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| THE STATE OF THE DONUT - 2022 |
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| Greetings fellow Genesisians, |
| |
| Okay, it's time to take a look at last year's statistics and also peek |
| into the crystal ball to try to figure out what will happen in 2023. |
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| THE PLAYER NUMBERS |
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| |
| Let's start by taking a look at the average player numbers during 2022 |
| and then break it down into lots of different pieces. |
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| Average player activity by week for entire year, beginning Jan 01, 2022. |
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| 37.5 | | | XX| | | | | | | | | |
| 37.0 | | | XX| X| | | | | | | | |
| 36.5 | | | XX| X| | | | | | | | |
| 36.0 | X | | XXX| X| | | | | | | | |
| 35.5 | X | X | XXX| X| | | | | | | | |
| 35.0 | X | XX| XXX| X| | | | | | | | |
| 34.5 | XX | XX| XXX| X|X | | | | | | | |
| 34.0 | XX |X XX| XXX| XX|X | | | | | | | |
| 33.5 | XX |XXXX| XXX|X XX|X | | | | | | | |
| 33.0 |X XX |XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|X | | | | | | | |
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| 29.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XX | | | | | | | |
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| 28.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XX |X X| | | | | | |
| 28.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XX |X X| | | | X |X | X |
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| 25.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX |X | XXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| 24.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX |X | XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| 21.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| 19.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| 19.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| A 18.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| V 18.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| G 17.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| P 16.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| R 15.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| H 14.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| O 14.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| U 13.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| 12.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| A 11.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| H 10.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
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| W 9.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| E 9.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| E 8.5 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
| K 8.0 |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
+------------+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+
| Month |Jan |Feb |Mar |Apr |May |Jun |Jul |Aug |Sep |Oct |Nov |Dec |
+------------+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+
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| Mean yearly average players per hour = 28.92 |
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| |
| Well, this is very similar to the graph of 2021. Player numbers are |
| up during the winter months and lower during the summer, as always. |
| However, it is interesting to note that the summer decline wasn't as |
| big this year, and the 'winter peak' numbers were not as high as in |
| 2021. So, while the overall average number of players were almost the |
| same for 2021 and 2022, we had more even player numbers throughout |
| the year in 2022. Let's compare 2021 and 2022 in more detail. |
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| Comparing player activity over two time periods: |
| A: Jan 01 2021 - Dec 31 2021 |
| B: Jan 01 2022 - Dec 31 2022 |
|-------+-------+-------+----------+--+-----------+-------+-------+----------|
| Hour | A | B | % change | | Weekday | A | B | % change |
|-------+-------+-------+----------+ +-----------+-------+-------+----------|
| 00.00 | 33.20 | 30.07 | -9.42 %| | Sunday | 27.92 | 28.65 | +2.62 %|
| 01.00 | 29.79 | 27.04 | -9.22 %| | Monday | 29.63 | 29.71 | +0.28 %|
| 02.00 | 28.30 | 25.98 | -8.20 %| | Tuesday | 30.44 | 29.21 | -4.04 %|
| 03.00 | 27.94 | 26.39 | -5.54 %| | Wednesday | 31.01 | 28.43 | -8.32 %|
| 04.00 | 26.70 | 26.29 | -1.53 %| | Thursday | 31.02 | 28.89 | -6.84 %|
| 05.00 | 24.81 | 25.48 | +2.70 %| | Friday | 30.51 | 29.02 | -4.87 %|
| 06.00 | 23.09 | 23.42 | +1.42 %| | Saturday | 28.75 | 28.50 | -0.87 %|
| 07.00 | 23.25 | 22.98 | -1.16 %| +-----------+-------+-------+----------|
