Free Character Transfers? I am mistrustful
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2009-12-15 10:10 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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1pm on a single Wed afternoon is meaningless. Why do you think it is valid to extrapolate that to the other 604,799 seconds in a week let alone a longer timespan?|
Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
42 people found in LFT server wide, just me and 1 other player were in Peregrine.. I thought it was a mistake so I searched zone by zone, 6 Atlus, same for Kings, Steel had the most at 9. Pocket D even had less than 6. Pocket D on the second day of the chalet opening. Not a meaningless observation at all, and I'm sure that the Devs ARE aware of Triumphs population.
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Example: I am never on at 1pm Wednesdays unless for some reason I am not at work but I could be on from 9pm-1am M-F plus a lot on Saturday and Sunday.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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42 is 35 more people than I need to make a full team for myself.|
Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
42 people found in LFT server wide, just me and 1 other player were in Peregrine.. I thought it was a mistake so I searched zone by zone, 6 Atlus, same for Kings, Steel had the most at 9. Pocket D even had less than 6. Pocket D on the second day of the chalet opening. Not a meaningless observation at all, and I'm sure that the Devs ARE aware of Triumphs population.
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I see no problem here.
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Also keep in mind some people make use of the /hide function and hide from searches and so will not appear when you are searching.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
42 people found in LFT server wide, just me and 1 other player were in Peregrine.. I thought it was a mistake so I searched zone by zone, 6 Atlus, same for Kings, Steel had the most at 9. Pocket D even had less than 6. Pocket D on the second day of the chalet opening. Not a meaningless observation at all, and I'm sure that the Devs ARE aware of Triumphs population.
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Where are we going and Why am I in this Handbasket?
I knew when I posted that there would be the usual cast , stating their usual responses. I never said I couldn't find a team, and certainly could have assembled one if I wished. Secondly as I stated originally, in 51 months of playing that is the first time I saw the team search not even truncated in the afternoon. Yes there are more players on after school and work hours are over on the east coast, I didn't say there wasn't.
I'll say again that the game itself did not show enough players to truncate the list at 1 that afternoon.
I switched to Guardian directly after, and lo and behold, enough players to truncate the list. Sorry, the sky is blue whether you say it is or not.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
I knew when I posted that there would be the usual cast , stating their usual responses. I never said I couldn't find a team, and certainly could have assembled one if I wished. Secondly as I stated originally, in 51 months of playing that is the first time I saw the team search not even truncated in the afternoon. Yes there are more players on after school and work hours are over on the east coast, I didn't say there wasn't.
I'll say again that the game itself did not show enough players to truncate the list at 1 that afternoon. I switched to Guardian directly after, and lo and behold, enough players to truncate the list. Sorry, the sky is blue whether you say it is or not. |
So you posted with your fingers in your ears and hands over your eyes (a neat trick I will admit)?
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
I knew when I posted that there would be the usual cast , stating their usual responses. I never said I couldn't find a team, and certainly could have assembled one if I wished. Secondly as I stated originally, in 51 months of playing that is the first time I saw the team search not even truncated in the afternoon. Yes there are more players on after school and work hours are over on the east coast, I didn't say there wasn't.
I'll say again that the game itself did not show enough players to truncate the list at 1 that afternoon. I switched to Guardian directly after, and lo and behold, enough players to truncate the list. Sorry, the sky is blue whether you say it is or not. |
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Investigative reporter Blue-Wave has uncovered shocking evidence regarding the playerbase of the popular MMO City of Heroes. It turns out that during the middle of the average week on a Wednseday, during the middle of the afternoon on Triumph, the customers of NCSoft's City of Heroes are more concerned with being at work, and going to school than they are about logging onto the game so Blue_Wave can find a team to play with.
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Don't forget, the "usual cast", IE. Forum Cartel, came and squashed his poor widdle observation.
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Searching level range by level range is often more telling, as it shows folks who are in unique event based zones as well as on mission maps or SG bases. As long as they are not hidden from searches.|
Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
42 people found in LFT server wide, just me and 1 other player were in Peregrine.. I thought it was a mistake so I searched zone by zone, 6 Atlus, same for Kings, Steel had the most at 9. Pocket D even had less than 6. Pocket D on the second day of the chalet opening. Not a meaningless observation at all, and I'm sure that the Devs ARE aware of Triumphs population.
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And then you always need to check to make sure you didn't get a search truncation message in your search.
Not saying Triumph wasn't relatively empty or not when you did your search, just saying that there are better methods with the tools we currently have for getting an estimate of current server population than doing open zone searches.
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Um... You don't lose prestige, it belongs to your SG/VG. You won't have the *number* after your name saying you've earned X amount for them, but it isn't lost. UNLESS:|
Originally Posted by srmalloy
Note that doing this gets you your name change, but you'll have to rejoin any VG you belong to, losing all your accumulated prestige in the process. Possibly a small thing, but...
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The only time a SG/VG loses prestige for a member leaving is if that takes them under 15 member characters in the group, as each member from 1-15 give a prestge "boost."
Or, of course, if you're the ONLY person in the VG, and it's a single character VG, the VG's gone when you leave.
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My observation stands unsquashed. |
Originally Posted by Razoras
Don't forget, the "usual cast", IE. Forum Cartel, came and squashed his poor widdle observation.
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The usual cast refers to those who are instantly defensive when someone mentions the dreaded words "low population".
I don't normally post such things, but the topic was server transfers, and seeing just how low the population of Triumph has dropped, I was curious how things would turn out. More players there, less players there, or things just averaging out.
Being able to admit that the server population is very low, and wondering what the effect on it will be, is not the same as whining about not finding teams or demanding server merges.
I do have to say that I enjoyed the news article 'twas funny.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
I do have to say that I enjoyed the news article 'twas funny.
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Glad to hear you saw the humor.
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There are no Forum Cartel. And when I say there are NONE, I mean there are SOME, but they are well under control. They certainly are not organized, with their own social group for hatching sinister plots.|
Originally Posted by Razoras
Don't forget, the "usual cast", IE. Forum Cartel, came and squashed his poor widdle observation.
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So, um, go on about your business. Nothing to see here.
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Which doesn't count the other side OR anyone on hide. Or the time of day.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Wave
I don't know how this whole server transfer will play out, all I know is yesterday at 1pm eastern there were only 42 people on Triumph. Ya know the little "(this list as been truncated )" on the bottom of the team search window? ... It wasn't there, the first time in my 51 months of playing that I've seen that. And during the start of the Holiday Event no less. So even appreciating the gift of server transfers given us, I'm curious how it will pan out.
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Almost reminds me of that Dentist/Lawyer/Soccer mom who is leading one of the "Obama isn't a US citizen, no one has seen the proof" despite Hawaii's Governor (who is republican, if that matters) has verified she saw the actual birth certificate (IIRC) and the records office of said state faxing a certified copy.|
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
So you posted with your fingers in your ears and hands over your eyes (a neat trick I will admit)?
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Originally Posted by SilverAgeFan
And then you always need to check to make sure you didn't get a search truncation message in your search.
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Anyway - doing it once, during an off time, doesn't really mean much. maybe 60 players who would normally be on had internet failure or some such.
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Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
As always, player observations of server population are meaningless as a measure of actual population. Only the devs know that.
I've never had problems finding people to team with on Triumph and I've been there since the doors opened. It's not Freedom, but neither is it a deserted, dying ghost town.