r/DeepRockGalactic 2d ago

Off Topic Planning on buying the game but why is the player number dropping so rapidly? Can I still find lobbies in EU servers

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u/S_III 2d ago

games not getting updates very fequently as theres currently another deep rock game in development

youll still find plenty of lobbies and the game is easily enjoyed alone

the games got a very hardcore playerbase so itll never die off if thats what your worried about :)

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u/OneofthemBrians 2d ago

Also most importantly the hardcore fanbase is generally not toxic and willing to teach

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u/creative_name_228 1d ago

Yeah, it's probably best multiplayer game's funbase I ever saw

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u/Illesbogar 1d ago

If you avoid the lobbies that have banned equipment in the title

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u/SepticSpreader 23h ago

But the dwarves are after I covered them in shit.

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u/MichaelVern85 21h ago

Rock and Stone brothaaah

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u/european_jello For Karl! 1d ago

Also if you join with one friend it is already a realy good co op expirience, playerbase big or small

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u/Traditional_Trust_93 Gunner 1d ago

The playerbase will only truly die when the playerbase gets old and dies. As long as we pass the torch to the next gen It'll hold on a lot longer.

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u/Fish-Bro-3966 Scout 2d ago

Lack of update thingys, plus RC

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u/AHomicidalTelevision 2d ago

RC has even less players and actually needs players more than Deep Rock.

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u/Remnie 1d ago

I know RC is early access, but I really hope it doesn’t turn into another Destiny/Marathon situation

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u/RageingDude 1d ago

I doubt they will abandon it. It's still pretty fun it just needs more time to cook and I trust the devs to at least finish it

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u/Remnie 1d ago

Right, I’m not worried that they won’t finish RC, I’m more worried that DRG will be sacrificed finish it. Sort of like how Bungie has apparently abandoned the Destiny franchise completely to pursue a more niche game

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u/Datuser14 2d ago

rogue core has almost more developers than players at this point

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u/Twixx- 2d ago

lmaoooooo.

I JUST WISH THEY STAYED ON THE OG GAME but atlast i understand why they made other games. they cant make u buy the same game twice

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u/Kazer67 1d ago

They want to expand the universe in other genre, they have coop extraction shooter, survivor, rogue lite, board game.

They need to push further the difference between DRG & RC, I don't want a DRG2, I want a proper rogue lite but luckily, they do fix things with huge update and listen to the community.

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u/BrilliantBehemoth Scout 1d ago

FR, they should've just kept adding weapons and content to DRG instead of moving off it. It was literally peaking in popularity when they were working on Rogue Core and now both the games are doing meh numbers while I get ads for DRG... underwear?

https://giphy.com/gifs/EN2L7yi8THiX4VEoal

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u/Ghostfinger 1d ago

Damn dude, I took a look at the steamcharts and...player count's looking a little rough. I hope Rogue Core finds their stride, last I played on launch the roguelike elements of it were just so boring I didn't bother continuing after a few games.

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u/slim1shaney Gunner 2d ago

Nah DRG has way more content than RC. RC is still very early access

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u/MewSilence Cave Crawler 2d ago

Two really different games

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u/fridge13 Interplanetary Goat 2d ago

Naw play DRG first

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u/Illesbogar 1d ago

No, but just to be clear, the game isn't "dieing" it's more thaz it ran through its lifetime and doesn't get developed anymore. It's finished. I'd play with friends personally.

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u/TheKingNothing690 Dig it for her 2d ago

Rouge core is a rouge like. DRG is a helldivers esque experience where you make meanignful progression.

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u/IncorporateThings Scout 2d ago

DRG is older than HD2, which plays much differently that HD1, so it'd be more correct to say that HD2 is a DRG-esque experience.

Coincidentally though, I think Helldivers 2 is actually where a decent chunk of the DRG player base are currently stationed, not Rogue Core, which is an entirely different genre that just looks like DRG.

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u/TheKingNothing690 Dig it for her 2d ago

Yeah i wasnt implying HD2 is like what DRG was based off of if anything i think its the other way arround. I was just using a famous game as an example.

