Uhm. I'm pretty sure Spires was averaging about 30 or fewer players daily during peak times after E3's announcement. I quit like four days after the announcement and those are the numbers I remember. I can only imagine how much lower it dipped during the month-long wait.
Pretty anecdotal, but I find it really hard to feel motivated when a wipe is coming and I'm sure plenty others too. I feel like there're two scenarios most common when a timeskip comes. You either rush to finish your current arc asap or just give it up entirely, neither of which sound too enjoyable imo. Sure, there's still plenty of time to finish as things like this are announced weeks beforehand. But it's hard to motivate yourself to RP when others don't care/aren't motivated themselves.
Episodic sounds like a neat concept that I'd be willing to try, but saying there won't be a drastic drop in pop as the period nears its end is overly optimistic.
Pretty anecdotal, but I find it really hard to feel motivated when a wipe is coming and I'm sure plenty others too. I feel like there're two scenarios most common when a timeskip comes. You either rush to finish your current arc asap or just give it up entirely, neither of which sound too enjoyable imo. Sure, there's still plenty of time to finish as things like this are announced weeks beforehand. But it's hard to motivate yourself to RP when others don't care/aren't motivated themselves.
Episodic sounds like a neat concept that I'd be willing to try, but saying there won't be a drastic drop in pop as the period nears its end is overly optimistic.