There are some more obstacles as higher prices and the salary floor if you are in a smaller nation that may set you back some
Thats a huge understatement. Saving up for a starter caliber player (DIV I-III) below 31, takes like one or two full seasons now. Back in the day you had the money in under a month. A new player still has to build the arena, that takes two full seasons too.
So we are talking about buying a decent player after 1 or 2 years playing the game. Of course you could train your supercool franchise guy and sell him. Takes 1 or 2 years too. For experienced users.
I think it is way too hard for newbies, and the more complicated it gets, the more will instaquit.
Maybe you or an EGM/BB can give us an insight on how many new registrations survive the:
a) first week
b) first month
c) first 2 months
d) first 6 months
c) first year
My wild guess would be like 5%, 3%, 1%, 0,5%, 0,1%.
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