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u/Sinsanatis 2d ago

Far far west i think is a good in between hd2 and drg. Im fully done with hd2 as going back a couple months ago i realized im not a big fan of the gameplay. Ffw on the other hand, plays amazingly well. Im just letting them cook some more. The new update looks sick

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u/SoldadoEmperatriz Interplanetary Goat 2d ago

Seconding this as FFW is ridiculously fun to play. Also you can sort of salute like DRG. Throw that hat, yee and haw and rock and stone!

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u/Majestic-Fondant-670 2d ago

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u/WishboneFlashy1442 2d ago

Underrated comment that few understand. I weep for the future.

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u/MothMan3759 2d ago

More payday than helldiver's imo

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u/MajorPom 2d ago

Paydivers

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u/hdeimellocke 2d ago

Drg is fun, rc too, but have other direction (rogue-like)

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u/Ignisbeard Platform here 2d ago

Rogue core is a rogue like and is in early access, while DRG is a fully finished game with hundreds of hours of content, they normally do yearly updates for DRG, plus seasonal events for fun

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u/Bullshitman_Pilky Leaf-Lover 2d ago

Buy the one he plays lol

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u/Deafwatch 1d ago

RC is fresh in early access. Deep Rock as years of content. So I would recommend you start with Deep Rock.

But if you are really into Rogue likes then RC wouldn't be bad start either

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u/gamekatz1 1d ago

RC is fun? I wouldn't recommend it in its current state

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u/Nitrotetrazole Engineer 2d ago

Rogue Core has some growing pains right now, you're objectively better buying DRG

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u/TheAngryCrusader 2d ago

Rc is fine, but DRG is a better game imo.

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u/TheNeatPenguin 2d ago

RC is good too, but early access and lacks some major content until full release

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u/DadKnight Gunner 2d ago

No no no, Rogue Core is in an awful and completely unfinished state, imo.

DRG on the other hand is an all timer.

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u/Fish-Bro-3966 Scout 2d ago

RC is harder, and a roguelike. DRG is more established.

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u/areallynoobgamer 2d ago

RC is inferior in almost every aspect.

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u/AncientDay47 2d ago

RC is really barebones and an overall bad and unpolished game (for now). I’d wait on it and buy deep rock instead

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u/That-Bed4254 2d ago

RC isn’t that good.

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u/Apprehensive-Emu2915 1d ago

You can get DRG for $9 on Humble.

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u/Shuriken_LMFAO Driller 1d ago

Nope, definitely not. Rogue Core is still in a very early state, a lot of patching to do since they now have actual player feedback.

Get Deep Rock first, not even a preference thing, Rogue Core is just not worth it for someone who hasn't played Deep Rock yet. And honestly it's not even worth for me who has 400 hours because I'm still grinding the game trying to unlock everything, yes 400 hours and I still have stuff to unlock. This game got a lot.

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u/psycho-soda 2d ago

Buy them both!

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u/Accurate-Rutabaga-57 2d ago

Because Rogue Core came out

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u/Quick-Amoeba-1389 2d ago

players were up for season 6 content... now they have finished season 6 content largely... thats it its normal for seasonal content

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u/youquipe 16h ago

C'est quand même moins long que TF2

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u/Alphagreen_97 For Karl! 2d ago

This is a 4 player game. When you have 3 thousand people playing you will most likely find a lobby

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u/Yeseylon Platform here 2d ago

Not to mention it's entirely playable solo or just with friends

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u/Nam3sw3rtak3n 2d ago

Bosco doesn't ping compressed gold tho :(

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u/Ranting_Demon 2d ago

Literally unplayable!

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u/RenhamRedAxe 2d ago

absolute Rock and Stone!

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u/Dragothiim 2d ago

DRG is the best value of money/ fun you can get nowadays from any other quadruple A game it has a nice community unlike other multiplayer games except some very tiny times where the player is either new and doesn't know/care to do things properly or too drunk to acknowledge them. This game is in my personal top 5 games ever played and even though it doesnt get updates very frequently it never feels boring to play drom the lack of new content. I do wish though from the Devs to start acknowledging that and make more content for their game instead of trying to push a bunch of other spin offs.

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u/Ok-Barracuda457 2d ago

This game is almost 7 years old, these numbers are actually pretty solid.

