Redharp Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Republic side are not Rebels. As matters stand in the Lore it would be closer to call Sith Rebels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exilim Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'm playing evil and for the Republic. I am so confused by all of this!!!!! I also don't care about faction imbalance. Port Nowhere, Republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikinai Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 the "emo" side always has more players Fixed that there for ya Yup just doin mah job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpLiciTSainT Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 :Slow Clap: ^Slow Claps too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTempest Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Its basicaly the same (i think) as with WoW, most people assume the kids will go Republic (Alliance) and as such the hardcore (Ie, the type of people who pre-order games and like to PVP in particular) will end up Empire (Horde)... At some point if its an issue im sure BW will end up giving some fancy advantage to been Republic to try and get some folks to cross over but in the end we are just talking about peoples first toons... I intend to go Empire the first time, after that ill most likely start to make one of everything starting with a Republic toon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darter Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 The idea of being part of the Empire and bucking the system by going light side appeals to me. Plus I think the Zabrak Sith Inquisitor is so kickass! Bounty Hunter too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adramelk Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Alliance outnumbers horde 55% to 45% in WoW http://www.warcraftrealms.com/census.php Of those 45% who are Horde, 14% are Blood Elf, who aren't really Horde anyway. Meaning that Alliance-types outnumber Horde types 70% to 30%, give or take a percentage. Your analogy just poofed. It becomes irritating when people use bad math to win arguments. --> 14% of %45 is .14*.45 = 6.3%. So the ratio is (55+6.3) : (45-6.3) = 61.3 : 38.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FotonUrth Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I think everyone is afraid the Bronies are going to roll Republic. We rolled both. Wonderbolts are Republic, Shadowbolts are Imperial. There's no escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaidax Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 An artist impression describing the natural state of things in faction balance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnazg Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Well. For sure pvp queues are gonna suck for Sith. They really won't. Malak was skewed towards the Sith in beta, result? Half the pvp warzones were huttball against other imps. No big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauriL Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I really don't want to play as the empire but my guild is going to so I must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabus Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Nobody cares about imbalance when they can't actually play the game to begin with. Whoever had the idea of putting people in multiday long forced ques rather then a few hours of server que needs to have his head checked. See if he actually has a brain. I am betting you pre ordered AFTER Nov beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiffen Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Alliance outnumbers horde 55% to 45% in WoW http://www.warcraftrealms.com/census.php Of those 45% who are Horde, 14% are Blood Elf, who aren't really Horde anyway. Meaning that Alliance-types outnumber Horde types 70% to 30%, give or take a percentage. Your analogy just poofed. on pvp servers pve dont count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadingdimension Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 14% of %45 is .14*.45 = 6.3%. So the ratio is (55+6.3) : (45-6.3) = 61.3 : 38.7 Black magic witch craft! BURN EM' AT THE STAKE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azmundai Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 my theory is server imbalance is actually an equation that revolves around the pvp guilds on a server, and that pvp guilds tend to go where the action is, meaning they will roll the other faction. I think in time this will spread out. the problem is, in more time .. eventually, 1 guild on each server becomes dominant. And at that point the server really flops and becomes desolate for 1 faction. you always have these faction problems at release, but the median result is usually fairly even. once things are even, that is when the real trouble starts because then each individual server splits on a different side of the factions. once that happens it's all over. So. The solution I don't think is to restrict factions at release, but rather after release. Once the pvp guilds have formed and the general population becomes more even, then lock down servers so that people cant transfer an empire toon to an empire heavy server, and no one can create an empire character on those servers if they don't already have an empire character on that server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilla Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 An artist impression describing the natural state of things in faction balance funny... but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yfelsung Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It becomes irritating when people use bad math to win arguments. --> 14% of %45 is .14*.45 = 6.3%. So the ratio is (55+6.3) : (45-6.3) = 61.3 : 38.7 It's not bad math, I just used bad wording. 14% of ALL WARCRAFT players are Blood Elves, so my math stands, I just said "14% of all Horde" when I should have said "14% of all Players" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acron Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Yes, its a rather sad condition that has begun afflicting the worlds Bee population. Ever since 'Batman Begins' came out, millions of Bees worldwide have wanted to be Christian Bale. Since cosmetic surgery is obviously unaffordable in a honey-based economy, they have opted to play videogames that feature character customisation in order to live out their dreams. Insectologists are very concerned about this issue, as they are spending more time online and less time pollenating flowers. There is also the cruel irony that Christian Bale is actually allergic to bees, and now has wear a complete bubble wrap bodysuit to avoid inadvertent stings from Bee-Fans. xD i was actually thinking of something like this when i read the "Christian wanna bee's" post eheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiresrepublic Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Don't panic OP. Once Christmass hits and all the 13/14 year olds get there game The Republic will fill up fast. There, I said it not one of you... both sides will have kids... atm your side has the most congratulations, want a cookie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yfelsung Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 on pvp servers pve dont count That's ALL servers. PvE faction inbalance is just as much a concern as PvP faction imbalance since open world PvP zones exist on both PvE and PvP servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKraven Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 i really hope the republic will be imbalanced so i will have istant pvp queue yay =D no seriously i'm good with it just because every kid, frustrated by the parrents, will go dark side just to feel bad *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revial Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) They're not going to restrict anything. Why should they? I should point out that Huttball alleviates some of the warfront issues (though even with Huttball you still seemed to have longer queues as Imperial on Darth Malak, but hardly what I'd call agonizing; minutes, rather than the seconds long queues I had as Republic on that beta server, and being able to get a leg of a quest done inbetween queues is a lot more relaxing then having constant instant ones imo). As far as Illum is concerned, it's instanced just like every single other zone in this game. So there will always be one instance of that planet that has roughly equal numbers of both factions. There'll be a lot of Imperials who end up having hardly anyone to fight in the other instances/phases of Illum, and a few unlucky Republic who are all alone, but such is life. With most players secretly just wanting loot as fast as possible, I suspect the cries over this will be largely superficial. Ultimately, the faction imbalance means very little. Unless you're so obsessed with Valor/second that it overrides anything else in your life. Then, yes, you should probably roll Republic. I can't imagine you live a very fulfilling life though. Edited December 14, 2011 by revial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiffen Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 That's ALL servers. PvE faction inbalance is just as much a concern as PvP faction imbalance since open world PvP zones exist on both PvE and PvP servers.no the dont pvp servers is all the matter for any pvp player pve dont count in any pvp as pvp is allways on a pvp server and on a pve its more your choice if u WANT TO PVP or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enitan Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 funny... but true. ^^ Truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yfelsung Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 no the dont pvp servers is all the matter for any pvp player pve dont count in any pvp as pvp is allways on a pvp server and on a pve its more your choice if u WANT TO PVP or not First of all, do me the decency of typing to me with proper grammar. It's insulting to be spoken to in the manner you are speaking to me. Second of all, YES, OPEN WORLD PvP zones, where you are FLAGGED WITHOUT CHOICE exist on both PvE and PvP servers. Just like in WoW, if a person on a PvE server entered Wintersgrasp, they were auto-flagged. You could not be in Wintergrasp and not be flagged even on a PvE server. The same types of zones exist in SWTOR. Research dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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