Long break, returning, but 1 question!

Hi all,

I've had a bit of a long break from COH. Am looking forward to playing the expansion but I'd like to ask a somewhat strange or simple question.

I know with the expansion all servers must be packed to some extent, but because its been a long time, I'd like to know which server currently is the "most populated". I understand theres no server census or anything but opinions/findings would help. Call it a obsession of me playing on the most populated servers on any game I play .

I understand when I was still playing Freedom was by far the most populated. But I've heard rumours Freedom has lost a bit of its player base and now Virtue is leading far ahead? Is this true?

Any replies greatly appreciated

Thanks!

I thought it was still Freedom, but I play on smaller servers so no first hand knowledge.

Methinks general concensus would lead me to say, Virtue or Freedom. That said, once you join a lft/chat global channel for any server, you can do just fine anywhere.

Welcome back and tally ho!

Log onto any server other than Freedom or Virtue.
Then log off and go to the server status page.

The one at the bottom of the list (almost always Freedom) is the one with the most people currently online, as the sheer wieght has sunk it to the bottom.
The one second from the bottom (usualy Virtue) is the second most..., etc.
The one at the very tip-top is the one you were last on, regardless of current population.

Any more answers greatly appreciated!

I will also add to the 'Don't just join high pop servers willy-nilly' crowd. Most people complain about low-pop servers being 'dead', but what they're really saying is that if they can't get a team at the drop of a hat it might as well be dead.

There are a decent amount of people found on any server in the game, or at least most of the green-dot servers. I've managed to make numerous pickup teams just by politely sending tells to those who are looking, and even to some that aren't looking but have a search comment suggesting they do. Also it doesn't hurt to make use of your team-flag and search comment too if you want people to take note of you when forming teams.

Better yet, improvements to the search system allow you to determine who is running a team. If you see any character with a purple name they are the leader of a team with less than eight people. Also if you right-click anybody who is on a team (on the search window or nearby) there's a 'Chat to team leader' option which allows you to send a tell to their leader instead on someone without invite privileges.

If you must insist on a high-pop server I'd recommend middle populations at the most. The benefit of a less than max-pop servers is that when immense amounts of people get online you're not stuck in a queuing waiting to get on, plus there'll be a lesser chance of rubber-banding due to heavy server load.


In the end, if everybody just aimed to start on servers with the least population, we'd actually have a decent population on all servers, and not just a chosen two.

High density servers also equal high lag in many cases.

Aside from Virtue and Freedom, all the other servers have - as I've been told by devs at comic con - roughly the same population at any given time. Don't be fooled by the "omg must have many players" idea. If all you want's quality, that's great... if you want QUALITY, look around for the server which has the population you LIKE the most.

Welcome back