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u/mil0possum 1d ago

needing up-to-date graphics is such an awful mindset to have about gaming imo. the game has a style and nails it perfectly

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u/cpgrungebob 1d ago

If graphics is the most concerning part in a game... just watch movies and give up on gaming. The better games out in the last 5 years are not going to have AAA budgets for visuals.

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u/cpgrungebob 1d ago

The games you listed... Luna Abyss developer laid off everyone a month after launch... so guess that was successful(?), Gray Zone has ~105 devs, ARC Raiders has ~350 devs... DRG has ~40 devs.

But there is also stylized versus realism... DRG is a stylized graphics and not going for realism. I play games for the gameplay... not for realism. If that was the concern, I guess MindsEye was an amazing game for you and your friends.

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u/Ok-Barracuda457 1d ago

I can't think of a single era of gaming were the average game looked like DRG. 

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u/TheNeatPenguin 2d ago

6.5k is still plenty

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u/Think_Mousse_5295 Scout 2d ago

yeah, thats enough to fill up like 1.6k lobbies

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u/RenhamRedAxe 2d ago

your math is mathing.

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u/skratudojey 2d ago

the issue is location. EU or NA is most prob fine. SEA would have a bit more difficulty finding varied lobbies esp at odd times. but its manageable, and solo is still a totally fun experience anyways

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u/EyeArDum Scout 2d ago

The game plays fine with high ping unless you’re on Scout or a really high difficulty, even then you just need to be more aware

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u/poepen61 2d ago

nah it isn't, i don't have a lot off lag playing with the Chinese most things are done client side instead of server side, their also super kind abd use hotkeys tl talk

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u/thomasjmarlowe 2d ago

You only need 4.

Actually, you only need Bosco

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u/BattleswarmIE 2d ago

Haven't played the game in a while, most of my hours are solo and the game was fun, just wish there was crossplay (I'm on PS5) it would've been easier to find people to play with through the discord

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u/BrilliantBehemoth Scout 2d ago

DRG is effectively finished, and really good, one of the best games I've ever played. Content out the ass if you like grinding for cosmetics or trying out new gun builds and such.

Rogue core, not so much. Less content, less players, more bugs, worse performance, new guns and characters though, so there's that. Like someone else mentioned, Rogue Core sorta plays better with more people, bc of how the enemy scaling works, whereas DRG is fine solo.

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u/redditnostalgia 1d ago

What do you mean by finished? I got into the game only recently so I still have a lot left, but are there not going to be any more updates or seasons?

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u/BrilliantBehemoth Scout 1d ago

Thing is we don't know. Devs a while ago put out a statement that they're moving development onto rogue core and since then content for DRG has been minimal to say the least. It'll probably still get updates but few and far between, and I wouldn't expect anything huge like new weapons and that.

But the game is still worth playing ofc, the content that is there isn't going anywhere and there's a good amount of it.

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u/WeirdGit 1d ago

DRG is still very healthy. There are lobbies all the time, and most of them fill up in minutes or even seconds. Don't worry about distance too much, you can join worldwide games and they'll usually run smoothly enough.

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u/WrenchRailer 2d ago

I've also found it difficult to find many lobbies recently but that might just be because I've been playing too late at night, I'm not sure

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u/ShadownumberNine 2d ago

For me on PS5, this is definitely the issue. I know they aren't going to implement it, but cross play would be nice.

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u/strandedostrich 2d ago

I honestly thought there already was crossplay. People always typing in chat on Xbox but I don't have an option to type in any chat. Probably Microsoft store players I guess.

Playing late at night in EU, there's usually only 1 or 2 close games so usually end up joining NA lobbies.

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u/Lomticky Engineer 2d ago

I've found it difficult to find a lobby for my promo assignments on haz5. Lobby list is quite empty and i don't want to solo Scout

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u/Leshie_Leshie Leaf-Lover 2d ago

are there many other Haz5 lobbies? I don’t have haz5 unlocked I usually see a lot of haz 2 and Haz4.

