[DiScO_DeWD]

ok, methods that already have been rejected for this game(someone told me this):

a. taking out cc required because the Jumpgate accounts are tied to the user's billing info.
b. small discounts as you buy larger time blocks.

after seeing this review about vendetta on the g4 tech TV:

.... With Earth and Beyond long gone, Jumpgate barely breathing, and EVE DOA, what makes the developers of Vendetta Online think they’ve got a better chance? .....

and many failure attempts to get more people in to jumpgate by spreading the word on the gaming message boards and responding that there not interested in it because they would rather play EVE and WoW. and being discouraged after seeing "15" players online saying the game is broken in many ways, many more saying jumpgate is old news, auto assault getting another full page write up in PC gamer magazine, thinking where netdevil is putting their future, and many vets refusing to come back because of themis'es efforts.

i'm just banging my head against the cement wall here running out of ideas on how to fix this small online number problem on jumpgate.

i only have two options left.

1. beg netdevil to give special offers to new people.
2. tell everyone on the autoassault board about jumpgate.

my holy god i am just fusterated.

i used to be china_man back in the old days. however I give that account to someone who wanted to use it as a mule account.

[Sephiroth]

For Jumpgate to succeed, it would require ND to put some money into it, upgrading the graphics and making the game more up to date in general, adding the stuff EP2 should have included and then some, etc.

Then they would have to put a whole bunch of money into advertising... or maybe try to find a new publisher or something along those lines... and even then it may not succeed.

[Istanbul]

and in regards to b) if you use the Pay by Cash method (and there is one, so you in fact DO NOT need to use a CC if you don't want to...) I believe that there is in fact discounts on large time blocks, now that JOSSH is back up again, i'll look into it to make sure

[Shual]

Originally Posted by DiScO_DeWD

2. tell everyone on the autoassault board about jumpgate.

Just about every other post I make there mentions Jumpgate, and I do the same thing over at the fansite I moderate. I'm not the only one, either.

Unfortunately, I don't think it'll do much good. A lot of Auto Assault's best features are the result of not making Jumpgate's mistakes, and I suspect most people that try out Jumpgate would see it as vastly inferior.

I think there are only two things that could save Jumpgate at this point:

1. Transfer half the AA team over when they're done with that game and try to "re-release" Jumpgate after a series of major upgrades. Maybe NCSoft could take over publishing and customer support, and offer a bundle deal on both games.

2. Give up on the idea of Jumpgate ever making money, use the buckets of Auto Assault profits to subsidize the server, and give away free accounts to anyone who wants them.

[Powo]

I was going to post a nice reply however, I think these forums are bugged where I post once, they show up as double.

*shrug*

[Romulus]

Dooh I did not mean to do that. I was trying to only kill the last post and it tied them both togather.

[Jump]

You must have changed your pilot name in your profile field. That borks the postings. I need to fix that someday.

[Jump]

There, all fixed. I deleted Powo.