zorphon Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 So I am on Wound in the Force - West Coast PvP. I noticed on the guild website, and from various people, that this server has like 2900 registered guilds for Empire, and 600 for Republic. Additionally, I made a Trooper (Who I intend on maining) and there were 22 people in the starter zone, versus over a hundred in the BH one. 33 people in Coruscant, versus over a hundred in Dromund Kaas. I'm just extremely worried. Even look at the class forums, every single Empire class has more threads and posts than Republic class sections. I'm extremely worried about population balance in this game, and specifically the server that I chose. Do you think they intend on allowing server transfers at some point when the game officially launches? I don't want to start all over as I have 7 hours of playtime already (doesn't seem like much, but I'd hate to start over), but I don't want to be on a server where the population is 7:1 ratio between Empire to Republic. What should I do? I'm stressed out about this. To be honest, the imbalance in the factions is actually dampening my enjoyment out of the game. I wanted to go Republic, but to have 7 Imperials to every one of us members of the Republic, is just insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSatoh Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 In general it seems Empire will be much larger in numbers. Few months should balance that out. Hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldan Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 don't worry the teenagers will get swtor for christmas and roll Republic lol (I'm going to main a Gunslinger) I will do what i did in other games where i was surrounded by children and join a mature guild and boss he nooby kids around in pvp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bocefas Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I was going to go, <-- dang that's horrible grammer Imperialist But now that I'm seeing how the population is shaking out, I'm definitely going Republic. Profit off the imbalance! If there are 3 to 1 odds for empire, and you're republic, you will never have a wait in the PvP queues! I did this in WoW and never regretted it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StugLyfe Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) This is the server Ruin rolled empire on. If you are not familar with them well google Dark Crag from warhammer. Basicaly they are a Huge guild. I think they have 1500+ in this game already. Ebonlore also rolled the same side as them for some reason. I would just get off that server now if I were you, it is going to be terrible. Edited December 14, 2011 by StugLyfe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroburrito Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 don't worry the teenagers will get swtor for christmas and roll Republic lol (I'm going to main a Gunslinger) I will do what i did in other games where i was surrounded by children and join a mature guild and boss he nooby kids around in pvp! teenagers want to be evil. they rill roll empire. this is the same reason we have more empire now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wager Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 There's an imbalance and always will be. The imbalance will be much worse on PvP servers. Heck, it may even go the other way on PvE-RP servers. If you don't want to wait in long PvP Warzone queues, roll Republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StugLyfe Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 don't worry the teenagers will get swtor for christmas and roll Republic lol (I'm going to main a Gunslinger) I will do what i did in other games where i was surrounded by children and join a mature guild and boss he nooby kids around in pvp! Pretty certain most of the kiddies rolled empire in this one..... they like bright lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugara Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 dont worry, the endgame will be horrible and everyone will quit by feburary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopCat Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I think teenagers getting the game for christmas will make the imbalance worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorphon Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 How do you guys feel population balance will be on RP-PvP servers? My friends from WoW kind of wanted a PvP server, but if PvE servers are that much more balanced, I may have to switch. It just sucks I put in like 10 hours already, don't want to start all over on a new server, from scratch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortisMortavius Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 This is the server Ruin rolled empire on. If you are not familar with them well google Dark Crag from warhammer. Basicaly they are a Huge guild. I think they have 1500+ in this game already. Ebonlore also rolled the same side as them for some reason. I would just get off that server now if I were you, it is going to be terrible. Good advice if that's the case... More proof that you can't control server populations by staggered access It'll only get worse over time as populations deteriorate at different speeds and there are no character transfers setup; thereby negating any advantages to staggered access (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stugotz Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 We (my wife and I) both plan to play both factions over-time. However we will both be rolling Republic first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bocefas Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Oh wait; Miss read your post. You're on a PVP server facing 2 uber guilds? Reroll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezekiel Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 All the kids are busy calling people kids on the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerda Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 We (my wife and I) both plan to play both factions over-time. However we will both be rolling Republic first. Hubby and I decided the same after seeing how many have chosen Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahl_Windsong Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 This is the server Ruin rolled empire on. If you are not familar with them well google Dark Crag from warhammer. Basicaly they are a Huge guild. I think they have 1500+ in this game already. Ebonlore also rolled the same side as them for some reason. I would just get off that server now if I were you, it is going to be terrible. I can not possibly see the point to being in a guild that has 1500+ members, you may as well just be in general chat with the rest of the server...lol guild chat = general chat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydude Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 So I am on Wound in the Force - West Coast PvP. I noticed on the guild website, and from various people, that this server has like 2900 registered guilds for Empire, and 600 for Republic. Additionally, I made a Trooper (Who I intend on maining) and there were 22 people in the starter zone, versus over a hundred in the BH one. 33 people in Coruscant, versus over a hundred in Dromund Kaas. I'm just extremely worried. Even look at the class forums, every single Empire class has more threads and posts than Republic class sections. I'm extremely worried about population balance in this game, and specifically the server that I chose. Do you think they intend on allowing server transfers at some point when the game officially launches? I don't want to start all over as I have 7 hours of playtime already (doesn't seem like much, but I'd hate to start over), but I don't want to be on a server where the population is 7:1 ratio between Empire to Republic. What should I do? I'm stressed out about this. To be honest, the imbalance in the factions is actually dampening my enjoyment out of the game. I wanted to go Republic, but to have 7 Imperials to every one of us members of the Republic, is just insane. Bad news for you. I can confirm that at least 2 of the Republic guilds are rolling other servers. note: Don't believe the website listings. maybe 20% of all listed guilds will keep the server they were assigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrillagon Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 At least this puts to rest all those peole who were claiming before launch about there being balance between factions. Goes to show that speculation means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restepor Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It's probably going to stay unbalanced for awhile. Until people max out there Empire classes they won't switch to Republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbal Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 "Kids will all go Republic" is a myth. Only measure we had before this in an mmo was dare I mention it SWG. Only reason the Rebels had good numbers in that game was the floating rumor that becoming a Jedi was easier as a Rebel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlander Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) dont worry, the endgame will be horrible and everyone will quit by feburary? And you know this how? I was full time tester there is an end game and there is even more to come soon. Edited December 14, 2011 by Badlander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthKhaos Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Believe it or not 3 things you need to keep in mind. A lot of players will roll and level to 50 one of each class mainly for story.They may intentionally want to roll say Sith Warrior then they try out the smuggler and get hooked and that becomes their new main.After Launch Day with the droves and droves of players that buy from Dec 20th onwards quite a bit will roll Republic. Then again... Everyone loves a bad*****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmaura Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 considering you can switch between sides whats the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalsine Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 This is the server Ruin rolled empire on. If you are not familar with them well google Dark Crag from warhammer. Basicaly they are a Huge guild. I think they have 1500+ in this game already. Ebonlore also rolled the same side as them for some reason. I would just get off that server now if I were you, it is going to be terrible. Why would someone want 1500 members in their guild? Doesnt that kind of defeat the purpose lol... That is just over-the-top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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