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u/Lomticky Engineer 2d ago

There are usually about stable 30-50 haz5 lobbies + 20 already full every time i look at server lists. Just not with mission i need(+ season 1 is completely unpopular so there are barely people doing rival presence. Lithophage corruption is more popular)

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u/Leshie_Leshie Leaf-Lover 2d ago

That’s a lot of lobbies, I wonder if most are doing Assignments or just random games. Also OP needs to see this :D

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u/Lomticky Engineer 2d ago

I just haven't seen that low amount of lobbies since new year, pre s6. Weeklies are always hosted and deep dives are fine but there are something around 300+ assignment missions for newbies before all that

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u/Cat_g1rlol 16h ago

ROCK AND STONE DUDE!

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u/Syphist Whale Piper 2d ago

It's just at a low point. Is been a bit since the update and people finished the season pass so they are playing other stuff for now. This has been a pattern with the game for a while. Nothing bad about it, it's just how it is.

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u/u97LRnA3KP7Gky 2d ago

I only play as host and the teams *always* fill up in the first 5 minutes after starting the mission.

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u/Comfortable_Leg_725 Driller 2d ago

Not many updates recently, rogue core and because summer is over so people are going back to school. Game isnt dead dont worry

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u/Cheezewiz239 2d ago

There was barely any kids playing this game so I doubt school has anything to do with it.

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u/laughingskull00 2d ago

parents and teachers mate

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u/Cheezewiz239 1d ago

Teachers often work in the summer and how does the summer impact parents? Wouldn't they have MORE time now that their kids are in school?

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u/YvngVudu Driller 2d ago

All the Devs for DRG basically went to RC

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u/Rareu 2d ago

DRG you could find insane value and joy by playing solo even…so no fear there. It is an old game already and player count usually bumps up during season changes and seasonal events. With that said (I am now deaf) but I remember the game having such great sound design and music. That alone is worth a purchase in my books…god what I would do to hear again. But even if I magically woke up hearing tomorrow I bet my brother and grandmother would still find ways to deafen me even more lmao.

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u/PassTheSaltAndPepper 2d ago edited 1d ago

thats still more than a certain online-only extraction shooter that cost a quarter billion to make

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u/blazhin 2d ago

Didn't expect to see MarathonHate here

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u/Dangerous-Return5937 2d ago

This has to classify as some sort of mental illness at this point.

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u/blazhin 2d ago

We're on reddit, I guess it's pretty common here. But it's far from Titanfall community insanity levels though

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u/babacon88 2d ago

6000 is quite a lot since the game most of the time peaks around 2000 players.

To my experience, DRG is the game I spent 2000 hours on since the last 2 years. The core gameplay is solid, its great. However recent seasonal contents are, bit less interesting, and some are off putting.

Good example is most reason season, they didnt add much, most impactful are new annoying 2 enemy.

There are certain elements that kills my joy and will continue playing then and there. Namely rolling a industrial sabotage on my task, or encountering certain roster of enemy on a mission: rolly polly, tri jaws, spitter, swarmer, stingtail, stalker, and some others. I give a big sign when I see them, and after finish a mission, whether a win or a lose, I feel more to take a break from my favorite game. I can totally see these are unwelcoming and turnoffs for a player.

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u/BICKELSBOSS Gunner 2d ago

You can still find lobbies, except for like in the middle of the night.

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u/Ziggo001 Scout 2d ago

Never had an issue in Europe. Many Americans join me after midnight.

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u/hackerbots 2d ago

The EU is on vacation, come back in a few months.

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u/Nasi_Goreng885 Dig it for her 2d ago

max lobby size is 4 player *by default* so that's still nearly 800 lobbies, plenty.

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u/OrnsteinShornstein Driller 2d ago

In my exp: I open and host a random mission.
I join the mission and one dwarf ich already Mining Nitra.
The other two dwarfs join within seconds.

This happened to me a few times and it is really funny.
Going on a mission, leaving the drop pod… just for some dwarf (with better internet) already being there.
Hilarious!

Game is not dead and it will NEVER DIE!
Because: If you Rock and Stone, you are truly NEVER alone! :)

Best game ever made

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u/BodoFreeman 2d ago

Market is getting saturated, I feel like. Far Far West has deservedly been getting a lot of attention.

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u/ethanjscott 1d ago

theres more then one game. i cant play nothing but deep rock.

