Noticed any increase in player population?
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Posted on: 2011-10-12 09:57 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Defiant has certainly been a lot busier the last few weeks, can't really speak for any of the other servers.
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Exalted also seems a whole lot busier these days.
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My home server and my backup servers seem to be seeing considerably more traffic than they had for the past couple of years. Amusingly, though, people are still complaining just as much or more than ever about how "no one is on" and "there's nothing to do."
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Actually, that's a good point, in the sense that Exalted seems fairly busy, as do all the other servers I've been on. Since it normally isn't possible to play on two servers at once, yet there are plenty of people on an entirely new one, that suggests that we've had a net population gain overall.
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Originally Posted by Chris_Zuercher
Exalted also seems a whole lot busier these days.
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I've definitely seen more traffic in the newbie area in Mercy Island on Virtue.
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Originally Posted by VoodooGirl
I've definitely seen more traffic in the newbie area in Mercy Island on Virtue.
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I think they might have changed the population numbers behind the "dots".
I noticed when I21 "Subscriber Preview" went live all the server numbers seemed lower then before hand.
But I've defineately noticed a higher amount of traffic on Victory in the lower zones. (Both Mercy and AP)
I've noticed a lot more players. Many new players, many returning players. I am glad for it.
I can't comment on whether population has increased or not...
...but I can say that since I started playing again...I've been able to constantly team with a full 8-man team.
Oh that's good then.
I was lagging quite bad in Cap last night. Not sure if it's my internet or just higher traffic.
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Can "free" accounts post messages in the forum? I haven't noticed any increase?
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
On Freedom there has been a Steel Canyon 2 now for quite some time. They only other times I have seen that happen is 2xp weekends.
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I checked out the search on the find a team tab the other night Virtue was showing 3 red dots and it totaled up to 784 ppl on line |
Originally Posted by DocBot
I think they might have changed the population numbers behind the "dots".
I noticed when I21 "Subscriber Preview" went live all the server numbers seemed lower then before hand. But I've defineately noticed a higher amount of traffic on Victory in the lower zones. (Both Mercy and AP) |
Also seen a lot of multiple zones ie.Atlas 123
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We've seen a considerable uptick in Peak Concurrent Users .
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Defiant server has cerainly had a very big upswing in players.
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See plenty of new people on Victory doing low level stuff!
And plenty of retournees who are hanging out doing high level stuff too!
..The dots are the same colors as they ever were => to me. Swore those stood for server activity (IE: Hamidon raids, Rikti Raids, stuff like lags up the servers) .. >.> Could be really wrong though
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Pretty much this. Whether that is folks coming back for Premium or lots of new free players, I couldn't say.
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Originally Posted by Vitality
I can't comment on whether population has increased or not...
...but I can say that since I started playing again...I've been able to constantly team with a full 8-man team. |
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There are definitely a whole crop of new players running around on Liberty these days... I've been making an effort to team and chat with a lot of them, and that's turned out to be a heck of a lot of fun. Even if I have had to explain the whole "Freem" reference more times than any rational human being ever ought to have to.
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I'm seeing multiple instances of Atlas on Guardian and have had several old friends/SG/coalition mates check in as preems. Sure seems like it.
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The dots represent server load, which is usually (but not always) correlative with server population; some characters and activities generate more load than others. Also, the servers have gone through multiple upgrade and optimization passes in anticipation for the increased number of players.
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Originally Posted by War-Nugget
..The dots are the same colors as they ever were => to me. Swore those stood for server activity (IE: Hamidon raids, Rikti Raids, stuff like lags up the servers) .. >.> Could be really wrong though |
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I've noticed a lot more players. Many new players, many returning players. I am glad for it.
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I'm seeing multiple instances of Atlas on Guardian and have had several old friends/SG/coalition mates check in as preems. Sure seems like it.
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Everything i've seen suggests quite a few more players now.
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That's because previously, no one would say, "I'm going to be a Villain!" and create a Hero. But with the new tutorial, when given the chance to steal someone's power and kill them, they say, "Sure!" and then find out that they really are a villain at heart.
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Originally Posted by Jibikao
Can "free" accounts post messages in the forum? I haven't noticed any increase?
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I've been away for a few weeks and just got back. Before I left, Freedom for VIP was out but not to the public.
So, did you notice a lot more "new" players? I couldn't really tell last night on Freedom. I mean it had "3 red dots" but only Freedom and Virtue had 3 red dots. The rest are just two green dots.
I've also noticed that Street Justice came out. Nice!
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.