From the looks of what goes on, or rather doesn’t go on in here, it seems Funcom is done with CE. Other games have come out or will come out soon that will just take the last players away, not because of the age of the game, but because of the lack of game and lack of interaction with the community. After spending a lot of money in Bazaar items and DLCs etc I feel disappointed. I personally went back to play Cyberpunk because there is always something I can do to keep busy and have fun and I only paid for the base game and 1 DLC in Cyberpunk, a fraction of what I spent on CE, and it goes a long long way still today. CE lost this or maybe never had it.
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sorry, but that is kind of the way it goes…even if they weren’t incompetent, or took away all resources for other projects.
Game is 9 years old… people just move on.
If anything, this will still have a dedicated playerbase because of mods.
9 years later to still expect content is wishful thinking. But don’t get me wrong, I’d definitely pop a bottle of champaign if there would be more than bugfixes in the future, but realistically speaking…it ain’t happening.
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Bug fixes? Pop a case i say not just one.
Lol
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Hey, it could be better. Some MMOs are still running after a decade. I think that lack of rss have hurt CE but then again, their expectations for the game’s success were lower to begin with so they might consider this longevity as a successful story
So you think it’s over for CE. Then move on to something else if that suits your fancy.
But as far as I’m concerned: So what?
That’s not going to stop me from playing it as long as I can play it and I play it WITHOUT MODS.
I play it solo and I run my own dedicated server for just me and my partner.
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Conan exiles is still unique and worth playing - especially for those people who cant upgrade their PCs due to the AI disaster. May need to run your own server but thats the way of things.
What’s with all the “doomposting” lately? 
As in, not just this post, but many others like it.. was there like some long holiday recently and people had too much time on their hands or something?
Cuz, I can totally get complaints about bugs and issues, but these are not that. These seem to be generic out of the blue doomsayer posts prophesizing the end of the game 
Now, the reason it’s weird is because nothing changed as far as I’m aware… the game has been getting these bugfix updates they said it would get… some of them even have some mild content / feature sprinkled on them sparingly like this December update which was literally just 2 months ago. They even posted an article about it etc.
Just to be clear… I’m not saying it’s all nice and good, I’m just saying that I’m not seeing any sudden change that would be prompting the recent string of “it’s over” posts.
I have Cyberpunk… the last news update published by their devs along with a feature update was also in December.. same as Conan.
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Skyrim would disagree.
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@andyB and his team would disagree with you 
Undeniable fact .
Doom posting is working just fine several years now in this forum actually . As it seems the audience has the gravedigger by the corner just in case, lol .
They are all greatly missed and we love them all. God bless them and give them the best fortune.
As an another generic gravedigger doomposter and quite active indiegamer. Funcom and CE is like from an another universe.
Same goes for community. People are active, supportive, and building together. Not talking about modern CE forum.
Here. Some and more and more vocal people cling on hope when there are -hooray- some communication in two months or half year cycles. Tell all the time how many amazing bug fixes have been made if there is critique. How many servers are now without cheaters and without technical problems, because it doesn’t affect ME. And forum is awesomely moderated and devs are so amazingly active here and all a round. Yes?
”Hey this doesn’t include me, I have no problems” makes gamers (and people in general) weak to demand that the money and time they have invested get some value back.
All those who are hiding in their own holes, I do also play solo / private but this shit from Funcom (FLS etc.) affects me too. It is our problem. It doesn’t go away by hiding.
And for all of you who step above us “generic doomposters” in your ivory towers. Well I have nothing to say that might affect you. I am not and never been a good part of this community. Never given anything to it. I have no merits to stand against you. Just a CE fun and concerned one. But:
Alongside doomposting there have been a mass exodus of active members from this game. Many old time community members, content creators, etc are gone. It should ring a bell that something is off. But feel free to be funny.
Yes, this is is an old game but as @MarcosC mentioned - tell it to Skyrim. And tell it to for example Stellaris. Released 2016. Open beta update communication from dev’s feb 12. this year. Still going strong.
CE community is (or was) the only way to affect the game and try to save it. But there are no unified voice within gamers. That I have learned.
(and sorry for typos, bad english - I am not in mood to spellcheck)
ps. @HeMan see you in Night City.
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Voices in Democracy don’t have to be unified. Every opinion counts and must be respected. @HeMan expressed his feelings, concerns. Nothing wrong about it i say.
Having fun and add some comedy is not necessarily troll , but it can be considered also. Little misunderstandings are allowed i say, we ain’t bots after all , we are beautiful and unique human beings that share a common love , Conan exiles.
I am not sure that we can change the games fortune, yet we ain’t going to stay silent. I believe that the day we stop bother is the day we bury this game. Regardless if someone is playing this game at this time or not , coming in here to check on the news means only one thing…
This game is still alive!