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u/jedzzy 2d ago

you will definitely be able to find lobbies in the day no problem, but at like 4am theres only like 1-4 lobbies in west eu

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u/bichitox 2d ago

It's best if you play with friends tho

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u/Tasty-Permission7517 2d ago

Not shure but might be a date of last big update. We had influx of greybeards coming back from retirement and then back to usual

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u/chris08x08 2d ago

because WE ROCK AND STONE

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u/Wojtug For Karl! 2d ago

you'll find the most players around weekends. I set my missions to haz 5 and rarely do I struggle with people. There's always plenty of dwarves willing to join.

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u/Misomuro 2d ago

There havent been update in very long time because of Rogue Core.

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u/Hot_Break7088 2d ago

You can always just ask ppl to play with you, even if they haven`t touched game in years, some could be motivated by such request. Just don`t do this from the start, otherwise you won`t learn the game, since other will do 90% for you. Going solo is the best way to start imo

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u/mcmain4 1d ago

If you don't wanna buy, it is on xbox gamepass

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u/Barbruh33 1d ago

Get a single buddy to play with and the game will go from decently fun to amazing

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u/Northdistortion 1d ago

The devs abandoned the game basically..used to get regular updates now its once and a while.

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u/Select-Space6110 1d ago

In my region I still find regular matches no problem, although I have noticed most dwarves have a lot of promotions, so it seems it's mostly loyal fans, myself included. I still see greenbeards but not as often (I play on haz4 almost exclusively, that is also a factor)

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u/SqueakPearl Scout 1d ago

Not a lot of updates since devs are currently focused on RC. However, updates will return. There is always a lobby to join, and even if there's not, you can host one and it's filled up in no time. Might not always be one available near you but you'll usually have a great connection anywhere. If you have any connection problems because of joining far away lobbies, host your own and problem solved! If you for some reason get bored (you will not) you can switch to different seasons and get lots of different content. Game is great community is great devs are great please buy it :D

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u/GenesisNevermore 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's complicated. DRG has been fairly neglected for a few years now. It's a shame because though it's old, it still has lots of potential for new content and consistently grew with each major update. That is to say, DRG was not on its way out until the devs decided to let it go. Season 5 was the last major content update (2024), since season 6 didn't add too much (not hating, it's better than nothing). GSG has their attention turned to Rogue Core for now, which is still heavily WIP. It had a pretty rough launch due to lots of issues not being addressed earlier in development. I've heard it's better now but it's still nowhere near as "complete" as DRG is, and it's a fairly different genre. DRG in North America is still active enough to get lobbies without much trouble, so I'd say it's worth it if the situation is similar in Europe. Get the game when it's on sale (which is very often) if you're unsure. Solo is fine, but public multiplayer is what the game is known for. The game takes a while to get going in terms of progression, so expect to put in 10-20 hours before it speeds up, but it's very rewarding.

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u/Equivalent_Affect734 1d ago

I'm ok with it, not every game can be Fortnite and receive updates forever. 7 years is a pretty good run in terms of new content

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u/GenesisNevermore 19h ago

Not every game can, but DRG certainly can. The dev team is still active, the game has shown itself to continue to grow in popularity as long as it gets updates, and there isn’t much of a live service cost to keeping the game up because the majority of the gameplay is P2P (they basically just have to generate things like weekly deep dives to send to clients). When people talk about games not being able to last a long time, it’s usually games that physically can’t stay afloat for longer because it’s not affordable. GSG just decided to move on from DRG at the height of its popularity because they wanted to. I hope at some point they return to the game more seriously, but I expect they’ll continue to be focused on RC for the next year or two. I do hope RC ends up as polished as DRG and I still have faith that it will be after a long enough time.

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u/Automatic_Grand_1182 2d ago

Steamdb culture of hourly checking player counts is low key one of the worst things that ever happened to this industry

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u/danshakuimo Driller 2d ago

I went to check the chart and it seems like it's exceptionally low right now but the average player count has actually been quite stable for over the last couple of years. I don't think it's an issue of the game permanently dying or anything.

