Does our Population Matter?

First I’d like to state some facts about Archosaur. It was launched in March 2010 with a post by Frankie. As time has progressed, so have the amount of upper level characters (upper lvl being 75-105). Nakhtuul’s statement in March of 2010 suggests that people initially took into account with the building of a new server what goods and opportunities could be wrought (American colonial/French-canadian voyageur motifs) that a new blank slate could offer from the ashes of other servers, so to speak. Thus factions like Narla were formed on the basis of friends who knew each other from other servers. I myself joined from a forum that I read online unrelated to playing the game previously. I started in Archosaur June 2010 and the server has grown. I don’t think to the same rate that other servers ultimately are, but definitely some interesting cross over.

Where do we decide to continue? As gamers we have the choice to impact the means developers choose to, (Yes ultimately have profit) but provide a meaningful medium to play out the human experience on.

Given the fact that many players who are considered upper level have the ability and resources to level and more options are available for unique character decisions (I.E farming TT Choosing sage, demon, skills, PVP considerations, etc).

The growth in population of upper levels perpetuates cash shopping. I would like to suggest that the amount of players that are attributed to cash shopping does not necessarily petition Archosaur’s affective profit and evolution.

Those of you who believe that the cash flow in western servers are based on only those who cash shop should consider that what is more prominent is the ability your character has and the motivation you have to exceed to upper level status.

For some this is strangely more to others, by basis of peer review, the sense that you must prove something to someone, or other motivational factors.

Essentially the question is, Archosaur, do we have any motivation? Gamers typically have a social stigmatism with their lifestyle. I myself have other responsibilities which cause me to look realistically at my circumstances, what time I have to work, what time I have with friends, and the time I have online. I should acknowledge also the propensity toward this online anonymity which suggests that friendship even can become deeper and closer online than in real life circumstance.

By and large the question is offered because invariably the server has progressed at a relatively easy going rate. The population matters, but what matters moreso are individual gamers who make choices day and day out. It’s important to consider how developers might consider a population such as Archosaur in the west coast and what motivation there is to level and play the game.

--Reiter