AndyB wrote:that was the figure on jan 3rd, another 200 have joined since then and we are getting 20 - 30 more joins a day. in short, it wont be underpopulated for long.
I get that its growing rapidly, but if that growth is entirely new players (likely driven by holiday sales), then there's still the issue that all of the more experienced players - and whatever community they've developed - are segregated into a separate group.
Again, I get that this is out of your control, but it does dramatically change my perception of the group. I suppose its still usable as for its core purpose of being a safe PvE mode that's not *entirely* solo, but it makes me think I'll have to look to other, smaller groups for player interactions.
I'll definitely send some feedback in the direction of FDev, but looking at the history of the game's development I'm not going to get my hopes up!