Interesting Historical Chart of DDO population 2/2018-1/2023. I added the trend lines

[Gordo]

https://mmo-population.com/r/ddo/stats

I tried to add trend line analysis but I can't upload the image.
35k peak population over last five years.
Seems like DDO had a run of success during covid lock downs peaking around 8/2021
It's been a decline ever since people ran out of stimmies and went back to work. Playing while working at home is no longer an option for many.

https://mmo-population.com/r/wow/stats

For comparison, WOW peaked at 7MM and leveled at 3MM or so with classic WOW and new content.

DDO has 1% (yes) of the player base of WOW. How can it survive without massive "PTW" offerings, VIP memberships (without any benefit to being one and I don't care about the daily roll), and content crawl?

There is a D&D movie coming out and it actually looks ok. Pine is always fun to watch. Where is the cross marketing by WotC? It's deplorable how badly they run this business.