Well there is enough games that did both rise and fall on facebook too. There is different kind of players, and those that came in touch with Stormfall on this server, doesn't necessary spend that much time on facebook or have similar interests as players that play it there. Pritty sure those that play it through facebook more prone to throw their friends lists at this game than those that doesn't.
I found this game through some ad on a site some place. Its the sandbox type and the meta of the game I found interesting.
In a blink of an eye you can lose everything in this game, and the recovery time is just to long. Seeing new players post on the forums about get trashed out of protection, or lose all their army at some hamlet etc. That momment is where most of the new players leave this game behind.
I had a blast as a new player in this game, until I had to go to the bathroom, and within those 5 minutes I was away from the screen one of my neighbours did raid me, and totaly trashed me. I took a look at what it would cost to rev the lost units, and was like WTF? serious... At the time I couldn't really make better units that paladins and archers, and the likes, but this game is very good at give you like "bonus" units from the start, units you can't make for a long time, although you can buy in the shop. Its dishearteing for a new player to lose that they can not get back (before much later).
Now, several months later, I can make Necros and such, but I also know if I totaly wipe one of these days, I will take my 20 USD a month (or so), and go find something else to do, because the recovery time is just way to long at this point in time. I also know very well, players I stomped on and wiped out in the game during this time, several of those doesn't play anylonger. Maybe because of what I did to them or I was a contributing factor. Success with PVP games is for players to pick themselfs up again and get back into it. Not sit around wait weeks and months to get back to where they was.
Also once wiped out, you most likely become someones favourite farm, because even you in a good league they doesn't necessary want to babysit you 24/7, and the units you build when offline you will most likely find dead when you log back on again, unless you don't dig into your pockets and pay for the auto hide scrolls...
Kinda feels like, once you get beaten down, you have to pay protection money to Plarium for not lose your stuff trying to recover. That such as SWEET deal being a gamer seeking entertainment and all right? Or you can sit in front of screen 24/7 and move your units to catas evert half hour one is done..... great gameplay...
oh yeah, happy new year....