Before I start, let me tell you one thing, I'm not doing this to suppress DotA fans, but rather just to convince you to play Dark Orbit at least once in a while. So, if you'r a Die Hard DotA fan it's better you don't read this.
Well, I'm sure all of you know about Dark Orbit, the new MMORPG game that Garena introduced on it's servers a few months ago. Atleast you would have seen those ads and promos on the client or the forum. Seriously the staff is trying hard to promote it!
As part of the promotion program, the free Gold Membership scheme was introduced into Dark Orbit, by which you could claim free Gold membership for a period of weeks depending on the in game level you have attained. (level4 -> 1 week, lvl 7 -> 2 weeks and so on......).
Definitely that was one of the best steps that bought many DotA players to play the game.
But, the problem was most of them left after reaching level 4 or 7 by claiming their Gold Membership for 1 or 2 weeks. I have come across many players, who had originally come for the Gold Membership, but later continued playing the game and reached much higher levels.
I'm not exactly sure why this happens, but I feel it's because Dark Orbit is boring in the starting levels, but gets super fun when you reach higher points of the game.
This remained as a big issue in my mind, and I kept thinking how I would get it solved.
Finally I decided to sort things out, and called DotA and Dark Orbit to my house (bathroom), for a real time gaming debate, where we could discuss why DotA players don't stay at Dark Orbit!
Here is how the debate went, I was just listening, and didn't have a chance to speak :(
DotA: Dark Orbit!, First of all you'r a 2D browser game, and me...... I'm one of the worlds most graphic crafted games ever built, with almost every element in 3D perspective.
Why do you even think people will play you when I'm around? Hahahaha!
Dark Orbit: Well, you might have better graphics than, but sorry my look and style is not exactly the "2D" in your sense. I have been equipped with a new client full of better and more eye hooking graphics, now my battle part of view looks pretty professional.
DotA: I'm full of real time strategy, my players have to be alert all the time, making me more exciting and fun, form the starting of the game itself. What about you? I heard players just have to move around the screen, click on aliens and shoot them. Where's the strategy and fun in you?
Dark Orbit: Maybe in the early levels of my game play, it is boring to simply click and shoot aliens. But, later it becomes much more fun. The aliens get far stronger and players have to show their tactics by building their own strategies for farming. As players increase in level they also get into PvP batles with each other, and use different types of ammunition, mines and skills to fight. Besides I am not fully based on strategy like you, I also have a touch of luck adding suspense to my players.
DotA: I am played all around the world, and Garena has millions of rooms in support of me.
What about you?
Dark Orbit: I am a Global Platform, players all around the world can see, fight and chat with each other in one gigantic space world. with multiple maps.
DotA: I am a completely lag free game, and players don't experience lag even on Antarctica!
I heard you are having many lag and disconnection issues on the game.
Dark Orbit: Temporarily my servers are at minute faults, but players don't have to worry.
My developers are going to move me on to completely new servers, and I am sure my players will have the same lag free experience they have when playing you!
DotA: I admit, I have map hackers, but very few in number and Garena is trying it's best to stop them. What about you? Come on, none of us can be perfect!
Dark Orbit: Yea, I do have players who use Bot Porgrams, but I won't tell you what those are, because if I do your players will use them on me :P
DotA: I am supported and developed by a world class team of professional map editors and builders. My team makes upgrades me with new versions from time to time.
What's with your staff? I heard there are a lot of delays going on.
Dark Orbit: Yea, it's true, my Admins are slow pokes and of course my moderators are retard airheads (except superquark).
It's not so bad, the delays are usually caused because of miscommunication between my developers and my publishers. My support staff of voluntary moderators is highly dedicated and pretty up to the mark :)
I did this just to show you that Dark Orbit is no less as a "2D browser game", and you can have equal fun playing it as in DotA.
So I hope to see more and more DotA players have a try at Dark orbit, of course I don't mean to exclude other games like CS and Black Shot.
Good luck and have a fun and luck filled space journey!
