123802-most-people-as-exiles

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I'm just curious....I think most people like to play as the "good guys" and clearly the Dominion is not the nicest bunch of people on planet Nexus. 
 
So how well do the two sides balance out as far as population?	
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I'm having deja vu... :lol:
 
Exile is the most populated faction on Entity server. I would guess a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1 Exile favour, but that's speculation so you shouldn't put much stock in it.	
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			It is accepted that Exiles are more populated.  But that is not to say that there aren't enough dominion.  Somebody has to have more.	
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			From what I've heard they are not too far apart. Its just that the exile population is more visible and in your face.	
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I'm just curious....I think most people like to play as the "good guys" and clearly the Dominion is not that the nicest bunch of people on planet Nexus. 
 
So how well do the two sides balance out as far as population?
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			Olivar is spot on, dominion isn't as bad as people making to be, there's even a starting quest where a priest of the church poisons a pell encamped and then the he gets caught and killed by us with the quest giver saying justices has being served, then there's a bunch of other key npcs on dominion with a good heart intentions etc	
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			Rough estimate is that Jabbit is about 3:1 or more, Exiles being the larger faction by far.	
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			I play as Females and Exiles are Hotter	
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I play as Females and Exiles are Hotter
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From what I've heard they are not too far apart. Its just that the exile population is more visible and in your face.
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I think that this one statement sums up the disparity pretty well.
 
Let's face it, the prettiest races/characters in rpg's are always the most popular. Therefore, the factions with the prettiest races/characters will tend to have higher populations.
 
Not to mention that the initial narrative seemed to paint the Exiles as stereotypical "good" guys and the Dominion as the "bad" guys (although both factions are far more grey than that).
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The Dominion aren't bad guys, they're just more structured and militaristic. Exiles are the "underdogs" but that doesn't make them "Good Guys."
 
Personally, I like the feel of Dominion much more, and think there is plenty of population in our faction to do everything exiles can do.	
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It depends.  If I had to rate it, I'd say the disparity is no worse than 3/5 in the Exile's favor.  That is, though, a fairly large disparity.
 
Who knows, though.  I remember when the Alliance was the most populous WoW faction, and it was blamed on Night Elves.  Then the population switched, and it was blamed on Blood Elves.  Then consensus went every which way after that.	
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To be fair it's always the elves fault.
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It depends. If I had to rate it, I'd say the disparity is no worse than 3/5 in the Exile's favor. That is, though, a fairly large disparity.
 
Who knows, though. I remember when the Alliance was the most populous WoW faction, and it was blamed on Night Elves. Then the population switched, and it was blamed on Blood Elves. Then consensus went every which way after that.
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Not to mention that the initial narrative seemed to paint the Exiles as stereotypical "good" guys and the Dominion as the "bad" guys (although both factions are far more grey than that).
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To be honest I think Carbine did a really bad job presenting that both factions are suppose to be more gray than just good or evil. That is why we have massive Exile numbers across all servers, also giving them a  fanservice race didn't really help.
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Excuse me?
Dominion not the nicest bunch of people on planet Nexus?
We're not the ones poisoning entire villages or sabotaging crucial systems just to make a point.
We didn't poison a complete forest...
We didn't activate the Eldan Augementation droids...
 
This Exile propaganda is so unbelievable....
 
 
But to your question, Exiles outnumber Dominion on all servers.
But then again they have the Aurin advantage......they breed like the rabbits they are.
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There is only one reasonable way to answer which faction is better and less... Evil.
 
Single hand to hand combat!	
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Exile's city is much better laid out with it's crafting vendors, auction house and pvp vendors all beside each Other it gives the impression the exile side is way more populated.
 
 
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No, you didn't poison an entire forest, just an entire planet.
 
 and yes, you did do most of those things if you bothered to follow the lore on both sides. for everything exiles do in the dominion quests lines... well guess what? in the exile quest lines the dominion does it. funny how that works huh?
 
stop trying to defend that the dominion isn't evil or doesn't do evil things to the opposite faction and accept that you are playing the bad guys.
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No, you didn't poison an entire forest, just an entire planet.
 
 and yes, you did do most of those things if you bothered to follow the lore on both sides. for everything exiles do in the dominion quests lines... well guess what? in the exile quest lines the dominion does it. funny how that works huh?
 
stop trying to defend that the dominion isn't evil or doesn't do evil things to the opposite faction and accept that you are playing the bad guys.
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Except the lore actually states noone is "the bad guy". Both sides do bad things. The dominion out of making the best choice for the future of the empire and all it's citizens, the exiles for survival (and sometimes to prove a point)
 
I'm guessing you play exile predominantly yes? You should actually read more dominion lore before you judge them for being evil.
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			The in-game lore and events has done a good job of balancing things out, but the Wildstar Flicks really portrayed the Exiles as the heroes and the Dominion as the villains, and I think that's where a lot of this mentality is coming from.	
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The in-game lore and events has done a good job of balancing things out, but the Wildstar Flicks really portrayed the Exiles as the heroes and the Dominion as the villains, and I think that's where a lot of this mentality is coming from.
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In every faction based mmo the good guys are where the masses flock, also where more females go and where more people role healers.  Its just the nature of being inherently "good" that attracts these types.
 