The day that nobody will answer to these calls is the day that this game passed. So not just yet 
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And the course of action is?
What is to be done?
How may I help?
Please people. Prove me wrong but:
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CE is bound to Funcom Live Service and dies with it?
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CE is not publicly abandoned? So –> customers should be given working product and CE is borderline of it at the moment (bugs)?
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CE servers (public) are a mess and is on Funcoms responsibility?
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Funcom has literally no community management or PR and joke of an customer service?
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Gamers have no real knowledge what is going to happen in future?
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And due the above CE is losing more and more players and active community members?
If any of the above is ”yes I agree”, even if you disagree with other points. There should be enough “unification” to act!←This is what I meant of unified, not a hive mind or semantics but will to DO something together!
Gamers are pro-active and “unified”. Just check the stop killing games + EU thing. But it doesn’t happen if there is no action!
So why not CE gamers.
What is to be done?
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No they wouldn’t, only if they wanted to misunderstand what I posted on purpose.
Funcoms approach to Conan hasn’t changed for a full year, my question was basically why are people making these threads now after a year as there was an unusually high number of them in a row, despite Funcom behaving exactly like they did for the past year… stay silent.. release some update every 3 months or so and make a post about it.. then stay silent again.
And yes, while we all miss Andy, even while he was still here, he wasn’t communicating any more than they are now during this period, it’s just a different person posting the patch notes now.
If you actually read my post though, you will see that I specifically mentioned that these are NOT bug report / issue report posts.. which I said I would understand perfectly fine given the state of things.
If you read the OP you will see that there is zero mention of any technical issue, cheaters or any actual problem with the game. It vaguely mentions lack of communication, but that’s it.
Given that the game is actively receiving updates and the player numbers (well at least the ones we can see on steam) are following the same average they have for the past 6 months, random people showing up and announcing the end of the game at this stage like some prophet IS a bit weird. Maybe they just wanted to play a bit of cyberpunk cuz they got bored and went a tad dramatic about it - that’s how it comes across.
To be absolutely clear here… I’m perfectly aware of the state of the game, I was merely questioning a larger than average volume of these types of threads recently (across various platforms not just here) especially since we had a whole year worth of practice to “get used to” the level of activity from Funcom, so it’s hardly surprising at this stage.
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My theory is it has something to do with another long stretch of silence despite multiple problems.
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Could it be that larger than average number of complaints are tied to something? That something might even be wrong? Why and whose name we “doomposters” should be content about 6 month interval updates and news? Why it is enough activity from devs? None of so called bug fixes didn’t include big bug fixes, server issues fixes etc. Instead we got bazaar issues and half baked new content, prizing system that goes very narrow path is it even legal etc.
To some, maybe more than some it is an indication that something is fundamentally wrong. Thus increased number of people announcing that they are leaving the game. Or am I completely wrong here too? Some of those who left us. Tried hard trying to prevent it (like etc. Hiveshadow). They didn’t leave because they hated the game but for love to keep it running - in future too. And got tired of silence from Funcom. And present community here is not helping either.
Or how do you think @Xevyr your replies helped?
Several ideas come up in these silenced of lamb kind of topics:
- be in touch with content creators
- keep posting bug etc reports
- if some has real knowledge of legalside of things could there be some way to improve this situation?
- if someone has connection (or is) from Norway: could this help Forbrukertilsynet / The Consumer Authority?
- to make an petition (hopeless in current attitude) in forum, and all Funcom social media with enough players to back it up
- Stop killing games?
- The Letter to Rui Casas kind of approach
- -name your own idea-
Some concerned gamers even made discord channel to help things.
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Again, we are not talking about complaints, I am fine with complaints and reports. In fact, part of the reason I still bother to check the forums is to see those complaints and see where I can help. We are talking here about people who show up out of the blue to state that “the game is dying” - except all of a sudden we’re getting more than usual 
Because they got a game.. which is not the equivalent of renting developers to talk to them as often as they wish.
@MarcosC mentioned Skyrim above, I have played Skyrim a lot, also Fallout etc. - we all have… come to think of it.. I have probably never read a single post by Bethesda anywhere, nor really cared to. And those games were far from bug free, but it was playable and you could wait out the really bad parts.
If a game is working “fine”, I don’t need the developer to come and tell me “Oh, you’re a good boy!” every two weeks just so I don’t get sad.. and I’m pretty sure you don’t either, so I think we can agree that the reason we would like more communication is because some things don’t always meet the standard of “fine” and we’d like answers about that.
