Note: I posted this on Reddit first, a couple hours ago. I didn't get a decent response there. Thanks for taking the time to read, sorry if you've already seen this and ignored.
TLDR - do you think there's a way to revitalize the community, to bring in lapsed players and / or attract new players?
Hey everyone,
I'm an avid fan of Company of Heroes 2. I make no bones about it being my favorite game right now (not having played the first iteration, mind you) and, while I have a great time playing 1v1 and 2v2 games, I can't help but wish that there were more people both playing and in the community.
I try to check the # of active players of Company of Heroes and COH2 routinely when I play, and while it's heartening that the community doesn't appear to be shrinking (I routinely see around 5-6000 players during peak hours and 2000 players around 10PM EST when I play) this number is not... large. A bigger community would mean quicker matchmaking, and more close matches when matchmaking. It'd give me more people to shoot the breeze about COH2 with, and bring more mapmakers into the mix. Tournaments might even happen more often.
I know there has been quite a bit of controversy regarding the game, from the "BadComedian" review of the single player to diehard COH1 fans preferring the prequel (COH 1 population is usually roughly 1/2 of COH2 population when I check) and the game's combat model can take a bit of time to learn, but I humbly think there's a lot to love about this game.
I think the Battle Servers will increase the satisfaction of the current community, as the Workshop/mapmaking support did. I think that observer mode would help attract more interest in tournaments and livestreaming the game (again, perhaps mostly amongst the current crop of players) and keeping the game 'sticky' to current customers is a good thing. But what about actually gaining new players? The free weekend seemed to help somewhat, though I don't think the community is substantially larger than it was before. The 'rivalry' between Creative Assembly and Relic is entertaining, and will be good for viewership/game mindshare.
Do you have any thoughs? I'm not (necessarily) looking for game feature update suggestions, there's already plenty of talk about that. But I do love this game, and think it'd be better with more people queuing for matches.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
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