This is one reason Dominion gets farmed in pbg's all day long by Exiles.  99% of the time Dominion has no healers and Exiles have 3-4.  Not to mention the constant premade DS geared groups.	
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Yes. From the start we said that the arkship does not give people the understanding that there is good and bad on both. All the lore means nothing unless you read it, and most people come into the game thinking that the exiles are the good guys so why bother reading the dominion stuff? 
 
It was, and still is handled poorly. 
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In every faction based mmo the good guys are where the masses flock, also where more females go and where more people role healers.  Its just the nature of being inherently "good" that attracts these types.
 
This is one reason Dominion gets farmed in pbg's all day long by Exiles.  99% of the time Dominion has no healers and Exiles have 3-4.  Not to mention the constant premade DS geared groups.
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Hah, dominion get farmed all day long? Maybe in NA. You exiles go down like flies in pvp.
 
< Is a healer.	
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No, you didn't poison an entire forest, just an entire planet.
 
 and yes, you did do most of those things if you bothered to follow the lore on both sides. for everything exiles do in the dominion quests lines... well guess what? in the exile quest lines the dominion does it. funny how that works huh?
 
stop trying to defend that the dominion isn't evil or doesn't do evil things to the opposite faction and accept that you are playing the bad guys.
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I keep hearing there are more exiles but, as a dominion on entity, I dont have issues finding groups for things I want to do so, I never notice. plus I see people around illium all the time.
 
If exiles really are that much more populated that's great for the game! must be pretty packed in Thayd.	
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			I play on the exile side because I'm proned to pugging, and that means low que times are realy needed for me. last night the level 10 dungeon pop'ed after about 15 mins in que on the EU pve server as exile, I was level 10. But ofc...being in a guild will probably help the que times if you are on the dom side, but I find it wierd to ask guildies to carry me through a dungeon that most of them have outleveled...	
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The number one reason Exiles have more players:
 
Kitt Brinny and Belle Walker
 
 
 
...Oh and neither faction is truly evil.
 
But don't let the Lopp fool you.  There is great evil hidden behind all that cuteness!	
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I would say Exiles are the bad guys. Causing trouble for no reason, "rebelling" from law and order like a spotty teenager. The dominion stands for truth, order, survival, and some excellent wine. The exiles stand for disorder, lies and messy, seriously you seen their capital city? If the exiles are more populated, maybe all of them could pick up a brush and get that place cleaned like Illium!
 
EDIT: New challenge in Exile city, pick up a brush and "sweep till it shines"	
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I would say Exiles are the bad guys. Causing trouble for no reason, "rebelling" from law and order like a spotty teenager. The dominion stands for truth, order, survival, and some excellent wine. The exiles stand for disorder, lies and messy, seriously you seen their capital city? If the exiles are more populated, maybe all of them could pick up a brush and get that place cleaned like Illium!
 
EDIT: New challenge in Exile city, pick up a brush and "sweep till it shines"
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SO this is just me.
 
But most people know I've been playing mechari since black ops beta and after being gone for a bit over a month I returned and rerolled as an Aurin(because i can't be a Granok stalker booooo) as I wanted to kind of start fresh and from a new perspective. If I'm honest I feel more "bad" then I did on my Dominion, but at the same time I don't less "good" either. It's actually quite fun to go through, but I feel that it's more shades of grey on each side where you're like "well on the one hand....this is a bad thing to do, but on the other hand....i can see why we need t do this...". It's really just a viscous cycle from what I'm seeing.
 
PvP wise...I feel like the side with the best communication and level headed players wins more often. I haven't done much higher level pvp yet on exiles, but when i did PvP on my mechari we would lose when our pug BGs were filled with more people who wanted to be heroes, than work with the team, or people who spent more time yelling at other people than actually communicating.
 
Population wise, I do feel Exiles have more people. You see it more when you go back and forth between the two.	
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I actually bought the game as a result of the 10 day trial and really wanted a Dominion character after creating an Exiles initially.  Problem was I couldnt for the life of me create one in any Dominion race and sex that I actually liked...  I tried for over an hour but found all the models and looks to be horrible..
 
So I now have two Exiles charcters..  An Aurin and a Human..
 
