145055-player-base

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			is the player base drowning ? i see thayd only with 100 people and i though there might be more than that. Does this mean the game only have around 1k people ?	
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/who is called to a certain amount, can't remember how many, but I know it doesn't show the max amount of people around.
 
Currently stood in Illium on luminai with 97 people around me. This is a less populated area.
 
I don't think the game is drowning at all, seeing as luminai had about 12 people on it before f2p.	
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I've seen a lot more dommie's lately, maybe it's the exiles rerolling since they get utterly stomped in pvp most of the time.  So that might have something to do with it.  Man am I glad I never made an exile, I'd lose my mind :P
 
It's also a function of prime time, got to expect lesser numbers at certain times, especially on weekdays.	
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is the player base drowning ? i see thayd only with 100 people and i though there might be more than that. Does this mean the game only have around 1k people ?
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			From the amount of people on Entity, both sides, I sure wouldn't think the population had any problems. I have no idea about other servers. 	
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Uh.
 
I'd also like to point out that just because you can't *SEE* people, does not mean they aren't there. Even at prime time you are only going to see a fraction of who is actually in the game.
 
1. Housing. This is a biggie, since lots of people rarely leave their plots unless out ...
 
2. ... Actively Questing. If you're doing stuff in the world, then you can't be seen in the capital, now can you? Same holds for PVP. Can't see people in a battleground, arena or warplot, either.
 
3. Instanced content. The game is loaded with things that take people away from your sight. Everything from lowly expeditions to high-end raiding take you away from sight.
 
4. Instanced CITIES. I zoned into a *completely empty* Illium last week. No one physically there except me. The game "spins off" extra shards when an area reaches a certain threshold. Just recently, I zoned into the Shade's Eve instance from a PACKED Illium. Did the instance. Zoned back into a *completely different* Illlium with far fewer people in the area.
 
In short, don't trust /who and don't trust your eyes. This game isn't like WoW where people stand around for days at a time blowing up chat with Chuck Norris jokes.
			
				
	Edited October 23, 2015 by Tex Arcana	
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