| 08.00 | 24.12 | 24.72 | +2.49 %| |
| 09.00 | 25.53 | 25.97 | +1.74 %| |
| 10.00 | 27.23 | 27.28 | +0.17 %| +--------------------------------------|
| 11.00 | 27.63 | 27.12 | -1.83 %| | - - - Field Sizes - - - |
| 12.00 | 28.86 | 27.78 | -3.72 %| | Number of days in Period A: 364 |
| 13.00 | 29.68 | 29.03 | -2.18 %| | Number of days in Period B: 364 |
| 14.00 | 30.90 | 29.92 | -3.18 %| +--------------------------------------|
| 15.00 | 33.24 | 31.68 | -4.67 %| |
| 16.00 | 34.33 | 32.79 | -4.48 %| |
| 17.00 | 35.28 | 33.75 | -4.32 %| +--------------------------------------|
| 18.00 | 35.98 | 35.39 | -1.64 %| | Overall Summary |
| 19.00 | 37.43 | 37.48 | +0.15 %| +--------------------------------------|
| 20.00 | 39.57 | 38.55 | -2.58 %| | Overall average for Period A: 29.90 |
| 21.00 | 40.53 | 38.09 | -6.01 %| | Overall average for Period B: 28.92 |
| 22.00 | 39.37 | 37.34 | -5.15 %| | |
| 23.00 | 36.78 | 34.33 | -6.64 %| | Overall increase/decrease: -3.29 % |
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| |
| Yeah, as I already mentioned above, our player numbers in 2022 are very |
| close to our player numbers in 2021. A slight decline, though, which |
| always is sad to see, even if it's a very small decline. |
| |
| Now, let's have a look at all the years since we started collecting |
| player number data and see how 2022 measures up. Please note that in |
| order for the graph to fit I have removed the quarterly details in the |
| below graph. From now on, this graph will only show the total average |
| number of players for each year (not broken down into quarters). |
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| Population levels in APH over the last 15 years |
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|40.0| |
|39.0| |
|38.0| |
|37.0| |
|36.0| XX |
|35.0| XX XX |
|34.0| XX XX XX |
|33.0| XX XX XX |
|32.0| XX XX XX |
|31.0| XX XX XX |
|30.0| XX XX XX XX XX |
|29.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|28.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|27.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|26.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|25.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|24.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|23.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|22.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|21.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|20.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|19.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|18.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|17.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|16.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|15.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|14.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|13.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|12.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|11.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|10.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
| 9.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
| 8.0| XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
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|Year| 08 |09 |10 |11 |12 |13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 |19 |20 |21 |22 |
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|Ave | 15 |16 |13 |14 |10 |12 |13 |24 |29 |36 |35 |30 |34 |29 |28 |
| | .8 |.1 |.0 |.0 |.7 |.5 |.3 |.2 |.1 |.6 |.2 |.5 |.5 |.9 |.9 |
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| |
| Okay, so what do we make of this? Well, first of all, the numbers in 2022 |
| and at least part of 2021 are definitely affected by the Covid pandemic, |
| so I think we almost have to ignore those years as our numbers went up |
| due to a global iRL event we had no control over. I think it makes more |
| sense to compare our numbers to 2017, 2018, and 2019. As you can see, |
| we are currently in a decline, but a decline that seems to be relatively |
| slow at the moment. But, why are our player numbers declining? |
| |
| I know some of you feel that the amount of major changes to the game in |
| recent years have had a negative effect on player numbers. While this |
| can certainly effect player numbers, I think the effect is overall quite |
| small, and that the real key to why numbers are down is found in the |
| below stats. |
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| New players created / players leaving the tutorial |
| (No data from previous years as we started measuring this in 2017) |
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| Year | New player | Avg. per | Best | Worst | Leaving | Leaving |
| | total | day | day | Day | tutorial | tutorial |