Ciao	
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Doesn't help that Deadeye Brightland doesn't give 2 flying sharts that his wife dies at the hand of the Dominion.  :/
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I actually bought the game as a result of the 10 day trial and really wanted a Dominion character after creating an Exiles initially.  Problem was I couldnt for the life of me create one in any Dominion race and sex that I actually liked...  I tried for over an hour but found all the models and looks to be horrible.
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I never did quite get that.  He got over her death pretty quickly, and only a small dominion detachment's eradication.  Guy has problems holding a grudge I think.
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I never did quite get that.  He got over her death pretty quickly, and only a small dominion detachment's eradication.  Guy has problems holding a grudge I think.
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I like the theory that it was all a setup and that his wife was actually a Dominion spy and Brightland is a spy too O_O
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			Exiles get anime catgirls. Course they're overpopulated. The internet can't resist the kawaii uguu.	
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I like the theory that it was all a setup and that his wife was actually a Dominion spy and Brightland is a spy too O_O
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I keep wanting to level an exile, but I don't know why I can't. I just feel... weird being a rebel. It's not so much the aurins (who have every right to be angry) or the granok (Same) or even the mordesh (they were so close to being allied and proud of it too!... poor mordesh :c) it's literally the humans I have issue with.
Everyone see's them as good and stuff, when they're really just trying to terrorise the empire. I mean it's sad that the empire are chasing them and all that, but in the larger scale of things, the dominion is so much huger and the exiled humans are more like annoying flies trying to do as much crap as they can to the dominion.
 
I mean you look at the dominion quests, with the plague in auroria, they tried to care for all the low born who were affected as well as the highborn. They had to turn people away who were infected just to keep the rest alive, then you have volunteers out in the field trying to save the rest and it was just sad :(
I don't see this as a faction being evil. Just people down below suffering. 
 
It's same for the poor aurins. They grew up on a planet and they loved it, were close to it. But on orders from the top people at the dominion they destroyed a nameless (to them) planet, and so many suffered for the survival of the people of the empire. They were just unfortunate to be on the planet that got destroyed.
 
I don't think the dominion or exile are inherently evil, I just feel as usual like in the real world it's the 1% of the most powerful people in each faction control the rest, the pain, the suffering of the 99%. All the exiles that suffer and all the dominion that suffer are all down to the people in charge. The evil is not in the factions themselves, but some of the figureheads.
 
I mean, some of the dommy quests were so heartwarming that you couldn't see them as evil. Then you get other horrible missions where you have to slay aurins just for wanting to find a forest they liked. And it's the same for exile side too.
 
/rambling away	
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I keep wanting to level an exile, but I don't know why I can't. I just feel... weird being a rebel. It's not so much the aurins (who have every right to be angry) or the granok (Same) or even the mordesh (they were so close to being allied and proud of it too!... poor mordesh :c) it's literally the humans I have issue with.
Everyone see's them as good and stuff, when they're really just trying to terrorise the empire. I mean it's sad that the empire are chasing them and all that, but in the larger scale of things, the dominion is so much huger and the exiled humans are more like annoying flies trying to do as much crap as they can to the dominion.
 
I mean you look at the dominion quests, with the plague in auroria, they tried to care for all the low born who were affected as well as the highborn. They had to turn people away who were infected just to keep the rest alive, then you have volunteers out in the field trying to save the rest and it was just sad :(
I don't see this as a faction being evil. Just people down below suffering. 
 
It's same for the poor aurins. They grew up on a planet and they loved it, were close to it. But on orders from the top people at the dominion they destroyed a nameless (to them) planet, and so many suffered for the survival of the people of the empire. They were just unfortunate to be on the planet that got destroyed.
 
I don't think the dominion or exile are inherently evil, I just feel as usual like in the real world it's the 1% of the most powerful people in each faction control the rest, the pain, the suffering of the 99%. All the exiles that suffer and all the dominion that suffer are all down to the people in charge. The evil is not in the factions themselves, but some of the figureheads.
 
I mean, some of the dommy quests were so heartwarming that you couldn't see them as evil. Then you get other horrible missions where you have to slay aurins just for wanting to find a forest they liked. And it's the same for exile side too.
 
/rambling away
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 :ph34r: Spoooky!
 
 
If you found the lore book in the wreckage you crawl out of there might be something there there.  Actually she sounds more like a defector from Dom to Exile.  It would not surprise me in the least that she survived and didn't even tell Dead Eye.
 
 
He's pretty broken up about it but keeping a lid on revenge so that he could get the rest of the survivors to a safe place.  Probably also why he's located in the bar in Thayd.
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The best part about this post is that I can hear Malvolio say it. 
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