Low player count on AhoyWorld

[trulyTommy]

Hi,

I love the server and I think AhoyWorld is great. Great admins, great server, amazing staff but honestly the low player count is a huge bummer.

Is there anything we can do about this?

Without me finding this server through a friend who played years back, there's no way I would have found it. It's hard to find in my opinion, is there nothing that can be done to promote the server more and attract more players?

There's a similar server with a similar mode that is consistently packed on two different regions yet AhoyWorld has barely 15 players on its most busiest times?

I'm not hating, just want this server to flourish and when I hop online on evenings its really empty.

[SiegeSix]

Considering the many controversies Ahoyworld has gone through from 2016 to today, I doubt it'll recover to what it once was.

I guess there isn't a niche for 'be your own master' PvE gamemode in a community that was torn apart inside out.

 

There is a shell and ripoff in other servers, mainly the ones you're referring to.

[Damo3D]

Hi Tommy_
Good that you enjoy playing on AhoyWorld. Servers are up and running for 1 player, 15 or 60 (though it has been a good while for the latter) across a few game modes. There may be some avenues for promotion that staff could check out. Player who are here to play and enjoy games, players and some good (actually mostly bad) jokes at times are the best promotion of what AhoyWorld can offer. Do have any thing specific in mind to promote us? What/Where were you searching that led you here?

[trulyTommy]

On 12/8/2023 at 12:50 PM, Damo3D said:

Hi Tommy_
Good that you enjoy playing on AhoyWorld. Servers are up and running for 1 player, 15 or 60 (though it has been a good while for the latter) across a few game modes. There may be some avenues for promotion that staff could check out. Player who are here to play and enjoy games, players and some good (actually mostly bad) jokes at times are the best promotion of what AhoyWorld can offer. Do have any thing specific in mind to promote us? What/Where were you searching that led you here?

 

I wasn't aware of the AhoyWorld lore. I had a brief read and I'm none-the-wiser.

 

Does anyone track metrics like unique players joined? Amount of new players in x time period? Average player counts? Busiest periods?

 

The downside is that this server has no exposure on YouTube, any other forums, the player count remains low so unlikely to show in any directories online. What is the funnel for a new player to actually 1. Find the server 2. Join it and 3. Stay? Say a player even manages to find the server, they're only going to stay if it's fun and busy and at the moment Ahoy is pretty dry so even if they join, it's unlikely they will stay.

 

I tried a different server just to look at the competition of a similar mode to what Ahoy runs and it's so much more fun and organised. It has its problems too but the server remains packed 24/7 so clearly there is demand for such a gamemode yet this server only remains partially full 20-30 at most during sales and weekends where it should be packed. I know this because I always check the battlemetrics page on whether I should join.

 

I'm referring specifically to Ahoy EU1 I&A here not any other external events. I think Ahoy needs to take some pointers from the competition. One example being the ability to lift tanks and other vehicles so that people who want to use vehicles don't have to spend 8 hours driving to the AO. If I have an hour or two to play I don't want to spend 1 hour driving the tank to be shot in 1 minute.

 

There's thousands of improvements like these to be made.

[TheScar]

Fun read, two thumbs up

 

(that s the best available clown emoji? I doubt...)

[Minipily]

On 12/4/2023 at 1:08 PM, trulyTommy said:

Hi,

I love the server and I think AhoyWorld is great. Great admins, great server, amazing staff but honestly the low player count is a huge bummer.

Is there anything we can do about this?

Without me finding this server through a friend who played years back, there's no way I would have found it. It's hard to find in my opinion, is there nothing that can be done to promote the server more and attract more players?

There's a similar server with a similar mode that is consistently packed on two different regions yet AhoyWorld has barely 15 players on its most busiest times?

I'm not hating, just want this server to flourish and when I hop online on evenings its really empty.

@SiegeSixput it perfectly. 

 

It is difficult for an ArmA community to bounce back nowadays. AW used to be insanely popular because it truly used to be one of a kind, however nowadays there's dime a dozen servers that do what AW does and I wouldn't think it would be disrespectful to say that they also do it better just due to how AW has fizzled out.

 

I'm sure you could still manage to muster players to play on some of the servers, there may be potential for the occasional gamenight provided the community comes together for it. I'm not sure how many folk still hang around to play regularly but surely there's gotta be some otherwise AW would've ceased to exist.

 

You're a guy after my own heart, I wanted nothing more than AW to flourish for the longest time, I think so many of us owe so much of ourselves to this community. The friends and memories made along the way, for better or worse.

 

I hate to say it but if it is player numbers and perhaps a more active development you are looking for, there are other places. But the camaraderie of AW can be found nowhere else and I think that special quality will keep dragging you back.

 

If you want to try and promote the server and organize more active development in AW, I would say go for it. The Staff I am sure should be all for it. I'm sure there's still devs here who may wish to reinvent the wheel and try and push for that AW uniqueness again or just perhaps ensure a stable platform is maintained. Just be aware that as per my introduction, it is increasingly difficult these days for an ArmA community to bounce back. 

 

As you say in your later post. There are many improvements on the table. When AW was competing with its main rivals, a certain JSOC that favors the number's 7. It was like a 1950's Nuclear Arms Race. However the stagnation has left the competition far ahead and for reasons such as that, their servers are absolutely packed 24/7. I'm sure there's ideas to be borrowed from theirs though.

 

It's lovely to see a bit of optimism. Whatever happens, it's nice to see the history of AW goes on. I would hate for the name to fizzle out as well.