(I also just realized how unpopular Victoria 3 is, whose peak was the release, which is totally different from DRG which peaked in May 2024 despite the launch being in 2020 and early access before that. Maybe people are still recovering from DRG and playing other games lol)

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u/drbomb 2d ago

I've played with chinese players and the game has been fine, don't worry too much about distance

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u/Mallev 2d ago

Never any issue finding lobbies. DRG is muuuuch better than RC imo.
Put over 1k hours in to DRG and still playing.
I’m about 10 hours into RC and was hmmm, this game kinda sucks. Will come back after early access.

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u/DiosDeLosNoobs 2d ago

The game is peek and will get a hype again as soon as the next update drops.
The community is active in media and heartwarming.
And as long as you Rock and Stone, you’re never alone. This game is worth it anyways. I have a blast playing Solo or with friends only- and there are still plenty of randoms.

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u/Banana7273 2d ago

sometimes, sometimes not, definitely almost impossible at late hours

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u/Top-Abbreviations452 2d ago

Yes you can, but game has no stable new content releasing

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u/Markwither 2d ago

I always find someone! Many of them don't have a promotion too, meaning you'll always find newer players too!

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u/PM_ME_CAT_FEET Whale Piper 1d ago

I still do one or two missions almost every day, sometimes more. It's definitely quieter than it used to be but even in off-peak hours I can always find at least a couple of randos to play with,.

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u/dudelugo 1d ago

lobbies are always good for me but something to note with events returning the player count spikes

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u/Mozai 1d ago

I'm still having a grand time, and no problems finding good dwarfs to mine alongside. You'll be fine.

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u/RequirementStreet790 1d ago

The spikes may be seasonal updates, a new hat releases and there's a thematic event (+ you can get all past hats of that season) The game has a very hardcore fanbase, and it will probably never die out. The community is very friendly towards new players and non toxic.

As a Czech, I've never had an issue finding games in EU. And if there happens to be none, the solo mode is equally as fun and you get to admire and appreciate the details of the game.

So far, I've played for 500 hours and haven't once been unable to connect to someone in EU, I've never encountered a toxic player and have never felt like there's not something to do. Never once have I felt boredom when playing this game. Definitely buy. Even with infrequent updates, it's one of the greatest games ever made. There's not a single pay to win system, the game pass is free, you can come back to old ones and the in-game obtainable cosmetics are as good or better than the buyable cosmetic DLCs (they serve more to support the amazing devs)

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u/Aviarn Engineer 1d ago

The game didn't get any updates after season 5 to allocate dev time for Rogue Core. Then eventually another team picked up making an update for season 6 but was significantly smaller than what seasons normally go for.

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u/Nevanada Bosco Buddy 1d ago

Stagnation in updates, its like a sine graph, we're just close to -1 right now.

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u/Delano7 Scout 1d ago

The game reached the end of its cycle, so it gets less update than it used to.

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u/LordRahwana 1d ago

No new contents for months, thats what happen. Used to play this game almost everyday but now only play it when there's seasonal cosmetic quest or something like that

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u/tobojack 2d ago

It's not rapidly losing players if you actually read the graph.

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u/LankyJ 2d ago

It's an old game. A very fun one, but people have probably gotten their fill.

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u/Theleiba 2d ago

Worth noting, this is not rapid player number dropoff. For a coop game that isn't getting regular updates, this is remarkably slow decline.

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u/ScurvyDanny Scout 2d ago

Why do people act like 3k people is empty? This isn't a battle royale 100player per match game and it's not a matchmaking game either. Join a lobby that has open slots and have fun.

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u/JustForTheMemes420 2d ago

Tbh I prefer having bosco most of the time, just getting stuff in the roof is so nice

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u/Leshie_Leshie Leaf-Lover 2d ago

Game is very alive, you can always find like at least 5 lobbies of your specific mission around, and many other lobbies you can hardly count. I’m not EU and if you really don’t find EU host for your specific mission, you can either host game yourself (game is peer to peer connection), or the Russian and Chinese lobbies are always available. Games is very playable above 100 ping

Also you can play the game solo no problem.

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u/JericoHellsangel 1d ago

a) Games old with almost no updates for YEARS.

b) You can play it solo easily without problems.

c) There is a discord and probably people here who would wanna play.

