Thamelas Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Most servers have "standard" populations now, which I feel is utter bull. It's just Bioware renaming "low" to "standard." All the areas feel empty at higher levels. There is no instancing going on to separate players...There just aren't many players. Rarely do higher level worlds get above 50 people. It super aggravating to find groups to do heroic quests. One for the reasons beta was so fun was because they had all the beta testers on 3 servers which ran great. It was a blast. Now they have all these servers with low populations, and it makes everywhere feel empty. Bioware has spread its players too thin. They need to combine servers, but if they do that now it'll look bad in the press. Good job Bioware... Whoever thought up this plan at Bioware needs to be fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJEBarlow Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) It's not peak time in either the EU or the US so of course they're all standard now. Come back between 18:00 and 02:00, my server is heavy/very heavy/full during that period. Edited January 13, 2012 by PJEBarlow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeditheos Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Well, I think they're losing subscribers. And come January 20th after the 1st free month is done and over with we will lose A LOT OF SUBSCRIBERS. So I think they're waiting on that time table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicSkimmr Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 How is it that we end up with one of these threads almost every single day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamelas Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 How is it that we end up with one of these threads almost every single day? Maybe because its the truth, and it pissing players off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamelas Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) It's not peak time in either the EU or the US so of course they're all standard now. Come back between 18:00 and 02:00, my server is heavy/very heavy/full during that period. They are like this all the time. And "full" is what "standard" should be... Edited January 13, 2012 by Thamelas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AchYm Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 It's true for the Euro servers. My server is dead and I play on the Imp side. Besides 9/10 Warzones being Huttball I need to wait hours to be able to finish my ilum dailys. There are no Hardmodes being done ever since there are only a handful level 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinxsters Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) my server is very heavy between 8 to 1 am east coast time on a west coast server. i look at the server list and see plenty of heavy servers at that time. all mmos lose 50% of their subs due to many of things. some such as game does not run well on some pcs due to people think they see min req and they meet them then they think it will play well. just plain do not like it , all games are not liked by everyone. i just hate the i quit threads they accomplish nothen cause we are in that 1% that actually trolls the forums Edited January 13, 2012 by jinxsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) A week ago people were complaining about queues. Server pops probably haven't changed, only server capacity. FULL, HEAVY, etc are relative terms. With a higher server cap, what was HEAVY last week is just STANDARD this week. Edited January 13, 2012 by Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTijger Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 3 weeks ago it was QQ all over because there werent enough servers and the queu's, now there's too many. Grow up and give them a chance to balance things before launching another whine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubira Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Last night, on my Heavy Imperial server, 231 people in the fleet. If I go to Balmorra, there are about 150 people and I see people everywhere. There were 67 on Belsavis and that meant I had to do my dailies in a different order because there were too many people for the spawns (I am unapologetic about soloing dailies). Logged over to my Standard republic server, 39 people in the fleet...... You get Huttball because no one rolled Republic. You can't do Ilum because no one rolled Republic. The world feels dead because you rolled Republic or because you are higher level than the casuals who actually spent time with people over the Holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamelas Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 A week ago people were complaining about queues. Server pops probably haven't changed, only server capacity. FULL, HEAVY, etc are relative terms. With a higher server cap, what was HEAVY last week is just STANDARD this week. Queues are a symptom of Bioware's bad management. Its because they have set the server caps way too low. Then they opened up too many servers, and spread players too thin. In beta we had 3...THREE...servers. They were not "full", had tons of players, and the servers ran fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradivus Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Maybe because its the truth, and it pissing players off. No. It's because people are idiots. Two weeks ago it was: "More server now! MOAAR!!! Or I quit!" Now it: "Game is dying!! Less servers! Or I quit!" The game is doing just fine and servers are well populated. Bioware managed the distribution of new players very well and opened new servers just in the right time. Now, as you said, most servers have a "standard" population, which is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarloves Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Most servers have "standard" populations now, which I feel is utter bull. It's just Bioware renaming "low" to "standard." All the areas feel empty at higher levels. There is no instancing going on to separate players...There just aren't many players. Rarely do higher level worlds get above 50 people. It super aggravating to find groups to do heroic quests. One for the reasons beta was so fun was because they had all the beta testers on 3 servers which ran great. It was a blast. Now they have all these servers with low populations, and it makes everywhere feel empty. Bioware has spread its players too thin. They need to combine servers, but if they do that now it'll look bad in the press. Good job Bioware... Whoever thought up this plan at Bioware needs to be fired. fair enough i'll bite. Tell me how many people are on a server when it is "standard" now and how many people was it before they changed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamelas Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 No. It's because people are idiots. Two weeks ago it was: "More server now! MOAAR!!! Or I quit!" Now it: "Game is dying!! Less servers! Or I quit!" The game is doing just fine and servers are well populated. Bioware managed the distribution of new players very well and opened new servers just in the right time. Now, as you said, most servers have a "standard" population, which is good. "Standard" = low population. Its just Bioware playing word games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyrinthic Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Rarely do higher level worlds get above 50 people. It super aggravating to find groups to do heroic quests. Not everyone is 50. some people enjoy the trip there instead of rushing it. Make an alt or something, theres plenty of people in the low to mid level worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTijger Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Queues are a symptom of Bioware's bad management. Its because they have set the server caps way too low. Then they opened up too many servers, and spread players too thin. In beta we had 3...THREE...servers. They were not "full", had tons of players, and the servers ran fine. And how many players did you have in beta? On the open weekends there were a hell of a lot more than 3, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariuszPol Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 If it's true that TOR lost more players in recent weeks that he gain new ones then I can asume that in near future they will merge some servers. So don't worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamelas Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 And how many players did you have in beta? On the open weekends there were a hell of a lot more than 3, btw. I'm talking about permanent beta servers. Not the weekenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToliverGrey Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 "Standard" = low population. Its just Bioware playing word games. Going to need your evidence for this. Please tell me exactly how many people make a server qualify for standard vs. light. And please also provide hard evidence that server caps have not been raised since release. Not your "guess," but hard solid evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorpalK Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 They are like this all the time. And "full" is what "standard" should be... No, we don't need to have queues to log in. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AchYm Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 No. It's because people are idiots. Two weeks ago it was: "More server now! MOAAR!!! Or I quit!" Now it: "Game is dying!! Less servers! Or I quit!" The game is doing just fine and servers are well populated. Bioware managed the distribution of new players very well and opened new servers just in the right time. Now, as you said, most servers have a "standard" population, which is good. Don't be so ignorant as if you know the population on every server. My server is dead that is a fact. Its has a insane low population. At any day of the time there will be no more than 60 people at Imperial fleet. I have to wait hours to finish my dailys at Ilum because there are barely any 50 Republic players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamelas Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Going to need your evidence for this. Please tell me exactly how many people make a server qualify for standard vs. light. And please also provide hard evidence that server caps have not been raised since release. Not your "guess," but hard solid evidence. You're joking right? Who the hell would have that besides Bioware? And they sure as hell aren't going to say. That's a pretty ridiculous thing to request from a player. I'm talking from play experience from months in beta and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarloves Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 "Standard" = low population. Its just Bioware playing word games. again this is amazing that you have discovered it but tell me how many players are needed on a server to get a standard rating now and how many were required before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merihim Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) You're joking right? Who the hell would have that besides Bioware? And they sure as hell aren't going to say. That's a pretty ridiculous thing to request from a player. I'm talking from play experience from months in beta and now. I don't think he is joking, and i am with him on this one. You can't prove it. Edited January 13, 2012 by Merihim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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