The 80% DECLINE Of Graal Era’s Playerbase

[@PinkyGraal]

I think there's too many OP items now, and it would be pretty hard to balance it out again. I miss the days of the bar being the best gun and 9-10 dmg melees being the best ones. It's gotten out of control a little bit.

[@Qyogle]

that's exactly it, nobody likes pay2win game

[@vonwynns1758]

Can blame Jeff and friends for that one.

[@Bambzl.]

When BAR was our biggest problem… man those were the days

[@bomb_killfojoy8]

It’s not only that, most games should be listening to the community 90% of the time. If they did what players want they would make tons of money, and have constant player bases. Unless they alr know wassup and just get greedy

[@TkAiIdeas]

Everyone has a BAR now too. One little change and people piss their diapers. Its logical to add something better than the BAR that you can purchase from a store w/ Gralats

[@SentinalV]

Sad to see this game die off this way... I remember starting waaaay back in 2011 on my old iPhone 4s, good times... I was mostly inactive but still, 12 years and i hop on once in awhile.

[@xxray88xx29]

To be honest, I think that lowering the Price of Melees, Bringing Back old Melees from Old Quest, would bring everyone back and I also wish that they had kept the Admins Birthday Parties.

[@naija60]

They got rid of the birthday parties too??? Wow that’s sad

[@Hirei143]

graal era=fun is temporary the grind is eternal

[@tonynasaofficial]

Remember playing this game in 2010 going to the astro bar and dancing to everyday was shuffling, sh when that song came on everyone came to party good old days! I was in middle school dam life was different back then! I wonder where all my graal era friends are now and what they're even doing tbh, if there was a way for a huge reunion it would be crazy for them to see where im at now haha 😂 too bad we'll never see each other again though, had fun playing witth the homies on my ipod touch!

[@Bambzl.]

Yessir those memories are core memories I swear! It would be sick if you all had a reunion in the game haha! Hope you’re doin well in life 🫶

[@tonynasaofficial]

@Bambzl. I'm doing well, bro! I hope graal era gets a cool revival so the new people can see the potential in the game!

[@tonynasaofficial]

@@Bambzl. I still have the app even though I rarely go on just for the nostalgia 😂

[@graalpubstomper8892]

I believe the game's popularity is waning due to the limited availability of weapons, as not all players have the opportunity to purchase them. Additionally, events like butterfly catching can be irritating because of the necessity to seek out randomly spawning butterflies. The excessive pricing of all in-game items, coupled with the insufficient remuneration from jobs, exacerbates this issue. It appears that newly released content doesn't align with the players' requests. Overemphasis on complex sparring and plasma-related activities is another concern, as the majority of players do not appreciate the grind associated with them. Instead, there is a clear demand for team-oriented competitive game modes that offer rewarding challenges.

[@Bambzl.]

I love this take! Thank you for taking the time to Right it! And I’d love to see more team based stuff!

[@LilZoinkerton.Official]

Aye I'm thinkinnnn, all of us old players get the game popping again, we all older, just needa use tiktok right and such maybe it'll be back to 12000 who knows, but I miss it Going crazy, I was lucky to not play it since 2015 but it hasn't lost the dedicated players, the rest of us just need to go ham..

[@naija60]

I hope that can happen. I remember always being excited for the holiday seasons because of how many events they had, the hats, items, etc. This game was peak

[@mmmmyoda3373]

Servers might be expensive but whoever gets paid from graal era has plenty to fund it from USD users alike me. It isn't a difficult fix considering the amount bought for XCRO, PBP, Bar, Gm4, Spas12, A-91, Assault Bow, Bucky Shotgun, etc. A good chunk of My guns are 90k-250k and most were bought from USD. That's 30 usd-120 usd on average.

[@misterrosen3237]

They made too many op items and the grinding is like extremly hard if you're a F2P. The game lacks of new players too, I loved when new players with 0-15h asked me for help/advice

[@palithepalidan885]

A 2014 player here. Came back in 2022, and I am still here. Yeah. A lot of things changed. I mostly quit the game in like-2017-2018-ish because of the staff hats being removed from events. But now they are back. At least I think it's in the right direction now. Somewhat, because of the upcoming game mode. Which I hope it comes soon enough. Those updates were interesting to say. Also, I have been a staff too. So I know how things go. Pretty good times in 2022-2023.

[@pizza0540]

Same, i've been playing since 2015, but sometimes i just quit and come back some months later...

[@Bambzl.]

