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Observations of Populations ..not looking good for Red.

DogTags

By DogTags,
Posted on: 2010-09-02 10:19 in Freedom

 

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I have to mention something of concern to me. Now that GR has ran its new shiny course, I see a big difference in population on Red Side. Now I still find teams but it seems a bit slower going. I see less people as of late by the Cap BM on average.

So this is what I suspect. I suspect many players have moved their Villain AT’s to Hero side. And or made toons just to go hero.

I say this because I went to GR to toy around and it was very slow around NP. I went over to Imperial. Same thing. Just felt like people went on vacation. Slim pickings out there for teams. Seeing mostly a random street sweeping solo person. I then just logged into my Villain and checked out Rogue Isles. I saw the same thing.

*note: between my logs on toons our server was red 3 dots.*

This makes me think if we have a huge population online….they must be mostly on Heroes. This is the con of GR launch I felt would happen.
I was really hoping for more blue to cross over to Red. Instead it is the other way around. It is severely disappointing for me since I love Red side for only one reason. I hate good guys! I always play the bad guys and has been my thing. I feel like if I want to continue to meet a lot of people and group often, I am going to have to cross over my Villains to Heroes now.

Do you feel the same way about where the population shift went? This isn’t the sky is falling on Villains. I just feel a bit disappointed that the results of GR has hurt red side population.( perception I have ..may not be true)

 

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Dunno. I do fine villainside right now for finding teams with my fallen hero, but I'd expect a large portion of players are taking their mains to the opposite side for new teaming opportunities. Now that we have a "third" side in NP, that has to be considered too. I know you said that NP/Imperial was very slow, but what time are you seeing this? When I login to my lowbies in the east coast evenings (9pm-12am), NP and Imperial are busting (NP's laggy for all the heroes I see regularly).

Granted, I have my own networks of players so I can always find a team, but even when I'm not tapping into those lists, I don't hurt for company redside.

 

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Prime Time PST evenings.

I do find teams still. Takes a bit of broadcasting and zone jumping at times. I expected things to get more busy red side. It seems the opposite in comparison to Pre GR.

 

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Well, most of the activity I'm seeing these days is in Cap, Sharks and Grandville. St. Martial not as much, and Mercy/Oakes are really just stepping stone zones unless you're doing a SF. Oh, and Ouroboros because it's a natural crossroads for people 25+.