Having started yet another game where 60-70% of the players abandoned at day 4 start, having not even moved a single unit, it has occurred to me what one of the reasons for this might be.
When a game finishes we are presented with a Join New Game button the next time we connect. Many people probably click that and are thrown into a fresh map. Then a lot of those people realise that is not a map they are interested in, and so they exit out. But by then it is too late and they have been entered into a game which they won't play.
So my suggestion is instead of Join New Game immediately entering them into a game, it should send them to a page, or launch a pop-up window, where they can browse available games and select the one they actually want to play.
Ha, I see those “join a new game” button and always ignored them because it was the 22 player map. I assumed it would be as you described it taking you to a page of availability games and not ram you into a new game. Good to know.
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