not on the servers I play on.
Judging by the amount of blind invites I get, no, not empty at all.
Nope. Hip deep in invitations (Libery and Champion).
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.
Depends on times and servers.
At times I've had trouble finding teams on Pinnacle, other times I get invites.
No trouble on Champion but I'm well established there.
I have occasionally had some trouble teaming on Justice/Triumph though.
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Since I16 was released, the servers I've played on appear more populated than ever. Even when playing at odd hours, I seem to run into other players out in the open zones more often than I used to. And the Halloween event seems to have caused a further population spike.
Of course, this is based on casual observation, I have no hard numbers regarding actual population. But it continually surprises me how often lately players complain of "empty zones" when my experience has been the exact opposite.
seems super busy to me - not like in 2004 but definitely on an uptick
Depends on your server really and the time of day. I'm on virtue myself and its almost always packed.
That said if I hit up Victory (which I do periodically) its not nearly as packed but hardly dead i can still get teams. 
I wouldnt know, I solo about 95% of my game time.
But when I do searches, seems to be fairly consistent to number of players online as it was before i16.
Protector (my home server) has always been a fairly small and loyal playerbase server, so I dont think it was hit too hard by players leaving due to changes to the game.
I think Freedom has certainly undergone a dip in population, and if anything, Virtue seems to have remained equal or even grown slightly, so the top population servers might have changed more then the middle/low ones.
What you're seeing is likely the result of a concatenation of multiple things.
- A function of the new SSK functionality causing farmers to no longer require pads/fills to a team.
- An increase in the number of people using /hide due to the above reason.
- Player dispersal to other activities in-game (outside of AE).
- Player dispersal to other servers.
- Player dispersal to other games (either temporarily or permanently)
- A function of time of year (school)
- A function of time of day
- Some other stuff I'm brain-fart forgetting at the moment.
IMNSHO, it's a temporary dip that'll rectify itself.
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What you're seeing is likely the result of a concatenation of multiple things.
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Nope.
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
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I also notice (and yes i know it just indicates utilization not absolute pop) that even freedom and virtue aren't even single yellow dotting lately.
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Several went yellow during Double XP, whereas last Double XP event, some went red. However, there was a server upgrade in the interim. So, what comparisons and conclusions can we draw? NONE. Because we don't know how much the server capacity was increased.
I'm not going to address your personal perception of population, but please don't throw in useless information to try to support your position.
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If you admit you already know this indicator doesn't indicate server population, why do you even bring it up?
Several went yellow during Double XP, whereas last Double XP event, some went red. However, there was a server upgrade in the interim. So, what comparisons and conclusions can we draw? NONE. Because we don't know how much the server capacity was increased. I'm not going to address your personal perception of population, but please don't throw in useless information to try to support your position. |
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Agree with most of that with the possible exception of 2 which I don't understand the reasoning behind and possibly the conclusion. Thank you for the well thought out response.
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That said if I hit up Victory (which I do periodically) its not nearly as packed but hardly dead i can still get teams.
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Since I16 I can say that in my experience, global activity on Victory has been equal to (in some cases) or greater than (in most cases) it was prior to I16.
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I have noticed that some servers seems less full and some more so... especially more people on liberty and victory and less on Freedom. Can it be that people are moving between servers and, if so, how did that happen after such a long time of Freedom-domination?
This is purely anecdotal so please don't jump down my throat because I don't have sever snapshots for the last five years detailing max users and min users but the game seems quieter than normal. I have asked other people and they seem to be in agreement.
I first really started to notice it last dbl xp /free reactivation weekend when it seemed no one showed, but I wrote that off as being too much to soon of something that is no longer really needed. Now the Halloween event is on and I am seeing servers where there aren't enough people that can be gathered in zone to do the event let alone get it done in time. (No its not sour grapes my badger has managed it and has all 5 of the new badges). I also notice (and yes i know it just indicates utilization not absolute pop) that even freedom and virtue aren't even single yellow dotting lately.
Does it seem this way for you ?