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What about summer Spanish cows?
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Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
Summer vaca?
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I am, but that's because I'm so Irish I have to put on a thick layer of SPF 100 to do anything outside. :P
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Originally Posted by The_Larker
I see everyone forgot that it's summer right now.
I know my *** wasn't inside on a nice day playing CoX. |
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Originally Posted by Back Alley Brawler
Did you just use "casual gamer" and "purpled-out warshade" in the same sentence?
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Originally Posted by ArcticFahx
I am, but that's because I'm so Irish I have to put on a thick layer of SPF 100 to do anything outside. :P
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That must mean you're Irish but not actually in Ireland at the mo, because the evil daystar isn't making much of an appearance so far this "summer" in Dublin.
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And I did the same thing at 1 PM Sunday and 1-45 Blueside, there were 8 people total.|
Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
Roughly 6:45pm on a Sunday.
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A half hour later there were over 50.
The time you are on makes a tremendous difference.
Its summer here, and i am staying in my house with the A/C, cause its 100F outside. After all, its summer in TEXAS.
This means that everyone else should be inside, playing CoH/V NOAUGH. After all, if its 100F here, then its 100F everwhere, right?
RIGHT?
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Test, new games, AND summer vacation.|
Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
I laughed when i heard this one.
But its true where is everyone these days. Test? new games? Summer vaca? |
What does it matter, though? As long as you consider the game still worth paying for (and you do, because you're posting) despite the absolute lack of anyone anywhere and any time why would it matter if you were the last person on the server?
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If that's eastern time, then you are looking at a number of people eating, being with family, sleeping in, and being at religious services. Sunday is always really slow to get going despite being the weekend.
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Originally Posted by rsclark
And I did the same thing at 1 PM Sunday and 1-45 Blueside, there were 8 people total.
A half hour later there were over 50. The time you are on makes a tremendous difference. |
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Oh, I know. I'm just pointing out that during a fairly extended time period (that was around my 4th hour of playing), the numbers were extremely low. It's possible for someone to have "off" playtimes available, and really not have many people on at all. That would give them a much different opinion of the server populations than someone who plays at 8PM.
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Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
If that's eastern time, then you are looking at a number of people eating, being with family, sleeping in, and being at religious services. Sunday is always really slow to get going despite being the weekend.
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Ever since the /hide feature was implemented, I don't think I've had a single character available on /search.
People are out there, but many, like me, make use of the hide feature to avoid being sent tells asking to join said farm and the like.
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You do also realize the I20.5 is on the Test server now and the Devs mentioned that I21 was in early Beta right? You think they just pulled 5 people for those?
I personally have had 3 new players join our SG as well as about 8 players returning to the game join our SG JUST this weekend on Justice.
Calm down and have a Kit-Kat.
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So, you are functionally not there. From the standpoint of someone looking at the game trying to form a group, you don't exist. |
Originally Posted by Necrotron_RO
Ever since the /hide feature was implemented, I don't think I've had a single character available on /search.
People are out there, but many, like me, make use of the hide feature to avoid being sent tells asking to join said farm and the like. |
The point you make is valid if you're trying to show that the game isn't dying and there are still plenty of people playing. It's less valid if being used to counter the idea that the game feels like a ghost town sometimes. In that case, a hidden player and a non-existent player are equivalent.
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I /hide all the time too. That doesn't mean I don't team.|
Originally Posted by rsclark
So, you are functionally not there. From the standpoint of someone looking at the game trying to form a group, you don't exist.
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Would you like to make any more assumptions?
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Conversely, Saturday night 9pm Pacific on Triumph, I failed to get enough players to do a RSF after 2 hours of asking on five global channels, at least one with 100+ players visible.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
I got on Virtue last night. Announced in 2 global channels I was starting a STF (which is the WST). And in 3 minutes we were starting it.
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This is usually where I'd assume that you have ended up on quite a few ignore lists, but instead I'll offer that, despite being the WTF, a LRSF is not a popular task. It takes too much time and has too much risk for too little a reward for most players. And it's redside.
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Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Conversely, Saturday night 9pm Pacific on Triumph, I failed to get enough players to do a RSF after 2 hours of asking on five global channels, at least one with 100+ players visible.
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Very likely some testing going on I'd expect with I20.5 and I21 on the horizon.|
Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
Test?