I agree! They are definitely taking the right steps in the right direction! Love seeing it and I’m hopeful something good can come from it

[@HieuTrung-ds9zt]

I think Graal needs bigger map , new job to get more player

[@m4chiavellian]

My take: the economy is extremely inflated due to macroers and USDers to the point that new players can’t compete at all. the only thing still holding value nowadays is tro and even then you need a ridiculous amount to stand a chance. Another issue is overpowered limiteds getting introduced every other month which only makes the rich players richer. The game is getting extremely pay2win and grinding it is even more boring. Additionally the PR team is total dog shit as they only interact with players they’re already friends with and only host events like three times a week. The most depressing part is how much potential the game has, because i genuinely think graal has the potential to be the best mobile game if they cared about it.

[@Bambzl.]

In a perfect world, what would you do to fix these issues?

[@m4chiavellian]

@@Bambzl. i feel like it’s too late to fix these issues since they didn’t take action early and it’s gotten too uncontrollable, but i think they should just hard reset the game and reset everyone’s inventories before advertising it as a new game. I know people will not be happy with this decision but it’ll trade the current 1k daily playerbase for a new bigger one if done correctly.

[@HowAboutNooooooooo]

i think it’s nobody’s fault that era has such a low player base. I m more surprised its still arround in 2023. its just a super old retro game.

[@Bambzl.]

Yeah the fact it’s still holding a consistent playerbase is really impressive!!

[@Popcorn.swag10]

Ngl I wish it was fun again, I felt like it’s not fun anymore the event is so grinding it’s painfully annoying

[@qr5393]

Like many have said there's just too many op braindead items like plasma shotgun and Icy slasher that ruins PvP on top of it being very predatory towards f2p players

[@RaggaMeph]

Such a great topic - one of my favorite conversations to have GREAT thumbnail btw 🔥

[@Bambzl.]

GOATTT! Thank you so much! We definitely need to hop on a podcast sometime and talk more

[@zieIer]

Been playing this game for 10 years,worth it.

[@Bambzl.]

LEGENDARY

[@virginiahall3329]

I’m perma banned from graal era 💀 they thought I was an ex staff member bc I was in her old gang so now my IP instantly gets banned.

[@virginiahall3329]

It sucks tho bc I had tons of stuff

[@Bambzl.]

I’m really sorry to hear about that… have you submitted an appeal?

[@cmndr0001]

Wish more players tried grinding plasma, it can be really fun

[@jimbeere5328]

No one rec new people

[@graalpubstomper8892]

Plasma is so boring and the amount of time it takes 😓

[@jimbeere5328]

@@graalpubstomper8892 got told 120 takes like 8 hours 💀

[@jimbeere5328]

They even do breaks because of that

[@AndraxisCode]

@@jimbeere5328xactly. I’ve tried to do plasma several times and no one will recruit. Its a double standard.

[@AndraxisCode]

It actually came out on iPod touch first generation.

[@Bambzl.]

I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS!!

[@Bambzl.]

When the iPod would overheat playing Graal for like 30 mins

[@AndraxisCode]

@@Bambzl. dude fr. My fingers would be burnt while digging shells 😭

[@judge1806]

Graal is the equivalent of pissing in its own grave. Its like the entire admin team despises its own game and does everything in its power to destroy it.

[@Fartsniff69]

Game hasn’t been the same since they redid Astro

[@Bambzl.]

OG Astro was so good… sad days :(

[@Hxddo]

OG 2012 Here 🙋‍♂️

[@Bambzl.]

🐐

[@BigLendo]

I got scammed like 7 years ago. My whole google account. I had like 4k hours with almost 15k spar wins and an auction weapon. Still sad about that but yeah

[@Bambzl.]

I’m so sorry:((( that sounds terrible!

[@naija60]

Graal scamming hits different. Some folks are mad evil at those trade tables

[@narb78]

Hah, I used to play this shit in like 1999

[@HomelessPixie]

Era best year was definitely 2012

[@Bambzl.]

AGREED!!!

[@denjikojiro3671]

can you do a weapon review for the gilded emperor staff ❤🦋

[@JawaGraal]

It can be good again it really can

[@Bambzl.]

I TOTALLY agree!!!

[@zoudaniel]

Snk...

[@Jatex.]

Omg poop game how could anyone play this game! Corrupt admins!!!!!!!!!!! (Totally kidding btw)

[@Hxddo]

SMH Etherion Creators, stay in your lane buddy 🤓

[@Bambzl.]

EWWWWWWWWWW LLLLLLL ;)

[@ВикторДермечков]

Continue with noob to pro please

[@Bambzl.]

I can try! If people want to see it I can

[@FriendReminders]

I left tooo

[@Bambzl.]

:(

[@deesee2104]

{Era Devil Was Here} Noobs

[@shmizzwizz8717]

Masterr

[@Bambzl.]

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