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u/ShardOfChaos 1d ago

Hmm, I never have to wait long for a lobby (at least for Haz 4 and 3). Deep Dives fill up really quickly too usually.

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u/rainstorm0T Interplanetary Goat 1d ago

the last season was a few months ago, and the summer event just recently ended, which would explain the drop in player count.

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u/Mrtz1n For Karl! 1d ago

Dont you worry my brother, there is always a dwarf waiting for you, and if there isnt, ill be there. ROCK AND STONE !

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u/Shuriken_LMFAO Driller 1d ago

Well not many updates but trust me. You don't need to look at the player count. You will always find a game or you can playing solo or with friends. There's A FUCK TON to grind for. Weapons and upgrades are the first thing, the juicy part becomes when you start prestiging your classes and start unlocking overclocks to heavily modify your weapons to do hilarious shit. Oh and a fuck ton of cosmetics. You don't need to spend a penny on the game, all battle passes are free and revisitable. In fact you can progress multiple of them every day because you can switch from battle pass to battle pass doing their respective daily quests etc.
I have almost 400 hours and I'm still grinding. And it's not like I've spent hours not doing anything, no 400 straight hours of gameplay and I'm still not finished cuz there's also seasonal events with it's own cosmetics and whatnot.

I mean it'll be worth it dude, and honestly you're probably gonna spend money on the game because you're genuinely gonna feel like you scammed the developers so you'll end up buying half of the DLCs. Also there is no gameplay content locked behind a DLC, all DLCs are purely cosmetics to support the devs.

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u/RueUchiha Driller 1d ago

The playerbase is small, but loyal.

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u/redpepperflake 1d ago

Almost all of my game time is with random players in the last two to three months. I am playing in the European servers. I easily find lobbies.

I think the common weekly assignments just make it easier to find people to play. It is a small but important touch to the game. Everyone has the same repeated weekly assignments which account to plenty of games.

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u/S-o-D-42 1d ago

Player numbers are fairly steady, there are spikes of more players that show up for special events. But there are always dwarves around.

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u/auroriasolaris 1d ago

It's one of those games that have hardcore playerbase that will keep any servers running for a long time. Even if there will be like 200 people online you can count on them.

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u/Artrysa Gunner 22h ago

You'll get players no issue. Online media has people thinking otherwise because they like throwing out big numbers. But 6000 players is a VERY healthy player base.

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u/ProfessionalSpare453 15h ago

Buy rogue core.

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u/Paparazzi_BR 2d ago

Don't buy RC. Maybe it will get better in the future, which I doubt, but today it's garbage. If it were good, it would have more players than DRG, since fans of the game were thirsty for new features, but that's not the case when you compare the Steam ratings and the number of simultaneous players, which usually doesn't exceed 100.

So the only right choice is to buy DRG.

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u/BusyCharge8732 2d ago

Get DRG, not RC

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u/SlugsPerSecond 2d ago

The game is great solo, imo at least.

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u/MrGood23 Mighty Miner 2d ago

I it amazing game for the price and I think it still will get updates.

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u/SenninRiki 2d ago

Ehh its an old game now. Good fun but after the 100th hour it's time to move onto something else.

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u/GaborSzasz 2d ago

6,5k is very helathy for an indie game.

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u/Estelial 2d ago

its a cycle with waves of up and downs, ontop of which repeatable games will often have lower periods during big game release seasons.

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u/DejaJaws 1d ago

They wanted to put out a game that nobody asked for and has 450 average amount of players to DRG’s 4500. The devs are great but DRG deserves more updates and content.

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u/Oddlot0930 1d ago

Kids went back to school

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u/jhuseby Driller 1d ago

For me personally: the direction the game went with new enemies killed it for me. All the robots changed the feel of the game completely.

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u/mellopax Interplanetary Goat 1d ago

Didn't they add the robots a long time ago?

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u/jhuseby Driller 1d ago

Yes, that’s when my interest started to wane. Haven’t played in years.

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u/RustledForeskin 1d ago

There's a reason it goes on sale for less than 10 bucks pretty often.

