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02-20-2022, 08:35 PM
I think part of the problem is new player retention and how accessible the server actually is. Its certainly not the community, that's for sure. Whilst other RP communities are growing en masse, Fearless seems to be left behind in the dust cloud other servers are creating. Bear in mind I don't know fearlessRP's history as I'm relatively new, I'm speaking from experience however being within multiple RP communities that both failed and succeeded.
DarkRP has become more popular than it ever has been in the past few years, particularly during the Covid lockdown. Even offshoots of DarkRP are carrying garrys mod and retaining interest in the source engine as a whole. Fearless is in its own category on the server list, and whilst back in the gmod hayday this was a privilege that served it well, Nowadays its no use as the majority of server hoppers aren't going to click on a category that says "2 servers, 10 players" during peak hours. It also has a huge amount of addon packs it needs to download in order to run which is also a common turnoff for garrys mod servers.
You'll only find this server if you go looking for it. I had to join through a friend to even discover this server existed to begin with.
Honestly at this point you have 4 possible methods of reviving Fearless that I can see off the top of my head:
- Putting FearlessRP into a more popular gamemode category such as DarkRP. I understand this was done before to no avail however it worked for multiple dying RP servers, Gaining them a full revive and a huge reserve of donations.
- Running Fearless seasonally rather than 24/7, so players who want to play would be forced to do so simultaneously. Then, during times of low interest, simply close the server until interest peaks. I can't name a community that has done this but I know its been done and worked. The downside is, this requires the community to be dedicated enough to stick around with a server during downtime. Also, of course, user data would have to be stored somewhere then readded upon closure and relaunch, unless you plan on wiping the economy every time, which wouldn't be viable since people here actually buy money.
- Possibly the hardest one of this list, Reaching out to content creators to feature fearless, But they will require some sort of incentive to stick around.
The forth one? The hardest one of all. Fully customising the game mode, from its jobs and gameplay to its character customisation and its weapon system, and virtually every aspect inbetween to be a completely unique experience you can't find elsewhere, whilst at the same time, being very modernised and optimised. Focus the gamemode around realism? Make it feel so. Customise all the player models and make them unique, add progression systems, add incentive to be someone other than a GTA NPC. Make it so you can't get a similar experience anywhere else. At this point, your competition is peaking at 60-100 players on a school and work night. A complete change of game style would peak interest of new players and experienced ones who got bored and left to return alike.
Honestly, The community here is great and the developers are dropping some decent stuff, The new map makes the old map look like complete doodoofart and the attention to detail on it is immaculate. If the developers here can make a whole map which is really good, and if they can also fix 10 year old Lua bugs, they can make anything.
DarkRP has become more popular than it ever has been in the past few years, particularly during the Covid lockdown. Even offshoots of DarkRP are carrying garrys mod and retaining interest in the source engine as a whole. Fearless is in its own category on the server list, and whilst back in the gmod hayday this was a privilege that served it well, Nowadays its no use as the majority of server hoppers aren't going to click on a category that says "2 servers, 10 players" during peak hours. It also has a huge amount of addon packs it needs to download in order to run which is also a common turnoff for garrys mod servers.
You'll only find this server if you go looking for it. I had to join through a friend to even discover this server existed to begin with.
Honestly at this point you have 4 possible methods of reviving Fearless that I can see off the top of my head:
- Putting FearlessRP into a more popular gamemode category such as DarkRP. I understand this was done before to no avail however it worked for multiple dying RP servers, Gaining them a full revive and a huge reserve of donations.
- Running Fearless seasonally rather than 24/7, so players who want to play would be forced to do so simultaneously. Then, during times of low interest, simply close the server until interest peaks. I can't name a community that has done this but I know its been done and worked. The downside is, this requires the community to be dedicated enough to stick around with a server during downtime. Also, of course, user data would have to be stored somewhere then readded upon closure and relaunch, unless you plan on wiping the economy every time, which wouldn't be viable since people here actually buy money.
- Possibly the hardest one of this list, Reaching out to content creators to feature fearless, But they will require some sort of incentive to stick around.
The forth one? The hardest one of all. Fully customising the game mode, from its jobs and gameplay to its character customisation and its weapon system, and virtually every aspect inbetween to be a completely unique experience you can't find elsewhere, whilst at the same time, being very modernised and optimised. Focus the gamemode around realism? Make it feel so. Customise all the player models and make them unique, add progression systems, add incentive to be someone other than a GTA NPC. Make it so you can't get a similar experience anywhere else. At this point, your competition is peaking at 60-100 players on a school and work night. A complete change of game style would peak interest of new players and experienced ones who got bored and left to return alike.
Honestly, The community here is great and the developers are dropping some decent stuff, The new map makes the old map look like complete doodoofart and the attention to detail on it is immaculate. If the developers here can make a whole map which is really good, and if they can also fix 10 year old Lua bugs, they can make anything.
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