| | | | | | total | % |
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| 2017 | 15,647 | 42.9 | 88 | 14 | 2,012 | 12.9% |
| 2018 | 10,902 | 29.9 | 97 | 5 | 1,982 | 18.2% |
| 2019 | 8,235 | 22.6 | 97 | 4 | 1,693 | 20.6% |
| 2020 | 7,694 | 21.0 | 321 | 3 | 1,451 | 18.9% |
| 2021 | 4,438 | 12.2 | 61 | 1 | 824 | 18.6% |
| 2022 | 3,670 | 10.1 | 96 | 1 | 557 | 15.2% |
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| |
| Well it's pretty obvious I think. The numbers here reflect the yearly |
| average player numbers perfectly. Our player numbers go down because we |
| don't attract enough new players. Simple as that. During our best years |
| in terms of player numbers we also attracted the most new players. The |
| only way to turn things around is to either prevent people from leaving |
| or attracting more new players. I think our playerbase already is very |
| loyal compared to many other games, and while we always can improve when |
| it comes to encouraging existing players to stay around, and think the |
| easiest way to increase player numbers is to increase the number of new |
| players. |
| |
| We have enough data to show that around 15-16% of new characters do |
| leave the tutorial, and it's quite obvious if we look at the average |
| player number data that at least some of them remain and become more |
| permanent additions to our community. |
| |
| But why aren't we attracting more players then? Why has it gone down |
| so dramatically the last couple of years? Well, the main reason is |
| because the Google Chrome App Store, which was our main way to get new |
| players in recent years, has been discontinued by Google. So, we need |
| a new way to attract players. Now, the Google Chrome Store still exists, |
| however not for _apps_, and Genesis was an app, so we don't exist there |
| anymore. At least not for Windows and Mac users, which of course are |
| operating systems many of our new players used. Google started talking |
| about removing Google Chrome Apps back in 2016, and there has been a lot |
| of dates changing back and forth, but it's clear that the popularity of |
| the Google App Store was already declining in 2017, and it just went |
| downhill from there as Google announced it would be shut down. Support |
| for Windows and Mac Google Apps finally seems to have ended in 2021. |
| I _think_ our app can still be downloaded on Chromebooks, but as I |
| understand it, the Chrome App Store will eventually be discontinued |
| for Chromebooks as well. There is, however, conflicting information |
| regarding this. |
| |
| Now, there are of course other factors that affect our new player |
| numbers, but there is no doubt Google's decision and the fall of |
| their Chrome App Store is the main reason for our decline as well. |
| |
| The current plan to get new players is to use Patreon.com to collect |
| funds in order to spend the money on paid ads. We think this is the way |
| that could have the most immediate impact, however, this project has |
| been delayed due to all sorts of things. All from legal to technical |
| reasons, as well as me (Cherek) simply not having time for it, both due |
| to RL stuff and the many other global changes we have worked on lately. |
| I will really aim to make it a priority for 2023, though, beacause I am |
| very convinced that it WILL turn things around when it comes to player |
| numbers. The data above clearly shows that it will work, we just need |
| to make it happen. We've also made very good progress on this project |
| recently, so I really do think it could happen pretty soon. |
| |
| That said, ALL players and wizards can help turning things around. |
| Simply reach out to Greneth, the liege of the 'Promotion' domain, and |
| offer to help out. |
| |
| Okay, let's move on to the guild statistics. |
| |
| NOTE: In the statistics below, the Blue and Red Dragomarmies count as |
| one guild. (Not sure if Rangers still have factions, but if they do, |
| they also cound as one guild. Also, since we allow players to idle |
| indefinitely in Genesis these numbers should be taken with a BIG grain |
| of salt. A guild with a player, or players, that idle 24/7 may seem very |
| active while in fact they are not. On the other hand, guilds that have |
| rules preventing their members from idling may look quite inactive, but |
| the players are actually always active when they do play. There are of |
| course other factors in play as well, for example some guilds are much |
| more restrictive about taking on new members than others, and some guilds |
| only allow players of specific race(s) and/or align. |
| |
| That said, the below statistics still give an indication about which |
| guilds are the most popular, even if it's not the whole truth. |
