I had no problems getting a nice full team for the Rikti Invasion Event, so no I don't consider the server quiet at all 
Well ok, i haven't exactly had trouble finding teams but still, at a time i only see about 50-60 people online. Seems odd, because it isn't exactly "massive" in the sense i'm used to.
It seems to be quite quiet overall but still busy enough to get teams going - I think it is just different from other mmos in that sense. I quite like it actually - makes you feel more special (whether heroic or villainous) if your screen isn't chock full of people LOLZORing whilst farming <mob #124>.
Provided of course you can get a team going if you put the effort in - not being able to do things would be no good.
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Well ok, i haven't exactly had trouble finding teams but still, at a time i only see about 50-60 people online. Seems odd, because it isn't exactly "massive" in the sense i'm used to.
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If you're comparing us to WoW, or one of the other bigger MMO, then yes, we are quite quiet - but we put quality over quantitity - our community is one of the freiendliest around.
Also - welcome to the game and forums 
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Actually, thanks to I10 and a new flow of players I think Defiant (and Onion too btw) is way more active now than 2-3 months ago.
..because I share the concerns of professor. It IS usually hard to get a full team unless you've filled your global with "Real life, what's that?" friends. Even some of the evens have been quite empty lately. What saves the game, and what I constantly miss in other games are the LK/SK malf/exemp system.
As a (former, thanks to I9) badge hunter I don't even want to consider how I'd get enough active people in the VG again to maki it thru CoP (if it ever goes live again).
The game also seem to attract a lot of people that prefer to solo a lot, and the badges encourages that IMHO since you can't "go back" and do those low level minions and missions. That also leaves a content hole for all lvl 50s.
..and I really don't want to delete my old alts to make room for new ones.
On the other hand, Issue 10 is - finally - a really great community oriented content patch that brings back the fun of the old Hamidon raids and brings villains and heroes together for some much needed great fun. After 28 raids I still enjoy it.
I hated I9 and wasn't thrilled about I10, but I have to hand it to Cryptic/NCSoft - this is probably the best issue so far IMHO. Now give villains some more GMs and us all some more raids! And the villain Epics f'coz!
This may be a repeat post but i'll post it anyway since, you know, it's evil to repeat posts.
I've been playing since saturday and it seems to me that defiant is a pretty empty server. Is it just me playing at odd times or is there just not many players on defiant, or for that matter not many CoV-players at all?