I think all points in this post are fair and valid, but one crucial thing has been overlooked. The number of new players will continue to suck since there are so few entering the funnel at the top. I mean what the hell happened to the $6 million dollars from CLD's that was specified for advertising the game ? Not one tv advert .. pop up or banner ever came from that. I just dont get it. Its clearly an obvious choice from MA no to actively market the game externally. I only wish that if they wanted organic internal growth as is current (word of mouth from current players) then why not directly financially incentive's current players to bring in new guys. ?
I would could happily spend alot of my time recruiting new people to play the game so say 5-10% of the new avatars decay bill( could be paid weekly like deeds). Would this not prove extremely easy to implement and virtually free for MA to do ? ( would be 5% of currently non existent business resulting in an overall + for the economy). This way mentors would get paid for their contributions so to speak and new people would have a strong irl shoulder to lean on. After all Eu players often love the $ side of the game so why not make the direct link ?
I would could happily spend alot of my time recruiting new people to play the game so say 5-10% of the new avatars decay bill( could be paid weekly like deeds). Would this not prove extremely easy to implement and virtually free for MA to do ? ( would be 5% of currently non existent business resulting in an overall + for the economy). This way mentors would get paid for their contributions so to speak and new people would have a strong irl shoulder to lean on. After all Eu players often love the $ side of the game so why not make the direct link ?