew — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:19:20 +0000

Hah, you were there for that? I may have been part of one of those failing-to-pop-a-cyno-frig runs. In our defense, bombing a target that’s on a station is really hard. You can’t easily tell where the station edges that will decloak you are, and you end up having to sneak around. Much much easier to bomb cynos in safe spots or people coming through a gate. Besides, it was my second time out in a stealth bomber. :P

I hear there was some epic carrier bombing going on recently, though. We’re not ALL fail bomber pilots like me.

By: Daz

Daz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:41:35 +0000

Yeah Bombing wise the NC raids on the Coalition forces(Thats us!) base haven’t been very successful at all. nearly popping a cyno frig or similar.