March is over and it was for our site significantly more successful than February. Last month was all about the release of The Elder Scrolls Online.
We provide you with a summary of our topics, showcase the articles we are particularly proud of, and give you the opportunity to tell us what you think of mein-mmo.de, the somewhat different gaming site on the net.
The visitor numbers are rising
After we were able to dramatically increase our visitor numbers at the end of February with some articles about The Elder Scrolls Online, the trend continued in March. Just as a number: On March 31, that is, on a single day in the last month, we had roughly as many visitors as in all of January. Hand on heart: It is much more fun to write something that is also read.
Your great interest is a reason for joy for all of us here and was unforeseen by any of us. After all, we do the work for you and very gladly, but mainly in our free time. The support we receive through comments and visitor numbers shows us that we are on the right track. Apparently, an astonishingly large number of people want to be informed about MMOs and MMORPGs in a somewhat unconventional way, fresh and current.
The topics of the month
With the release of The Elder Scrolls Online at the end of the month, our reporting increasingly focused on the fantasy MMORPG, after all, these articles received the largest response by far. Already our article from March 2 about the missing auction house in TESO was embraced by the community and discussed in various forums.
With an article at the end of the month about the newly crowned Empress, we even landed in the forum of an English site as breaking news from the Weißwurstland. The different preview, helpful articles about the racial bonuses and the Dragon Knight, as well as the article about the head start, round off the month that was all about ESO.
Our magazine was also recommended several times among the articles of German gaming sites. That does not escape our notice, but makes us very happy.
The newly joined YouTuber Darion is now contributing to making our words accompanied by a few moving images. His TESO casts were a popular part of our site in March (#14, #15, #16 and a video about the endgame)
Influence is growing
Moreover, it can be said that we have had quite an influence on how MMOs have been reported – even in the mainstream. After all, some topics we addressed in our articles landed shortly thereafter on competing sites that belong to large publishers.
Of course, we did not only cover The Elder Scrolls Online in March. As a second focus of our site, the sci-fi MMORPG WildStar has turned out to be. It is currently in beta and is a lot of fun for many of us in the editorial team.
Especially Cortyn goes all out in the housing feature of the game and has done great things – and plushy things. Our preview of WildStar attracted many visitors and showed that there is lively interest in the quirky title from Carbine among our readers.
World of Warcraft is also important
In third place in reporting is World of Warcraft from Blizzard, where currently there is a content drought, yet various design decisions warranted two specials and several news items (Epic Healer Nerf, the boost to level 90, and the follower system).
If you look at the top navigation bar, you will also see that we not only have these three titles in the program, but also deal with Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
We also have smaller games and free-to-play titles in our sights and provide you with the latest news. Since the beginning of the month, Katja Schönfeld has been writing almost every day about what is happening in the world of MMOs.
Looking into the future
In addition to our focus on specific titles, we repeatedly address topics that deal with the design and philosophy of MMORPGs in general. Thus, our sandbox article might be of interest to anyone wanting to take a look beyond the horizon.
In the hardware section, not much new happened in March, we only introduced a gaming mouse from Logitech, but our articles from February about keyboards, mice, and headsets are still current.
We have not lost sight of the topic.
What’s next?
How things will proceed depends a good deal on you, the readers. What do you wish for from the site?
- Do you like the layout, for which our project manager Dawid regularly sacrifices his evenings (some innovations are coming soon)?
- Do you have any topics that you want us to cover?
- Are you furious with us and cursing us every day because we hype the big titles and ignore and overlook the real gems?
- Do you feel like typing yourself and writing a contribution?
One advantage of our site is that we want to be very close to you, the readers, and we can be. So give us feedback, we are just waiting for it. Unfortunately, Björn has withdrawn a bit at the moment, but we are sure: Soon he will also contribute to interesting articles again.
Came to stay
We hope you enjoy the site as much as we do. Of course, we selfishly wish that you keep coming back, whether during a short gaming break, on the bus, or just before going to bed. We will do our best to ensure that you get the best possible reading material on mein-mmo.de.
Stay true to us and recommend us further! We are not leaving here so quickly.
