Villain side dead?


all_hell

 

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I am really enjoying my time hero side on the server, trials keep firing, TF's going off frequently, PUGS running missions...

When I play villain side it seems a ghost town. I occasionally see other players, but no grouping seems to happen. Trials pop in about twice the wait time, but nothing else I see. Just bad luck or is the majority of the grouping population blue side here?


 

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I was on earlier and saw a significant amount of peoplehangine about new Mercy, however I haven't grown enough to check out later zones. I almost exclusively play redside and really hope the population doesn't dwindle.


 

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Most of my toons are villain side. I'd suggest adding the exalted channels and communicate that way. Broadcast and team find are usually dead ends on the villain side.


 

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Been mostly playing redside found it to be somewhat dead (though admittedly I'm generally online a few hours before primetime starts - UK evenings). It's not as bad as some servers (my home server is Victory, and Exalted's redside is about 5 times the population size), but it lags behind the big 2 by a fair bit (about half of Virtue/Freedom's size) - based on a few non-scientific /search population checks at the weekend.

We tried to form a Kal yesterday evening, and after about half an hour of advertising on 4 of the new global channels, along with individual enquiries, we managed to scrape together 5 people. In the same period of time I think I saw 4 task forces advertised and start over on blueside (2 synapse, manticore, and I think an ITF).

In short I've not had much trouble finding/forming small teams, but larger teams (after the 1-10 range) and strike forces have proven problematic so far.

I've also found there to be a *lot* of newbies (or players returning after a 5+ year absence), and I think a lot of them are unaware the global channels even exist.


 

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I tried for a week to form up teams for farms and missions in Cape before finally going rogue. Unless something dramatically changes soon, this will be a blue side server.


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Redside seemed fairly busy the few times I've been able to play. I don't have a toon leveled up very far there yet though, so I haven't tried teaming up or forming strike forces. Maybe it just needs more time to mature.

Honestly, I'd hate to be a brand new player in the new "extended training" version on redside. It seems rather chaotic and possibly difficult to navigate. But maybe that's just me...

(it often is)


 

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I forcibly disconnect all other villains before I log on each day.


 

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It's not so much that there aren't any Villains, they just don't seem as motivated to do things like SFs. The last few days I've been forming SFs and will continue to do so to try to spur Redside on to do so. Done a few successful ones now that only took within about 15 minutes to form.

If you are forming something and I'm around (and have time) I'll go; if you are on and see me advertising an SF, join!


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I don't have anyone red-side on Exalted yet... 'Not quite sure why that is, since I do have villains on Lib, Union and Virtue. Those silly, goody two-shoes heroes have taken up all my time, I guess. <_<


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Quote:
Originally Posted by all_hell View Post
I forcibly disconnect all other villains before I log on each day.
So it was you.


 

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All my characters are still in Praetoria =)

but I play both sides equally.


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Yay! Now, this forum is like all the other server forums.