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| Average number of active players per guild per day |
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| 2021 Ranking 2022 Ranking |
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| 1. Mercs (6.945) 1. Vampires (6.546) |
| 2. Vampires (6.553) 2. -Mercs (4.365) |
| 3. DArmy (1.752) 3. Knives (1.662) |
| 4. SoHM (1.728) 4. SoHM (1.434) |
| 5. Knives (1.546) 5. Glads (1.282) |
| 6. Rangers (0.967) 6. +*^Monks (1.140) |
| 7. Glads (0.936) 7. Ogres (1.013) |
| 8. Angmar (0.928) 8. Angmar (0.434) |
| 9. Clerics (0.763) 9. Knights (0.365) |
| 10. Neidar (0.689) 10. Archers (0.321) |
| 11. Knights (0.585) 11. Cadets (0.288) |
| 12. Calians (0.516) 12. !DArmy (0.255) |
| 13. Ogres (0.510) 13. Rangers (0.252) |
| 14. Cadets (0.456) 14. Calians (0.214) |
| 15. Archers (0.439) 15. PoT (0.134) |
| 16. Monks (0.428) 16. Union (0.120) |
| 17. Union (0.310) 17. Neidar (0.109) |
| 18. WoHS (0.260) 18. @!Clerics (0.090) |
| 19. Kender (0.285) 19. WoHS (0.090) |
| 20. PoT (0.184) 20. Kender (0.057) |
| 21. Academy (0.115) 21. Mages (0.052) |
| 22. Mages (0.096) 22. Academy (0.016) |
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| + Biggest APH gain (Monks at +0.712) |
| - Biggest APH loss (Mercs at -2.580) |
| * Biggest growth (Monks at 266% growth) |
| @ Biggest decline (Clerics at 89% decline) |
| ^ Biggest rise (Monks up 10 ranks) |
| ! Biggest fall (DArmy and Clerics down 9 ranks) |
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| |
| First of all, a BIG thank you to Baz for crunching the numbers for both |
| the guild data above and the align data below. This is the most time |
| consuming part of the statistics in this post, so, getting some help was |
| very nice. |
| |
| Now, what do we make of this? Well, Mercs are Vampires are still |
| clearly ahead of the pack, but the Merc numbers have dropped quite a |
| bit. With changes taking place in the Vampire guild during the second |
| half of 2022 I also expect their numbers for 2023 to be quite different. |
| But, for now, Mercs and Vampires continue to rule Genesis. However, |
| Vampires are also the number one idler's guild in Genesis (by design), |
| so it's no wonder their numbers will always be high. Speaking of idling, |
| the Dragonarmy guilds appear to have lost a lot of players, but, |
| in 2021 they had one specific player who idled 24/7 for most of the |
| year, so, that probably added 1.0 to their numbers for that year. Monks |
| are clearly the big winner otherwise, leapfrogging many guilds in the |
| list above, but whether that is due to actual activity or having a few |
| big idlers in the guild is of course unclear. Like I said, these stats |
| should be taken with a grain of salt, as idling players have a big |
| effect on the stats. |
| |
| That said, one thing that is pretty clear is that the caster guilds |
| aren't doing too well right now. This is of course likely due to all |
| the magic changes that we've been doing in 2021 and 2022. The magic |
| recode did finish in 2022, so we might hope for more positive caster |
| numbers in 2023. |
| |
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| |
| Guild activity by align - 2022 |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Good-aligned Neutral-aligned Evil-aligned |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Knights 0.365 Vampires 6.546 Knives 1.662 |
| Archers 0.321 Mercs 4.365 Angmar 0.434 |
| Rangers 0.252 SoHM 1.434 DArmy 0.255 |
| Calians 0.214 Glads 1.282 PoT 0.134 |
| Neidar 0.109 Monks 1.140 Mages 0.052 |
| Clerics 0.090 Ogres 1.013 |
| Kender 0.057 Cadets 0.288 |
| Union 0.120 |
| WoHS 0.090 |
| Academy 0.016 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Total: 1.408 16.204 2.537 |
| Total %: 7.0% 80.4% 12.6% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| Guild activity by align - 2021 |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Good-aligned Neutral-aligned Evil-aligned |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Calians 0.516 Mercs 6.945 DArmy 1.752 |
| Neidar 0.689 Vampires 6.553 Angmar 0.928 |
| Clerics 0.763 SoHM 1.728 Knives 1.546 |
| Rangers 0.967 Glads 0.936 Mages 0.096 |
| Archers 0.439 WoHS 0.260 PoT 0.184 |
| Knights 0.585 Cadets 0.456 |
| Kender 0.285 Monks 0.428 |
| Union 0.310 |
| Ogres 0.510 |
| Academy 0.115 |
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| Total: 3.805 18.241 4.506 |
| Total %: 14.3% 68.7% 17.0% |
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| |
| Neutral guilds continue to attract the most players, as always. This is |
| something that has become more and more clear each year. A big part of |
| the reason is of course that we have more neutral guilds in total and |
