145528-does-this-game-have-a-healthy-population

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			I just started playing but I noticed that the starting area is surprisingly empty. Also I can't help but notice that some players look like bots. For example, in the nearby player list, I saw players with same names except 1 letter. For example storms, stormss, stormsss. I challenged quite a few people to a duel but non accepted or even responded. I said hi in zone chat but there was no one... Question is, do people still play this game or is it just completely dead or just full of bots? 	
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It still has good population. For now, at least. If you play on Entity-2, you'll feel like the server is kind of empty at first but you'll find more people at later levels. The pvp servers are a bit empty. Most people migrated to the pve ones.
As for refusing duels, that's not a very good indication of anything. I also refuse all duel requests since I don't like them. Those names though... You should take a screenshot next time you see them and send to support.
 
And since you're new, check the Markeplace subforums to learn why you should avoid buying anything in the cash shop for now.	
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Compared to what it was last year, yes.
 
It's not "massive" but it seems to have a steady player base for now.
 
There are a few issues which have turned people away otherwise it would be a bit bigger but there is nothing we can do about that.
 
 
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 I challenged quite a few people to a duel but non accepted or even responded. 
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			Yes...Lots of guilds are raiding (and im on the NA pvp megaserver).  Thayd is packed at all times, day and night.  There was a huge population boom after f2p...challenging people to duels is a terrible judge of population.  I refuse them all the time, many others will /ignore.
			
				
	Edited October 28, 2015 by Wraith138	
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Not the Mordesh!
 
Sorry. I hadda.	
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It's not "massive" but it seems to have a steady player base for now.
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I am running my new Esper leveling only in the BGs and I see tons of bots. In the rated BGs I dont see any with my Medic. Are there bots in the lower level PVE areas as well? Thought it was just lower level pvp. 
 
Oh well bots come and go and then they disappear. Seems like the cycle of most MMOs. Hope they get a lid on it, I would love more good BGs with my Esper. But the population in the 50s BG is way better than a few months ago. BGs pop all the time now. 	
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Not sure if steady is the right word ;)
 
Us new arrivals are hanging in there, we like what we see, it's a good game. But damn is it buggy, and has some glaring issues. We're trying to keep the faith but, it's been almost a month now and some of the real stinker bugs from day 1 are still not fixed (like the costumes resetting, continued server instability and lag during peak times). 
 
Until Carbine actually does something with the game, and proves to all the newbies (and returning old players) that it's serious about continuing development and advancing the game, I fear it's just going to haemorrhage most of those new players. All my friends I came with have left now (About 6 of us in all); and while I'm more stubborn than them, even I'm approaching my limits now as have many of the new players I've spoken to. 
 
I need to see proof that this game is in continued development; that it will receive bug fixes and new content in a timely fashion, and isn't just a dead game with a shiny cash shop attached to milk out the remaining funds, because that is how it looks even if it's far from the truth. We need a little show and tell, or see real action taken this silence is killing us.
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its 1month into f2p so the initial boom is gone therefore there are not many people in the starting areas. they are in higher areas or at level 50 content.
obv now and then new chars will be created but its way way less than at the beginning of f2p.	
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Not the Mordesh!
 
Sorry. I hadda.
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