Interesting video. I look at the game with mixed feelings right now, I loved it when I played it back then, however there were far less mmos out there at the time and Ryzom has also changed a lot. I think Ryzom is an amazing experience when played as a group, it was never designed to offer a solo experience like epic story instances or pay to win cash shop mechanics when you are stuck. And I am thankful for that.
In my understanding you and some other refugees start on a strange planet and have to survive. Somehow. Find out how things work. Explore. Experiment. Team up.
But it looks like this is and always has been a niche in the world of mmos. Who would even be a potential new player base for Ryzom? The Steam launch showed (sadly) how little player try and even less stay with the game. Also the video above has over 205k views. This is the stuff people see about the game when they get a random youtube recommendation.
Having watched the video a second time, or at least parts of it, I think some of the points are valid though. Many people do think Silan is the main game and the rumor system is kinda confusing. Also the help system is scattered across so many places like ingame tutorials, ingame browser help, forums, wiki... He could simply ask another player or in universe, but how many people actually do that?
arc
In my understanding you and some other refugees start on a strange planet and have to survive. Somehow. Find out how things work. Explore. Experiment. Team up.
But it looks like this is and always has been a niche in the world of mmos. Who would even be a potential new player base for Ryzom? The Steam launch showed (sadly) how little player try and even less stay with the game. Also the video above has over 205k views. This is the stuff people see about the game when they get a random youtube recommendation.
Having watched the video a second time, or at least parts of it, I think some of the points are valid though. Many people do think Silan is the main game and the rumor system is kinda confusing. Also the help system is scattered across so many places like ingame tutorials, ingame browser help, forums, wiki... He could simply ask another player or in universe, but how many people actually do that?
arc
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