| that several of the neutral guilds are free to join and leave. The main |
| guilds new players choose are also neutral (cadets, academy, glads, |
| mercs, and sometimes SoHM). Then we also have idling vamps on top of |
| that, so it's no wonder the statistics make it seem like almost everyone |
| are in neutral guilds. |
| |
| It would be interesting to see how the numbers would look if we could |
| remove all characters under a certain age and the idling-time for vamps |
| from the data. However, that is currently not possible, so we'll never |
| it's hard to guess how those numbers would look. |
| |
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| New wizards per year |
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| |
| 2019: 4 |
| 2020: 12 |
| 2021: 7 |
| 2022: 8 |
| |
| Look at that, one more compared to 2021! These numbers of course also |
| go hand in hand with our average player numbers, so no surprise that it |
| was similar to 2021. |
| |
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| WIZARD ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
|============================================================================|
| |
| Just like 2021, 2022 has also been a busy year in the wizard world. |
| Trying to create a list of EVERYTHING that changed or been added to the |
| game is of course always an impossible mission, and especially years like |
| 2021 and 2022, when so much has happened. In the list below I have tried |
| to group together a number of changes, since so much has happened that |
| making a seprate entry for each change/addition would make this post |
| extremely long (and it's not short as it is). I also left out some very |
| minor changes, but I think I've managed to list all of the big important |
| stuff and most of the smaller stuff. |
| |
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| First Quarter 2022 |
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| |
| - SYSTEM UPDATED: The new magic system is launched. This means that |
| the spell enhancers launched in late 2021 will be used to boost the |
| effectiveness of many spells. But the change also includes a new way |
| to calculate mana, changes to how maintained spells work, a much better |
| way to calculate and use resistances to magic, individual adjustments |
| to all our magic guilds, and much more. Changes, additions, and |
| tweaks to this new magic system continue for most of year, but I will |
| not post everything here as it would just flood the 'Wizard |
| accomplishments' section. Let's just say that this was a massive |
| project that took a lot of time and effort. Arman and Zizuph handled |
| most of this and deserves a big thank you, but several other wizards |
| were also involved, including myself, Ckrik, Cotillion, and others. |
| I'd also like to say thank you to all players who helped test things |
| and provide feedback. (Arman, Zizuph) |
| - AREA UPDATED: Avenir receives a number of updates. There are minor |
| updates to the Ziggurat, the Holm, and a larger update to the |
| Utterdark, as the entire area is reshaped. (Lilith) |
| - AREA UPDATED: It's now possible for players to sail to the Rift of |
| Sybarus using their own/chartered ships. (Lilith, Arman, Tapakah) |
| - AREA UPDATED: A number of updates to northern Terel. For |
| example it's now possible to repair armours in the town of Last and |
| the doctor there has learned how to heal broken bones. |
| - NEW QUEST: A new quest is added to northern Terel. (Lilith) |
| - AREA UPDATED: Faerun expands with a small new area. (Brine) |
| - SYSTEM UPDATED: Three new imbuements appears, along with a number of |
| other imbuement-related updates. (Ckrik) |
| - A long standing problem with armours weighs is fixed. (Cotillion) |
| - NEW HOUSE: A townhouse in Calathin is sold to a player for a huge |
| pile of platinum coins. This is the second house that is created and |
| sold in our new housing system. (Lilith, Zizuph) |
| - Guild racks are updated so it's now easier to sort out broken |
| items. (Ckrik) |
| - NEW BOSS: The legendary Terel boss Benton returns to Genesis and he |
| brings lots of new top-tier equipment with him. (Lilith) |
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| - Arman steps down as Arch of Balance and is replaced by Ckrik. |
| - NEW GUILD: The Saurian layman/racial guild opens somewhere in Kalad, |
| which allows players to become lizard-people. Sssssssweet! |
| - NEW QUEST: Goblins are sighted near Port McDunn and a new quests is |
| added as well. (Tapakah) |
| - AREA UPDATED: Various updates to Khalakhor. This includes changes to |
| the Cadu bard and undertaker, new wildlife (including fish) outside |
| Port McDunn, a new herb shop in Eil Galaith, as well as minor changes |