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Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
new games?
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Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
Summer vaca?
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I'd lean more towards:
- In instances
- Trials, trials, and more trials
- hide and seek event to trigger more "game is dying" threads
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I wasn't the only person advertising the RSF. Recluse SFs usually are something that happens often on Triumph Saturday nights. I was able to use those same channels to join a Kal SF after the 5 people on the team (including myself) gave up trying to get the last 3 people needed to start it. Yes, there were other things going on: LGTF, a lambda that took over an hour to form.|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
This is usually where I'd assume that you have ended up on quite a few ignore lists, but instead I'll offer that, despite being the WTF, a LRSF is not a popular task. It takes too much time and has too much risk for too little a reward for most players. And it's redside.
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Normally I get a lot of positive responses to TFs/SFs I form. Just not last weekend.
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I made no assumptions that aren't valid. I never said he didn't team. I said he's not visible and available. He may do plenty of teaming with the gfriends of his choice, but he still has zero effect on the apparent population available on the server.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I /hide all the time too. That doesn't mean I don't team.
Would you like to make any more assumptions? |
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Unless he talks in any broadcast or global channel, is seen traveling between missions, or joins groups made in broadcasts or channels.
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Originally Posted by rsclark
...but he still has zero effect on the apparent population available on the server.
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I'm not sure where you're getting your information about LRSF, but on my server any run that takes more than an hour is considered unusual, and most take under 45minutes.|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
This is usually where I'd assume that you have ended up on quite a few ignore lists, but instead I'll offer that, despite being the WTF, a LRSF is not a popular task. It takes too much time and has too much risk for too little a reward for most players. And it's redside.
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Hell, I've been on Master runs that take less than an hour.
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I'm going by what I'd assume to be the average player. The fact remains that not everybody is equipped to handle the entire Freedom Phalanx.|
Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
I'm not sure where you're getting your information about LRSF, but on my server any run that takes more than an hour is considered unusual, and most take under 45minutes.
Hell, I've been on Master runs that take less than an hour. |
Any LRSF I've joined has been sub 1 hour. The Mo I was last on was even shorter. It was chock full of incarnate corruptors though, so there you have it.
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I'd say your definition of average needs updating then. You chide someone for making assumptions, then pepper your own posts with them. Unusual.
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Poor wording, to be honest. He didn't make assumptions, so much as illogical conclusions.
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
I'd say your definition of average needs updating then. You chide someone for making assumptions, then pepper your own posts with them. Unusual.
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All I read in any of the OP's posts was "DOOOOoooOOOmmmM!!!!1!1!!"
The stigma that any game that goes free-to-play is automatically in dire straits and is losing subscribers isn't the case in this instance. The devs have said many times that they are making this change from a point of strength. City of Heroes/Villains is not "hurting."
I remember these posts three years into the game... fours years... five years... Well, you get the idea. Even City of Villians was called an effort to save a dying game by some. Now this is the latest reason for "DOOoooOOOMM!!" saying.
Hey, if you feel the game isn't populated enough to keep your interest, I would recommend canceling your subscription and finding something more worth your time. Just remember, only VIP members can post to the forums.
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I will say there is some sort of hatred by the player base to form teams. I was on Freedom in IP and there were a couple of other people there as well. I asked around in local and in three channels about doing a STF. I eventually after a couple of minutes got somebody who asked if there was still room. Note, this seems to be the signature reply for the first person when there seems to be a delay in getting a response. Eventually I got a team together and we ran it. We failed, but we ran it. I could of been one of those Freedom team leaders and built the team better while kicking people for (insert reason here), but I was willing to take whatever and work with it. I would say it's somewhere around 90%, or so of the time if I want to get on a team regardless of server I have to lead. This, and the lack of people playing non-level 50 content are my two biggest grips about the game right now. It's not that I can't lead, but it's almost like I have to and that gets annoying.
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I can say with certainty, that if that's your gripe with this game, you won't find things much different in any other game out there. People are complacent, and willing to wait for something to happen then complain when it doesn't. Even in games with automatic team gathering features, it falls to one person to step up and use their words so people are on the same page.
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Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
This, and the lack of people playing non-level 50 content are my two biggest grips about the game right now. It's not that I can't lead, but it's almost like I have to and that gets annoying.
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