Just some advice for HTC

[TequilaChaser]

ive seen some people post that 350 or even 1000 were in other arenas....????  when was the last time the main arena had 350 on at the same time?....like 20012?.....heck numbers are declining everywhere...just ask the greatest records keeper of the game ..lusche.  even fso gets LESS than 200 players on a regular basis.   dissapointing.

Regarding your question about when was the last time the main arena had 350 players on at the same time...

around the 2nd or 3rd Friday night in June 2017, when I logged on a couple hours early before FSO was to start at 11:00 PM EDT.

There was well over 400+ people total online with something like 372 (or 379) in the Main Arena,  4 people in Special events arena 1,  7 people in the WWI arena and over 30 people in the Training Arena with a handful of people using the Free to play & Custom Arenas....

Most times on Friday night, the numbers average 300+ when it's a FSO night

[Lusche]

Our record was 1370 online.

Fun fact: I did not know that 


 

[DmonSlyr]

I agree with the OP, just put all the arenas on one tab. Make the match play, and DA separate arenas. Add a free flight FFA for quick fighter action. You will have gold.

[Volron]

My question is; When they sign up through Steam, they will be starting their 2 week trial?  If so, having the Main Arena the first thing they see would be best, not a blank list.

[JunkyII]

Our record was 1370 online.

HiTech

I remember someone telling me I was wrong when I said I remember a Titanic Tuesday with over 1,000 in an arena....was this around that time?

[EskimoJoe]

My question is; When they sign up through Steam, they will be starting their 2 week trial?  If so, having the Main Arena the first thing they see would be best, not a blank list.

I was offered the 2 week trial, and I think "plus two weeks" on top of that but the terminology was a little shady. The first thing I saw was the melee arena with about 90 players in it. Certainly looks a lot better than when I switched to the 'free' tab, with two empty arenas in it.

[JimmyC]

 

[haggerty]

the tab with the most players should be first/default

[hitech]

I remember someone telling me I was wrong when I said I remember a Titanic Tuesday with over 1,000 in an arena....was this around that time?

There could not have been over 1k in an arena. the 1370 was across multiple arenas.

HiTech

[JunkyII]

There could not have been over 1k in an arena. the 1370 was across multiple arenas.

HiTech

Dang, had to be over 900 a few times on those Tuesdays at least

[Vraciu]

Someone had a great idea to put them all on one page and color code them.

This.   

The prototype screenshot was slick. 

[ACE]

Hitech if you took the Dueling arena map and just kept the furball lake only restricted the Tempest, 163, 262, and bombers. Put it under the free tab maybe even have a little pop up window "INSTANT ACTION FURBALL" or whatever you wanted to say it would be extremely beneficial long term. The match play is amazing. But it wouldn't compare to this. I firmly believe these "young steam players" won't last long without instant action. Every other game that they play they are one button away from instantly fighting multiple people. I speak from experience believe it or not the main reason I can't stay hooked on this game for long stretches is the complete boring flights from one base to another in the MA.

After re-reading what I posted here I still believe in this. Just trying to see where your company could profit from this.. if they just stay in the free arena you don't get anything.. how can we transition them? May be the better idea.