However, if we read the room.. given the context of something that’s been in maintenance mode for over a year, having had an update just 2 months ago along with an article talking about it is a very far cry from “It’s over”. I agree that it’s not going at the pace it should be, but that’s not the same thing.
So how exactly does making a post with no substantial complaints and just being dramatic about the game dying supposed to accomplish that? I think it was perfectly legit of me to question that.
Think of it this way… if Funcom were to actually find 1 minute in their time to read the forums and they stumble upon this post, where do they log it? What’s the gameplay complaint here? If they don’t read it and we do.. then how can the community help? etc.
I think you overestimate the influence those types of forum posts can have on things when dealing with a company of this size. They have things planned for at least half a year ahead.. they don’t go changing things on a whim because Bob said so on a forum.
How exactly did yours?
The only thing I’m seeing is that you skimmed over my messages without fully understanding them, determined that I was critical of a “complaint” and then in a very black and white manner made the decision that I must be the enemy and proceeded to make this into an “activist” thing against me to channel your frustrations into
Rest assured I have done my fair share of “helpfulness” in various other ways, even if this post isn’t it and I’m not the “enemy of Conan Exiles” by any means so you’re “barking up the wrong tree”.
I was just wondering if something happened that prompted the new wave of these types of threads, though I guess it’s probably the new year and the lack of other types of posts which make them stand out more.
Cheers
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Dramatic doomposters are symptom as I have tried to say and they are born from:
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Fact that most people agree is CE might work fine but it could work better.
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Fact Funcom’s communication is so miminal that we don’t know what is coming? Right?
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Fact that there are big bugs, not addressed in years.
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Official servers are, well nicely put “sh@thole”.
Still everytime someone make an effort to get something do to these problems. These topics go into personal mine&your-feelings “this is not airport to announce” -shows. Still I cling in hope that there would be some effort to be proactive and keep this game going on.
Is this too much to ask?
Copy paste:
Several ideas come up in these silenced of lamb kind of topics:
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be in touch with content creators
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keep posting bug etc reports
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if some has real knowledge of legalside of things could there be some way to improve this situation?
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if someone has connection (or is) from Norway: could this help Forbrukertilsynet / The Consumer Authority?
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to make an petition (hopeless in current attitude) in forum, and all Funcom social media with enough players to back it up
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Stop killing games?
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The Letter to Rui Casas kind of approach
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-name your own idea-
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I think it’s important to recognize that these “doomposts” are still feedback.
Feedback regardless of context or expected delivery is something they can still consider. Its pulse; albeit it won’t reflect the overall community but it means that someone, like you’re saying, felt the need to voice it.
One good thing that most may not be aware of (I believe you are, but for the benefit of others) is that FC is looking for a CE Community Manager. A call out by Ignasi was posted in the past week.
It was brought to my attention by a concerned player. Then I found a posting for the job here as its not available on FCs site: Community Manager at Funcom
Judging by the details some of the normal activities we’re accustomed to in the past and the expectations of the industry as a whole, that gap of communication and interaction may be filled.
This may be a good sign and can reinvigorate the hope some of us have had difficulty clinging onto.
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Perhaps it’s because those types of topics aren’t particularly helpful, quite the opposite, so some community members push back against the practice.
Announcing that you’re going to play something else, while it might still be considered “feedback”, is in my opinion counterproductive to the community.
Rest assured, Funcom is already capable of checking if a certain account hasn’t logged in for a while and they’re far more aware of the player count than we are. In fact they’ve been plenty of cases of people announcing their departure.. and then again every other week.. so in some ways Funcoms tracking is more accurate.
Making a post about it without including actual feedback is just not very useful for Funcom.. so the only effect that it can have is going to be on the community itself where this type of post isn’t very productive and generally has a negative effect (demotivating others, sparking arguments for no reason, triggering the “not an airport” comments like you said, etc.)
That’s my whole point that you seem to be missing. The opening post of this thread accomplishes a grand total of NONE of those things..
The only actual information we got from it is that the OP is going to play Cyberpunk good for them.
The things on your list can be accomplished without needing an opener like that This is the part that you’re not seeming to understand… You’re basically conflating things that have nothing to do with each-other instead of looking at what’s actually infront of you.
Still, just to reiterate, I did not tell them not to post, I was merely wondering about the frequency of such posts, but that was already addressed by Kikigirl as well as my own comment later that it’s probably because of the new year - new expectations type of thing.
But I disagree that these “airport departure” posts would qualify under “proactive effort to keep the game going” as you say, however you’re also welcome to disagree with me on that
Anyway, I’ll stop replying about this particular subject because I have a feeling I’m repeating myself at this point so I’d rather agree to disagree since writing these replies are a bit time consuming.
Have a nice day
That’s pretty cool at least! Thanks for sharing.
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