chrisftw Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 i just noticed after today's mini patch that the sharding in the game has been removed i've been seeing a lot more players pretty much on a regular basis now. any confirmation from bioware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atanasrikard Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Sharding was only in for initial release anyway to help people with completing quests instead of having a logjam of people waiting around for mobs to respawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engrey Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 i just noticed after today's mini patch that the sharding in the game has been removed i've been seeing a lot more players pretty much on a regular basis now. any confirmation from bioware? The system only goes up on planets that need it. Once the population cap in a given area reaches X-number, then they "turn on" the sharding. It may be possible that the cap was raised or that not a lot of people are on at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisftw Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 The system only goes up on planets that need it. Once the population cap in a given area reaches X-number, then they "turn on" the sharding. It may be possible that the cap was raised or that not a lot of people are on at the moment. so far there's 175 people just in the coruscant area. and there is no sharding going on. the cantina was packed with players that and the merchant areas were crowded. it seems to me they removed it. check your main map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seithon Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Makes sense, Though funnily enough I've noticed it being a little more unresponsive then usual since I started playing after the patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekcheck Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Sharding is still there but unlike games like Champions Online where it is on all the time (causing population fragmentation), it is a more intelligent version. As Bioware said, it kicks in when it is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engrey Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) so far there's 175 people just in the coruscant area. and there is no sharding going on. the cantina was packed with players that and the merchant areas were crowded. it seems to me they removed it. check your main map. I see 100+ people on our fleet on a normal basis. The cap may be different for each area/planet, but I doubt they would turn it off all together. Edited December 30, 2011 by engrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skerry Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Like most have been saying, the sharding would ease up as the population spread out a bit and as they tuned performance some. MOST current games actually have it, and usually at launch, or the launch of a new expac is when you see it because you have bottlenecks of characters in certain level zones. And, as they ease up the sharding becomes less necessary and tunes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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