| to the village of Baile Ashlagh. (Tapakah) |
| - Genesis is mentioned on the well-read website Lifehacker.com, which is |
| the second time in just a few years that we get some major press (the |
| other of course being the PC Gamer article). |
| - The undead race is updated so they will now also suffer fatigue when |
| moving around, although still less than living beings. (Ckrik, Cherek) |
| - A problem with temporary unarmed combat skill not actually affecting |
| combat is fixed. (Cotillion) |
| - The player behind Finwe passes away and a statue of him is created in |
| the memorial Garden. Upon hearing that Finwe was seriously ill and had |
| been taken to a hospital our community rallied to sign an e-card for |
| him. In less than 48 hours over a hundred different players wrote |
| personal greetings to Finwe, however, he passed away before he could |
| get it. We often squabble and complain about game-related stuff in |
| our community, but when it really mattered everyone put aside their |
| differences and joined forces, proving what a tight-knit community we |
| really are. When something like this happens, it affects us greatly, |
| and it shows how deeply we really do care for each other. |
| And that's one of the best things with Genesis - the lifelong |
| friendships. (Cherek) |
| - AREA UPDATED: Both big and small updates to many places in Avenir and |
| Terel. The largest change is the new additions to the Fort Sybarus area |
| that includes new amenities in the form of a post office, a place for |
| weapon and armour care, a barber who works with facial har, and a |
| dining hall. (Lilith) |
| - NEW-ISH QUESTS: Two very old quests in the Shire that have been closed |
| for a long time reopens. (Tapakah) |
| - AREA UPDATED: A new direct route from Sparkle to Port McDunn is added |
| and other shiplines within Khalakhor are also rerouted. (Tapakah) |
| - SYSTEM UPDATED: Many players discover that it's possible to almost |
| instantly travel between many places using the very fast ships on the |
| relatively new seas of Genesis. In order to make travel by private ship |
| a little less unrealistically instant, 'sailing events' are added, |
| which slow things down a bit. (Arman, Cherek) |
| - NEW SYSTEM: A pilot study for a potential new 'stumble' system takes |
| place north of Port McDunn. (Tapkah) |
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| - NEW GUILD: Half-orcs, a new racial guild for humans and goblins opens |
| in Faerun. (Nerull) |
| - NEW SYSTEM: Another pilot study for a potential new bank fees system |
| takes place in the lands of Khalakhor. (Tapakah) |
| - Various updates to Krynn and Ansalon guilds. This includes hightened |
| security for Vingaard Keep and the Towers of High Sorcery, uniform |
| updates for the Dragonarmies, as well as some quality of life updates |
| to the Raiders. (Vitwitch) |
| - NEW AREA: Coille Leathann, a forest northeast of Sa Morgan in Khalakhor |
| can now be visisted. (Zhar) |
| - GUILD UPDATE: The Ranger guild is recoded and updated to the 'new' |
| guild standard. This is quite the milestone, because the huge project |
| to update all our guilds to use the same system was started back in |
| 2008. Prior to this, all different guilds used different systems, which |
| created a number of bugs and balance issues. It took 14 years, but we |
| got it done eventually! Zizuph and Varian were the lucky(?) wizards |
| who got to finish this project with the Ranger guild, but during the |
| last 14 years countless of wizards have worked on updating our many |
| guilds. (Zizuph, Varian) |
| - The player behind Raelle passes away and a statue of her is created in |
| the memorial Garden. This time, since Raelle was in an accident, there |
| was no time to rally the community, but Raelle, just like Finwe, was a |
| belowed member of our community and had there been something we could |
| have done to help her in any little way, I am 100% sure everyone would |
| have pitched in. Sadly, it all happened very quickly and there was |
| nothing anyone could have done. (Cherek) |
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| - BOSS UPDATED: The nazgul encounter is changed to provide a more |
| balanced challenge for all types of players. A new piece of equipment |
| is also added. (Zizuph, Varian, Ckrik) |
| - Rooms that allow for free emote are changed so only those with <options |
| intimate on> can enter. (Zizuph, Cherek) |
| - AREA UPDATED: Various minor updates to Khalakhor, including more |
| locations to find herbs, and an update to the fishmonger of Port |
| McDunn. (Tapakah) |
| NEW BOSS: A great serpent is added to Emerald, along with some nice |
| equipment. (Velith) |
| - Casters get improved an improved spell-targetting system. (Zizuph) |
