Dead game ?!

Not yet, but seems to be going that way. Average wait times are up a lot on iOS, hangars in various leagues seem weaker than they should be (indicating numbers higher up have lowered). Reasons for this are numerous.

I'd be interested to know how many requests there are when components are removed from supply drops.

It's on life support. Doctors are looking for the DNR even as we speak.

There's a ton of people of this forum that will tell you yes but it's up to you at the end of the day..are you having fun? If not and you arent a fan of the direction Pix is taking the game, Id still suggest you tough it out and see how the new updates are for yourself. If a game ever starts to become more of a chore or something that's making you stressed or just plain unhappy, it's definitley time to take a break at the very least. Just my 2 cents.

I don't know that blasting reds can ever not be fun.

The core of the Game is so good that PIX is having to pull out all the stops to fork it up..

I suggest that you ignore leagues. Ignore the meta. Ignore the developers very real attempts to get you to Spend a lot of Money trying to "keep up", because short of a down payment on a nice vacation cabin, you never will.

If your enjoying the game, sure spend a couple bucks. If you want to quit enjoying the game, spend a lot and fight your way up to champions. ( besides if you want to play against champs just get to silver)

Better yet, find weapon/bot combos you enjoy and play those. I would suggest not taking anything higher than 6/6 so you canplay in 6 pack league. Lots of skillbased play there I hear.

Oh and as far as waiting for the update and all the goodness coming with it...yes wait for it. That's right, wait...
Just a little closer...?

Thing is, paying players feel the same way, except for the top .01%. You can only push people so far. If you try to "test" the boundaries, you'll find yourself without any customers at all. Some paying players ponied up pretty big when dash came out. They're expecting those bots to be the meta for an extended period of time, but pix is pushing it hard. Modules are another obvious money grab, and I won't play ball any more.

Game ain't dead yet. The only numbers we have, estimated by some clever algorithms tell us, that the number of downloads and the average sales decline. There could be other reasons than a game on its death bed. In Europe since a few days, winter is finally over and people spend their time outside and less time in front of screens. If you have a hangar with some dash bots and some weapons like Scourge, you're still good to go. Why spend any money? See where this is going?

If you give crap about your league rating, you can still have a lot of fun. And fun is probably most important while gaming, right?

It certainly isn’t dead yet. Whether it is getting there or not is interesting. Dead = costs>revenue
Last year’s financials included a huge revenue bump mostly as a result of the dashes being introduced. Revenue dropped from about 90K a day to 30K a day since and the downloads have also decreased by about 20%. I doubt they can keep going the way it is. IMO Pix must be resting their hopes on the next big money spinner……..”modules”. If modules fail than they might give it another shot by the next big money spinner initiative. Alternative they could shed staff and run the game as long as they can without investing much into it.

IMO the only thing that could hasten the process if they lose the player base. Subjective opinion to follow: I think they had a huge player base erosion . The leagues look really weak and sparse compared to what they were before. People are making it into champs without spending a single dime while having only 1000 wins (on IOS). But at the same time I reckon there are still enough people to keep it going for some time to come provided there is profit to be made.

the way game updates are going

too much content ie bots an weapons every month
no real fixes to bugs an game play
out of whack balance
crazy priceing

maybe maybe.

When i came to these forums there was whine and moan about game being dead or at least death being imminent and horrible
That was a bit less than a year ago.

No. Its on the ground and clawing feebly. Its pupils are dilated and its mouth is curving into a death masks sneer. Its tongue is out as it scratches its throat to try and let the air in. All while lying in a pool of its own blood mixed with the product of bladder control loss....

But hey! That new bulwark looks swell, dont it?!

Of course it's true. Just like in real life, there's an upper, lower and middle class. The Ferrari guys you mentioned are the extreme minority in War Robots, just like in real life. There are a ton of people with hundreds to spend, but don't have tens of thousands to spend.

And yes they are dumb to milk the whales too much. Why? Because the middle class is insulating the lower class from the upper class right now. Because guys like me don't have any hope of keeping up with the whales because of the pace of new content releases and we're getting frustrated and leaving. Because I'm what the whales were eating for breakfast this morning and now that I'm out, they're going to feast on someone else... but since the middle tier is leaving, the MM will have no choice but to start feeding F2P guys to the whales. That's going to cause a death spiral where a ton of f2p players quit because the game isn't competitive or fun for them. After that the whales will quit because they'll only be playing against fellow whales, which defeats the whole point of being a whale in the first place.

Most of this sounds a lot more dire than what you see in game right now. That's because I'm not describing where the game is at right now. I'm describing where it is going based on everything pix has released and based on their own history.

The game isn't dead just yet, but pix is doing their best to make it happen. I finally uninstalled today. I'll linger on the forums a bit to see if they make any big changes, but there's a good chance I'm not coming back.

Sigh, remember when the anniversary event last year? When crates actually gave good stuff? Good times.

Personally I don't think it is. Pretty much any game nowadays has some type of money grab and this one is no different. Some players may be leaving but that doesn't mean new ones won't take their place...Don't get me wrong, some balancing aspects would be nice to certain bots but they aren't completely over powered if you have some decent teammates.

Currently on Android Silver 1 I have to wait at most 12 seconds for a game. On steam it takes at least 40 seconds for Bronze 3...

I think the longer wait time on Steam is mainly due to the game only having around a 53% positive review..90% of the negative reviews are the typical P2W comments but really what game ISN'T P2W nowadays?

I have spent very little money on the game itself so far (less than $10) and I'm using Punisher/ Thunder Leo, x4 Magnum Patton (Will be replaced with a PDB Griffin soon), Molot/Nashorn Golem (I'm 1k components from a Tempest), and a RDB Griffin. I have 3200 gold saved up so far for 5th slot and I generally get top 3 every game unless there are some really op tankers on one side or the other. Don't have to spend money to be good...just have to learn how to use cover and corners well