Its been a week since Gecko’s comment that the low count of people in queues was the result of a reporting error. With the exception of Crystalline Catastrophe Advanced and the Winter events, the queues are empty.
As a comparison from last year at the time of this posting, there was 700+ players in the visible queues in quick play and private; today there is 240+.
Are we flogging a dead horse? Are queues a thing of the past?
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One of my favorite scrimmages before Delta was the 20 player Starbase Fleet Defense. Depending on the time of day you could get the queue filled in around 5-10 minutes from empty. Now? Dead. Mostly sits at 0 with the occasional, overly optimistic 1 or 2 signing up. It’s seeing things like this that make me open the launcher, stare at the Engage button for a while, ask myself “what’s the point?”, and close the launcher again. Used to be I couldn’t wait to get back in game every chance I had.
I don’t think anybody swallowed the “reporting error” lie. Anyone who plays the game knows the queues are a ghost town. Where is everyone? If they’re not re-running an event they’re off chasing Dilithium. It’s simple effort/reward calculus and the lack of diversity that results just makes the game a boring slog.
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I completely agree.
I think that Gecko was caught off-guard, or was caught up in the moment during the interview. It’s hard to argue when a player sits in an empty queue for 20+ minutes,
For me personally it’s looking at fleet members last login dates. From having 4-6 members on at any point of the day or night (8-9 during afternoons), to having just 1 really says a lot about the state of the game.
I love the game, but it needs other players to work. Gecko seems to be oblivious of that.
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