| - SYSTEM UPDATED: The weight of various spell components are reduced, |
| making life a little easier for many spellcasters. (Zizuph) |
| - GUILD UPDATE: An old issue with the Drow guild which caused many |
| houses to become unjoinable is fixed. (Zizuph, Nerull) |
| - Old issues with Morgul Mage steeds fixed. (Zizuph) |
| - SYSTEM UPDATED: There is a global update to combat that aims to slow |
| down fights and make it more similar speed-wise to how it was before |
| the so called 'white hits change'. That change brought many positive |
| things to the game, but the fast combat was an unwanted side effect |
| that now has been fixed. This change also included tweaks to evade, |
| stun and stoneskin abilities since a design problem was identified. |
| It took a while, but the major white hits combat change that was |
| launched in 2021 now finally works more like it was intended from |
| the start. (Zizuph, Ckrik) |
| - Greneth becomes the liege of Calia. |
| - EVENT: The wonderfully quirky Advent Calendar Event is held for the |
| second year in a row. (Gorboth) |
| - EVENT: The Wheel-of-Fun lottery is back in Sparkle and Noxxio is |
| crowned the luckiest player in Genesis. (Cherek) |
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| Wow, that was a lot of stuff. It took me quite some time to just write |
| the list of everything that has been done, and the effort involved of |
| actually DOING all these things is of course immense. A BIG thank you to |
| all wizards who use their valuable free time to improve our game. |
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| WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? |
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| |
| It's become a tradition that I end my State of the Donut posts by |
| making a number of guesses (not predictions or goals) about what I think |
| will happen during the follow year. So, let's start by checking how I |
| did with my guesses for 2022: |
| |
| - The new magic system will be completed, and magic and melee will be |
| much better balanced and fun. |
| * Yay, this did happen. |
| |
| - The Ranger guild will be recoded. |
| * Two in a row! |
| |
| - Two or more layman guilds will open. |
| * We did get one (Saurians (and a racial guild (half-orcs). So, I am |
| going to count that as half a point. |
| |
| - Two or more houses will be added. |
| * One new house was added, so I am giving myself half a point for this |
| one too. |
| |
| - The Petron page will go live and we will have continuous ads for |
| Genesis running. |
| * I really did think this would happen, but so many other things got |
| in the way. Goes to show how unreliable Genesis development can be |
| sometimes. We made lots of progress, though, so it's close. |
| |
| - We will get more new players during 2022 compared to 2021. |
| * Nope. I of course made this guess based on the fact that I thought |
| we would have the Patreon thing up and running. Without that, more |
| players was pretty unlikely. Wasn't THAT far off, though. |
| |
| - There will be at least three new areas of decent size added to |
| the game. |
| * Okay, maybe we did not get three new areas 'of decent size', but we |
| got a lot updated areas, a number of smaller new areas, as well as new |
| quests and bosses. I am giving myself a point for this guess, because |
| we did get a lot of new content. |
| |
| Last time I got 4 of 10 (40%) of my guesses right, this time I got |
| 4 of 7 (57%) of my guesses right. Not great, but it seems like I am |
| at least getting better. Let's see if I can improve on that for 2023. |
| |
| These are my somewhat educated GUESSES for 2023: |
| |
| - The Patreon page will go live and we will have continuous ads for |
| Genesis running (I'll eat my hat if it doesn't happen this time). |
| |
| - The Genesis races will be rebalanced. |
| |
| - Death will become kinder. |
| |
| - The size differences between players will be smaller. |
| |
| - At least one new racial, layman, or craft guild will open. |
| |
| - At least two new clubs will open. |
| |
| - We will get more new players during 2023 compared to 2022. |
| |
| - At least one well-known player will dramatically declare that they |
| will leave the game. |
| |
| Gorboth used to end many of his posts with his classic slogan "Onward |
| and upward", but I still haven't thought of a slogan for myself. So, I'll |
| just end this post here. It's long enough. Perhaps that should be my new |
| slogan? "It's long enough now". Hmm. I don't know. I think I can come up |
| with something better. Maybe that's the one? "Let's do better". I'll try |
| it out. |
| |
| Let's do better! |
| |
| Cherek, The Respectable Keeper of Genesis |
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