Dominions 3: popularity rising?

[Tenebrion]

I'm more concerned with the ethnicity rating. The statistics further solidify my conclusion that the Dominions 3 fanbase is comrpised mostly of number-crunching aliens.

[moderation]

Arr, how did you know??

We are in fact squid-headed, mind-enslaving, number-crunching aliens.

[Twan]

Attiring MMORPG/CCCG fans would have heavy consequences for the poor illwinter team.

It means there would be constant debates about how "perma death" in dominions is bad, why no expansion is planned (free content doesn't count for guys ready to invest money each month to continue to play a game or be competitive in it), why graphics are the same with their top notch one month old computer and ten years old ones, frequent flame wars will oppose the partisans of different evolutions of the game, etc... Nothing is worse than the MMORPG public for game developpers tranquility.

(ps : it's a caricature, but...)

[Kristoffer O]

The ethnicity was fun
As was zoidberg

Regarding the MMORPG public behaviour I'm not too concerned. We've got 10 years of experience of not listening to stuff that feels irrelevant

It would likely be more of the kind, since the public here is both thoughtful, openminded and friendly (but there have been times that I have wondered a bit ).

I'm also quite used to irrational behaviour since I work as a teacher I like to educate (or make people better than they are), so if they come her and rants, we might turn them into civilized members of a community.

To sum up: I think I would suffer less then you as a community would

[Kristoffer O]

Hmm, I must bee in a good mood. Lots of smilies there

[PashaDawg]

Spring cometh.

[Tenebrion]

Intelligent games attract intelligent gamers. The kind of people that most gamers worry about, from the MMORPG community, are the people that likely wouldn't be interested in Dominions, much less discussing the finer points of the game. Among the 600,000 or so monthly uniques that visit mmorpg.com, even if you assume that half of those visitors are immature, that'd mean there's a potential of 300,000 gamers that could be interested in Dominions.

People that are concerned about 'perma death', graphics, expansions instead of patches, etc wouldn't likely give Dominions a second glance. It's the mature gamers that want a different and deep experience, and would find an interest in Dominions, so the community on the Shrapnel forums would remain much the same. Just look at the communities from games like EVE and Poxnora ; the games are complex, and as a result, the communities are top notch, despite the player base being made up of MMORPG gamers.