Here is an easy cheap idea. Get someone to make the Neutral FF-01 and DD-01 sprites real sexy. Think of the new player who logs in an has a mean looking ship right away.

Hate to break it to SDE/TNF, but it's too little - too late for a revamp don't ya think?   All the old players you guys disappointed and angered are busy bashing NF at every turn in EVERY naval game I've tried since the decline here.  YOUR old playerbase is sabotaging you guys for lack of interest in hearing them.  Now, unfortunately, you'll be hard-pressed to even get new players since they are being herded to WoWS, Steel Ocean, and the like.  Even WarThunder is about to launch a naval combat aspect with many of the old players eager to get it.   I'm afraid 10 years of letting things go downhill has finally caught up to you.  People are simply unwilling to pay into a game that constantly favors themselves(SDE) without reward or even a thank you from those that helped line their pockets.

In the spirit of being hopeful however here is a question:  What good is reviving HA and/or new modes for "new" players if there are NO PLAYERS!??!  Don't know when the last time anyone from the company even bothered to log in and see just how low the population is now, but it's not enough for 1 full room....at peak times....on the weekend!  The waiting alone is enough for ppl to move on.  Nobody likes waiting 15 - 20 mins for 1 game that will probably crash half the players in the room.   It's a waste of time.

I wish you guys luck as I'd like to see NF thrive again.....but not holding my breath.  You guys lost your ppl.  Plain and simple.....moreover you did it to yourselves.  Maybe it's just time to accept that, move on, and put effort/resources into something else that might actually make ppl want to participate again.

Merry Christmas to you too vinnson.

This game brings back so many good memories for me, I spent a good few years here and a hefty amount of money too. Was even a monitor at one point and time, although unfortunately I had to quit because I had to leave to work in a different country for a full year. By the time I got back, I moved onto other games and of course most recently World of Warships.

I guess to reflect on all the things that happened in NF while I was still around, I would say that some of the actions of the past really hurt the game. The seemingly lack of giving a damn by the devs, the randomness that led to people getting banned. I remember my best friend at the time was part of a pretty large fleet and then one day the fleet leader was banned because someone with a grudge posted a fake account selling thread, simply listing his account name on a 3rd party forum. I know my friend and the fleet leader tried very hard to help explain the situation and was told to get in touch with the 3rd party forum's GMs and request IP information in order to clear up an issue (something that is utterly impossible as you can well understand). With that, my friend quit the game and not long after the majority of the fleet quit as well. A situation that could have been much better resolved. Furthermore, there was a time when volunteer TNF people got access to payment support tickets, costing players the last chance to actually get in touch with an actual paid employee and resolve any issues. Just bad decisions all around.

But moving on, NF1 had some wonderful mechanics and gameplay. Something that I desperately wanted to see in NF2. SDE had a great chance to just update the engine and graphics of NF1, resolve some bugs and improved their customer care and they would have retained so many of NF1's hardcore playerbase, and instead they gave us the absolutely stupid version of NF2. I tried NF2 and I was disappointed beyond belief and I believe the end result is pretty obvious on NF2, an already dead game. 

One last thing, while NF1 was still somewhat popular and the only worthwhile naval game to play, I mentioned in posts that NF should really promote their game on a larger scale. Absolutely nothing was ever done. Now as the player base has become smaller and smaller promoting this old game is really not going to do much for this dwindling population and I'm really sorry to see this game die slowly. 

[EDIT] 2011 New Years - something I'll always remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCkBZwVtk7Y

I guess the tl;dr version is that this is unfortunately too little too late. The population has moved on and it's very unlikely to come back to this game.  

I also forgot to add something else, while I understand that SDE is a business and as a business it's purpose is to make money, the same for companies like WarGaming, but with SDE I can honestly say that there was almost this constant greed. The cost for supervetting crews cost so much money and then bam crew death, you literally had to always have NF-Fixer on just so u can kill the game ASAP in order to prevent crew loss that you spent real money to get. Honestly, crew death was something that should have been gotten rid of. Keep your players happy and they'll keep playing. Also, while I'm not saying WG is perfect, at times they truly do some wonderful things for their player base. The santa crates that were sold this Christmas for $1, $3 and $5 really did have pretty solid chances of netting you premium ships that would normally cost $20-$60. And people bought them, TONS of them. WG still made money, but their crates made their players happy and that's a win-win. Something that SDE never really seemed to get. I mean we did used to call them $DE for a reason. 

I agree with iChase. SDE failed to keep their player base happy, which led to the death of this game. That's all there is to it.

I don't even know what you intend to do with these suggestions. Years ago there were fleet leader meetings held where their suggestions and concerns were supposed to be heard by the community manager. Nothing ever came of those.

I think it might be too little too late. The playerbase has had sand kicked into their eyes too many times and many have left completely because they know the moderating crew abuses power. I've been banned twice for bs reasons and I still have come back, I don't know why, but I still do. 

More good events and bring back the Daily Olive Attendance.