FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I understand this game is new, and I really want to give it a chance. However seeing numbers like this in the Republic Fleet when I get home from work is very, very disheartening. Can't you merge servers or something to get the populations up? This is supposed to be a standard population server. If seeing 7 people at peak times is standard I'd hate to see low pop servers. Please do something to fix this! Listen to your community and step up. http://i.imgur.com/8x3GM.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 I seriously can't be the only one who notices this .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Listerman Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 ...Why should I care about population? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 ...Why should I care about population? Because this is a MMORPG not a single player game ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergecrs Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 my peak hours I had 50 players on zone 1 of Ilium and i think it was 30 in zone 2. Server status was very heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZlupZlup Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 ...Why should I care about population? I know right this is an single player game not an mmo:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavi Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Sometimes this happens to me on the Imperial Fleet on my server. Generally it means there is more than one instance housing players. Have you opened your map to see if you were on Fleet [2]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmaura Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 they need to allow people to switch asap. but on other news, my server peaked at 325 last night, its slowly growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Crueak Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 i think most of the posts are simply overexagerating the issue, yes i'm sure there are some servers that could use some help but not anywhere near as bad as these forums make it seem to be. My experiences says differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Sometimes this happens to me on the Imperial Fleet on my server. Generally it means there is more than one instance housing players. Have you opened your map to see if you were on Fleet [2]? I'm sure I was on the main instance. The most I have seen on the Republic Fleet is around 25 people max, and that was about 2 -3 weeks ago. Since then the population has dropped dramatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridghost Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Well, for one i wonder when u took that screen (as you cut the intresting portion showing time of day out) as peak on "my" server i see at least 70 - 90 (100+ on weekends) ppl in fleet and at least between 35 - 45 on most planets i go to. So i have to say it's pretty much serverdependant (if your SS is taken at peak, which i highly doubt). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripnutz Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I feel this pain too... I logged on after work last night... 6 people on Hoth Maxed to 10 when I logged off after playing 3 hours. Try to get a group with that for some heroic missions I hate to admit... I have left many heroics undone as you just cant get the required healer / tank / DPS mix. I guess I can solo them later but no xp and no loot means I probably wont... I think as soon as I max this guy out... I will be starting a new character on a more populated server.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlan Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 And what time was this taken? Since the clock is cropped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevrefoil Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I have to admit that I haven't seen this issue at all. I'm not sure if Vrook Lamar is a high pop server, but we never really did have queues or anything during launch. Even during off hours, there are usually 30-50 people in the Fleet and around 10-20 on a leveling planet (Tatooine). In more primetime, that goes up dramatically. I usually see around 100-125 in the Fleet and 60-70 on my current planet (Tatooine). Last Sunday, population on Tatooine hit 100 O.o It may be that certain servers are extremely imbalanced - so everyone is Imp (or Republic), and the other side is sparse. This probably occurs more often on PvP servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Well, for one i wonder when u took that screen (as you cut the intresting portion showing time of day out) as peak on "my" server i see at least 70 - 90 (100+ on weekends) ppl in fleet and at least between 35 - 45 on most planets i go to. So i have to say it's pretty much serverdependant (if your SS is taken at peak, which i highly doubt). I'll take a pic tonight too and be sure to include the time. I'll update this thread with the information. I'm not trying to start a flame war and I'm not trying to piss off the fanbois, I also want this game to succeed. But when I'm looking to do a flashpoint or a heroic; having a pool of less than 10 players isn't easy to get a group with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Crueak Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) And what time was this taken? Since the clock is cropped out. probably 5am on a monday night, my word is just as believable as the op who would most likely say peak time 9pm. Edited January 26, 2012 by Mr_Crueak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysion Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I was the only person on quesh the other day. I know quesh always has low populations, but i felt kind of sad at that. and my server is usually standard and heavy during prime time. This has always been how the game felt though, populations were higher sure but planets after tatooine always felt empty to me even when there were queues. I think they designed the game with too many planets, people just get too spread out over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Even if the populations are low, I agree; why not put in some type of universal LFG channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveConnors Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Make an empire character, I bet when you guys had 7, they had 150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korizan Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 So your complaining about low populations but you don't list what server you are on or the time frame you are playing. You say your population is fine but you don't list what server you are on or the time frame you are playing. Well what is the point of posting then ? If you list where you are you might get support for your cause. The reality is there are 140 + servers out there and they aren't all full or empty. And if you are thinking about moving servers, which one do you go to ? Kind of hard to choose when nobody says what server they are on. The entire discussion becomes a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evertal Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Part of it is also the imp vs rep ratio. I rolled both imp and rep on my server and it seems to be a 1:2 or 1:3 ratio between the factions. So if the rep fleet is around 30 then theres prob 60-90 imps on the imperial fleet. It seems my server usually is standard load and sometimes heavy during peek but theres always 60+ (usually around 80) on the rep fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzrobe Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) OP I have the same issue on my server and have posted about it in several threads. I play imperial side and there were 12 people in the fleet when I got home from work yesterday. People will likely tell you to reroll, which in the end only hurts your server more. Other people will shout at you because they believe you are furthering some sort of 'this game is failing' agenda. And some people will say that there are 100+ in their fleet so everything is fine (not understanding or acknowledging that you are on a different server). Anyway I'm hoping Bioware will do the right thing, check the numbers, and merge the servers as appropriate. Edited January 26, 2012 by Wizzrobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Crueak Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Kind of hard to choose when nobody says what server they are on. The entire discussion becomes a waste of time. well i'm on Lord Adraas and I always see 100+ instance on any planet i have gone to so far at peak times, I see 200+ on fleet and i never have issues grouping for any content so far. This is also on the Republic side. The Sith side is a little more populated but as a whole on the server the pops are well balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 So your complaining about low populations but you don't list what server you are on or the time frame you are playing. You say your population is fine but you don't list what server you are on or the time frame you are playing. Well what is the point of posting then ? If you list where you are you might get support for your cause. The reality is there are 140 + servers out there and they aren't all full or empty. And if you are thinking about moving servers, which one do you go to ? Kind of hard to choose when nobody says what server they are on. The entire discussion becomes a waste of time. I never said the "population was fine" If anything I'm stating the opposite. The server is ICECAP. The time was 4:30PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousRabbit Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 OP I have the same issue on my server and have posted about it in several threads. I play imperial side and there were 12 people in the fleet when I got home from work yesterday. People will likely tell you to reroll, which in the end only hurts your server more. Other people will shout at you because they believe you are furthering some sort of 'this game is failing' agenda. And some people will say that there are 100+ in their fleet so everything is fine (not understanding or acknowledging that you are on a different server). Anyway I'm hoping Bioware will do the right thing, check the numbers, and merge the servers as appropriate. Spot on. I'm not trying to incite 'OMG THIS GAME IS FAILING!!!!!!!1111'. I'm simply stating what I'm observing and asking for change, and trying to do so in a mature manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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