I don't really fully understand why we don't get more players sticking around, than we have now!
But apparently most People who try this game, just don't like the game, what else could it be?
Its a hard game to get going in, The sking and movement is hard to learn, You just can't do it without spending a good amount of time practicing. Also setting up the movment controls at first, Could be scaring people away, its complicated. Maybe the game speed is just to fast for most newbes, Its a vary fast game, I bet its hard to hit anything for most, if your not use to it.
I guess most free Indie games never really get much success, unfortunatly this game seems to be heading that way.
legends the Game, is a free game like this game, that is also based on tribes. Its been around for 8 years, they just did a huge engine and graphics update, it looks as good as this game, and even better in some ways.
They have 0 players on most of the time. Legends, has support for Linux, and windows. People can make maps for it with the built in editor, or mod it.. Its got an auto-uploader for maps or files hosted on servers. If they can't attract players, with that fee game, what chance does Legions have?