Will this game become popular again? (more than ever)?

Hi,

I played back when the game was kinda new and there was always 300-500 players online, matchmaking was almost instant.

I quit when the peak was about 100 players online, and 20-40 in ranked at most. It was almost impossible to find a ranked match that wasn't badly different. I would get matched against the top 10 players in the world when my rank was no where near that high. In the end I basically ended up quitting over a lack of players and the fact it took me forever to find a match.

I understand the game is coming out soon to PS4 and Vita which is exciting for me. But will Poxnora become popular and then die out? Or will they use the money they gain from this, to actually advertise this game and put it out there, much like Hearthstone is (obviously I don't expect it to get this popular) but that would be amazing.

I only want to come back to a game that will thrive in the future, I don't want to invest loads of money in something that will eventually die out. So I want to be sure they plan on making this game popular by paying out for advertisements/ads etc.

What do you guys think? Will Poxnora become popular, even more so than it was at the peak when I played?

It's an amazing game and if it ever dies out like it did when I quit, it would be very upsetting and almost like dejavu.

Sadly I no longer have my old account, and cannot recover it back either. I spent a fortune on this game, shame I can't get it back and have to start over

 

@Senshu Perhaps you can help this guy with his account recovery.

To address your concerns:
Pox scores 130-150 players on weekends, 80-120 during work days. Ranked play has been reworked as well and leagues are independent of rating - they're a proof of how much you play nowadays rather than actual skill.

As for whether it will become popular or not - we'll see. Personally, I spread the word wherever I can and I remember Sokolov saying that they're waiting with advertising until the new client is out.

 

I doubt it will ever reach 500 players again, I always remain hopeful though. I feel like they missed too large of an opportunity with the steam release.

Here is a current list of problems in my opinion trading system is still garbage, pack system is garbage, ai still is bad, too many abilities, no on site ability list, no faction specific packs balance is really bad right now also, oh and bugs always bugs.

If they can fix some of these things they might be able to retain a few players from ps4 release.

 

The best way to bring in new players is to create updated Pox Harbingers and give them out for free. Makes sense to me.

 

They could be a reward for "The Angels Descend" or for "The Ancients Arrive" campaign. Either of works.

 

Except that those campaigns are (story-wise) Angel-centric and Avatar-centric, respectively.

 

I know, but arguably the Harbingers are angels too.

 

I guess, but I think it'd be easier to release LEG versions and just give out a bunch with the PS4 release

 

And then the LEGs would be in the Rune Forge? If so, sounds good to me.

 

Thank you for your response, I will try to get my old account back. Also I am hopeful for this game in the near future. I hope the PS releases go well. It sounds like there's a lot of potential for this game to grow once you feel comfortable to advertise. Especially with this being downloadable on PS4 soon, that will definitely bring some attention to the game. I for one would prefer to casually play Poxnora on console over PC. So i'm looking forward to that.

Edit: Also I really like the new system (new for me anyway it wasn't there when I last played) with rune forging and the F2P rewards seem a lot more generous than before, this is something that will keep me playing each day. So good job there.

 

maybe at usa awake times, but the euro only times can see around only 40 players online total, ive also seen less. it seems between euro and usa times sees the most (100 or so) and usa only times (euro am) sees around 80 give or take and then peters out.

 

I'm talking EU and US post-work peak times.

 

Cause that worked so well with the Renovators...

 

All we can do is hope with the release of poxnora on PS4 it gets the love and attention it deserves. It really is a shame that it hasn't gotten any attention just considering how much more balanced it is compared to how it use to be which is what most of the players who left complained about.

 

Balance is terrible right now, we have a total of like ten competitive themes in top ranks about 4 of them are in fw, 1 or 2 in sp, 1 in sl, some dwarves maybe is meta and then fairies. This is what pox has turned into.

 

Can you please define "competitive themes in top ranks" here? Because I could easily list 20-30 deck archetypes that any veteran player could maintain a high rank with.

For clarification, is that 1 in SL deck dragons or skeezick?

 

Just because everyone plays the same theme doesn't mean those are the only themes that can be played at a high rank.

 

idk but the players who are good at the games pvp need to have more power over the changes being made to the runes. The devs struggle to make the right changes because they dont really know how to play this game well, it takes them forever to get it right. They seem to be doing a much better job than whats been done in the past but its still not good enough to me.