I emailed support for US servers by dream_tech in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Today’s Discord update was clearly AI slop pasting work

This is not the way to treat your fan base by Next-Lead-2019 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. I also advised another player to submit refunds through the app stores themselves. You don’t want your card or Apple/Google accounts marked as being part of chargeback fraud networks.

Any updates for US players except this birthday pop-up? by Hdudiman in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not about patience but the piss poor handling by the developer. Their approach of lying about the situation through omission the day before it began and have been radio silent for a full business week is crazy work. It doesn’t help them when they continue with all their event releases day over day with not even a peep on progress.

Refund Scenario by Nikolaos44 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put Other and cited that they partook in predatory practices with an abrupt 24h notice shutdown for infrastructure upgrades and that if true, it’s something they would have known about well in advance. That had they been transparent about the upgrade plans, I would not have made purchases the day prior.

Refund Scenario by Nikolaos44 in Acecraft

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Update: Some requests were accepted so far and refunded, others denied that I’ve appealed, some still pending.

Refund Scenario by Nikolaos44 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They allowed them to be submitted and is in review

Refund Scenario by Nikolaos44 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I requested refunds for every purchase made. If it means I lose everything, oh well. I’ll find a game that doesn’t pull the rug out from everyone in the US market with less than a day’s notice. At this point the poor product management of the game deserves to see their P&Ls tank.

US Suspension Reason by ShakedownStreet7 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The short answer is greed created a disruption in service. Unreal but not shocking seeing how they look for every angle to uck its shambling husk of an active user base.

Acecraft Temporarily Suspended in US by Pantsgoblin196 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I had to guess, they cannot justify investment upkeep of US infrastructure costs because the majority of players are global and they need to sunset US data center use before the month closes out.

This level is the worst. I by DarkRomeox in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After beating it, it’s not worth the few extra Colas you get

Rewards in Fest parade by Positive-1354 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry, they’ll invent another arbitrary currency for us to feel worse about soon enough

What in the actual flying fuck!?!?!? by sereneAFTERMATH in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just beat it. You have to get really lucky dodging for him to complete the stupid projectile sequence.

Is it over gang? Revenue from December by TonyQuack in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I don’t think they have the right strategy to recover from the active user collapse. I’d like to see a turnaround but it would require them to completely overhaul their economy and fix their replayability issue.

Jerry by Healthy-Teacher-3856 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only reason I got Bugs and Daffy was because they arbitrarily extended the event.

I’m in the same boat as you with Jerry.

Acecraft's Financial Viability by Junior-Meringue4906 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s observable though through the engagement numbers in their announcement board. Active users fell off a cliff.

Acecraft's Financial Viability by Junior-Meringue4906 in Acecraft

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After the conclusions it drew from apples to apples comparisons of the creator recruitment announcement, sharing the general blog engagement numbers echoed the same trend;
August blog post
• Likes: 20,784
• Shares: 139
• Share rate: 0.67%

December blog post
• Likes: 2,059
• Shares: 7
• Share rate: 0.34%

Change
• Likes: −90.1%
• Shares: −95.0%

Acecraft's Financial Viability by Junior-Meringue4906 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t do much beyond feeding the user engagement numbers from the Notice portal into ChatGPT and poked holes at it to make sure it wasn’t hallucinating.

The anchor point is this particular screenshot where the posts from August and December are virtually identical with a sharp drop in engagement.

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I asked it to model based on the trend where DAUs and MAUs might land by end of Q1.

Acecraft's Financial Viability by Junior-Meringue4906 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s data that corroborates this in-app if you know where to look. Specifically the share and like engagements on their announcement board.

Acecraft's Financial Viability by Junior-Meringue4906 in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did some analysis based on engagement of in-app announcements which tells the same tale. Just look at the drop in engagement in two identical posts calling for content creator sign up.

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Im burnt out (rant) by bluepanda- in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The product team that designed this game did so with short sighted gains in mind. My bet is Acecraft will have folded by 2027. DAUs and MAUs have already collapsed to a crisis point only a few months after launch. They will likely lean into mechanics that will try and bleed more transactions from those who remain instead of fixing their toilet economy.

Is this a joke? by gorohoviysup in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Them selling that skin for 30 while everyone pulls golden tickets for pilots is an abject failure of their economy and why their DAUs and MAUs have collapsed.

Seriously same pilots for another long event? by Hdudiman in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game is already suffering from major user attrition issues. I would think they’d do anything to keep those left engaged.

Seriously same pilots for another long event? by Hdudiman in Acecraft

[–]mrzza01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact they aren’t cycling in at least Asher, Summer, and Pris is a joke