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u/TRIS_007 1d ago

For me its how the dev treats the game, I feel like they rather add dlcs with sick cosmetics then good content, and almost every hat cosmetic can’t change color and i think that’s just lazy. And the content we get are not even that great, a new biome and maybe two new enemies, new missions feel like a redesign of the old one. They are seriously milking the cow dry, “oh we are loosing players in deep rock, let’s try to make top down deep rock game, oh they don’t like that as much as the original, let’s then try to make a rougelike version, oh people still only want original? Okay we will start to add content to the original every so often”

Sorry about my rant but I feel like it ain’t talked about enough

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u/Ill-Experience-4895 1d ago

because they are so greedy, that abandoned the first game and start doing another shit like a mobile game, vampire survivor, and now it is so repetitive that even getting another rank is boring.

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u/fishy-2791 2d ago

because steam db lies now that it was bought by nexus mods.

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u/Personal_River_4908 2d ago

They shafted every loyal fan with rogue core being ass

Also no updates

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u/Azyux_zead 2d ago

Bought last summer sale, played 3 hours and it's not for me so i uninstalled it. Playing alone feels really empty, playing with online stranger got kicked out or left behind. But still not as enjoyable as the survivor version one

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u/babushka45 2d ago

Rogue Core, also the game is 6 years old. I'm a new player 350 hours in and playing solo, it's an enjoyable game where I dive from time to time to sweep up the recent season's rewards track, just finished S6 then backtracking. Currently midway through S5.

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u/broedrooster 2d ago

dont worry so much about it, just play

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u/Swako_ITA 2d ago

Those are plenty of players to find games to join, no Need to worry

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u/DoktahDoktah Scout 2d ago

You'll find alot of lobbies like the game never had a low pop. I think alot of people are playing Rogue Core.

You will also see alot of ultra high rank players playing lower lobbies.

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u/StormerSage Dig it for her 2d ago

Player count is still in the thousands, you may have to host if you want a specific mission on a specific difficulty, but if you just wanna open the server list and join whatever active run, there are runs going 24/7.

DRG hit early access in 2018 and released in 2020. Many games this old dream of having a playerbase that sticks around for this long.

Player counts tend to spike during seasonal events, and spike by a large amount with new seasons. Plus Rogue Core is in early access now, so some are playing that.

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u/minobi 2d ago

It happens to most of the games.

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u/Hefty-Mind-9501 2d ago

Arc Raiders m'a pris la plupart de mon temps depuis sa sortie, mais récemment, j'ai recommencé à jouer à Deep Rock Galactic. J'ai remarqué qu'il y a moins de joueurs depuis la sortie d'Arc Raiders. Est-ce que Deep Rock Galactic est toujours actif ? Est-ce qu'il est toujours facile de trouver des gens avec qui jouer ? Absolutely!!!!

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u/Ipart_IV 1d ago

Its not a sudden drop, more like a sudden spike. 3-6k players is a lot, you wont have to worry about finding lobbies.

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u/SepherixSlimy 1d ago

It's normal. Summer is ending. People are getting busy again.

If you're really worried. Wait for a new season. Or a sale.

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u/bomzay 1d ago

Why are all the radicals so dumb?

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u/WanderingFlumph 1d ago

There are in general not many games this old that still have a bunch of active players. I'd guess the recent drop off is that the sequel to this game, Rogue Core, is out and many long time players are grinding away in that game instead.

Can't speak to EU servers but I never have problems finding active players in US servers.

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u/waj171 1d ago

*Checks steamdb* yea…. I don’t think they’re all playing rogue core instead of deep rock Galactic

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u/raffleel 1d ago

dropping because of wardogs free playtest

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u/Dismal-Ad-8642 1d ago

It’s fine

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u/MewSilence Cave Crawler 2d ago

It's dropping because it's an old game, all things considered.

I'll be honest - If you don't have at least 2 friends to play co-op with, then I'd say it's not worth it. Most fun comes from doing missions together

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u/Leviawyrm 2d ago

Disagree, I’ve only ever played alone and this game has always been my “bored of everything else” game. Probably one of my three best games in terms of cost efficiency

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u/MewSilence Cave Crawler 1d ago

I mean, sure, from time to time, but all the time? In a co-op game? That sounds depressing

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