Shimy Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 This breaks down to 9852 players per server, and 2238 players per starting world. This is assuming everyone is logged in at once. Realistically even in times of great excitement like now only 33%-50% would be logged in. Based on these numbers is no reason why all 940,000 preorders should not have access on day one (13th). Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemosavi Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthZail Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohengrin Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Some of the servers obviously took an arrow to the knee ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyAl Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 This breaks down to 9852 players per server, and 2238 players per starting world. This is assuming everyone is logged in at once. Realistically even in times of great excitement like now only 33%-50% would be logged in. Based on these numbers is no reason why all 940,000 preorders should not have access on day one (13th). Thoughts? agree, there is no reason ... except that bioware says so and since early access is a BONUS, not an entitlement, it doesnt bother me at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaawn Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 numbers are wrong. . . . . . 940k preorders dont count digital orders. just retail. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovion Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I heard the server hamsters were busy eating muffins so the servers can only handle like half the load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiloni Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Where do you get the number that there are 105 US Servers. Looking at the server list it doesn't look like that many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcanaar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 And half of those servers are the EU servers, the ones with N/A have been stated many times are EU servers there is just an issue with it at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewser Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) This breaks down to 9852 players per server, and 2238 players per starting world. This is assuming everyone is logged in at once. Realistically even in times of great excitement like now only 33%-50% would be logged in. Based on these numbers is no reason why all 940,000 preorders should not have access on day one (13th). Thoughts? Why do you think there are only 940,000 pre-orders? Edited December 13, 2011 by Drewser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psysention Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 /signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iswattl Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 there was a million US preorders alone thats not counting euro and oceanic preorders so your numbers are off plus that many people in one area would be impossible to quest in... nothing to kill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergulch Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Where do you get the number that there are 105 US Servers. Looking at the server list it doesn't look like that many. From the sticky there are 39-ish US servers. how he came up with 105 servers is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niblik Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 It's the safest way to insure that everyone has a reasonably lag free experience when they first start to play. Letting everyone in at once is just begging for crashed servers and overloaded sign-in engines. I've seen it plenty of times in other MMORPGs; I agree with Bioware's staggered early access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimy Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Where do you get the number that there are 105 US Servers. Looking at the server list it doesn't look like that many. http://www.swtor.com/server-status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 This breaks down to 9852 players per server, and 2238 players per starting world. This is assuming everyone is logged in at once. Realistically even in times of great excitement like now only 33%-50% would be logged in. Based on these numbers is no reason why all 940,000 preorders should not have access on day one (13th). Thoughts? My thought is that you have no idea what opening 105 servers simultaneously for close to a million people actually entails. I will leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardicon Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 can you imagine 2200 people on korriban at once. that should be all that needs to be said. besides that we dont know how many digital sales there were, that number could be double. bioware is doing this their way, dont like it dont play the game, but bioware told us upfront and they are following through with their plan. just the way it is sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrustyDog Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 agree, there is no reason ... except that bioware says so and since early access is a BONUS, not an entitlement, it doesnt bother me at all its not a bonus-we paid more to order early to get into early access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastasolo Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 My thought is that you have no idea what opening 105 servers simultaneously for close to a million people actually entails. I will leave it at that. ^^^^ This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZudetGambeous Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Well maybe they are doing that because they have seen what 100+ people in 1 area at once will do to a server. At 300+ people the lag becomes almost unbearable (see WSG in WoW when it first came into existence) at 500+ people the server crashes at 2200+ people the world explodes. So yes, Bioware is trying to prevent the world from exploding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotaudi Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Statistics show* that people who get into games earliest tend to use the larger character models. Similarly, starting zones tend to be smaller and have less area per character in the zone than do the later, large zones. Because of this, there is less room on any given world early in the game. Therefore, they had to stagger access to allow these larger characters to get out of the starter zones and into the roomy zones, which allows more of the smaller characters to enter the game later on. It is fairly simple. * All supporting statistics come from the Bureau of Made Up Statistics. Edited December 13, 2011 by Sotaudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naghematchi Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 its not a bonus-we paid more to order early to get into early access. Who paid more? Sure we (me and all my friends) didn't. That 5€ will be reduced from the full price at 20th dec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOzone Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Well maybe they are doing that because they have seen what 100+ people in 1 area at once will do to a server. At 300+ people the lag becomes almost unbearable (see WSG in WoW when it first came into existence) at 500+ people the server crashes at 2200+ people the world explodes. So yes, Bioware is trying to prevent the world from exploding. Ok, but what I want to know is what they intend to do when official launch date hits and you have hundreds of thousands (if not millions) trying to log in all at once? Seems this is the perfect opportunity to determine if the servers can handle the sudden surge of players logging in. That way they have time to fix things come the 20th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelurek Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I reckon most of the early access folk will pass out after a 4 - 7 day binge of swtor. This is all part of the plan for a smooth launch on the 20th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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