116207-game-still-feels-empty

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Is it just me or does this game still feel empty.
 
Any guilds looking for one new player on the PVP server?
 
There are still 0 PvP matches for any one under max level.
 
Good attempt Dev's but still not enough.	
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There are a lot more people on my server and that is a good thing.
 
What server and time zone are you in?	
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			If you were not on Stormtalon or Pergo, you'll think you've gone from a desert to a metropolis. However, if you were on either of these servers, I don't think you will see much difference. The problem is, Megaservers did not fix any of the other issues that have caused players to leave. Most of these issues have to be fixed by Christmas or we'll end up with 2 empty servers instead of 20.	
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Is it just me or does this game still feel empty.
 
Any guilds looking for one new player on the PVP server?
 
There are still 0 PvP matches for any one under max level.
 
Good attempt Dev's but still not enough.
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You're posts have been nothing but negative from the start...it's like you actually want this game to fail so you can freeload on a f2p system.
 
I haven't been to a single zone in the entire game since MS went live that didn't have plenty of people in it.	
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			I am on the new US PVP server. I leveled from 1 to 25 with out seeing another person yet.	
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What did people expect? Did people really expect an influx of new players, leveling new characters because we got mega servers?
 
Really? REALLY?!
 
It changes nothing population wise, the players we got are just playing on the same nexus now.	
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I am on the new US PVP server. I leveled from 1 to 25 with out seeing another person yet.
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			It could just be that im not max level and not many people are leveling.	
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Hi folks,
 
Please keep the comments constructive and polite. There's no need for the insults. 
 
I understand that megaservers may not have solved all of the issues for everyone, but please remember that it is just one step in a long line of changes that are coming for WildStar. You can check out our PTR notes for information on future drops, as well as our announcements posts. 
 
- Team WildStar 	
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			... or not playing in prime time.	
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I am on the new US PVP server. I leveled from 1 to 25 with out seeing another person yet.
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Hi folks,
 
Please keep the comments constructive and polite. There's no need for the insults. 
 
I understand that megaservers may not have solved all of the issues for everyone, but please remember that it is just one step in a long line of changes that are coming for WildStar. You can check out our PTR notes for information on future drops, as well as our announcements posts. 
 
- Team WildStar 
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Did you mean you didn't step foot into Illium or Thayd at level 14/15? At all?
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Is it just me or does this game still feel empty.
 
Any guilds looking for one new player on the PVP server?
 
There are still 0 PvP matches for any one under max level.
 
Good attempt Dev's but still not enough.
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Ok still, once you finished Algoroc/Celestion, the questline should have directed you into the city. At level 14, there's housing quest, dye quest, rune quest, hologram quest in the city... then at 15 the first adventure quest unlocked. Mount too from city vendor, unless of course you have the authenticator mount.
 
You are level 25? So you're in Whitevale. I'm gonna assume you are Exile.... since there's no way for Dominion to get to Whitevale without ever stepping foot in Illium. From your comment about no pvp queues ever pop, I assume you didn't level in battlegrounds. Aaaaand just to cover other bases, you couldn't have gotten a teleport from a scientist, as you mentioned you saw zero player thus far. Or maybe I'm completely wrong.
 
Well, your next zone is Farside. You'll need to get to the city for the teleportation to the moon. Stop by there and say hello to everyone! :D	
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			Has there been any talk of increaseing leveling speed.	
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You're posts have been nothing but negative from the start...it's like you actually want this game to fail so you can freeload on a f2p system.
 
I haven't been to a single zone in the entire game since MS went live that didn't have plenty of people in it.
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Kelledon,
 
When you get to level 14 you go to the major city and get your house so you get increased rate of rested exp.  Also some housing items add to this increase rested speed. In addition, if you have a house you can get a 5%-10% exp increase for a daily option depending on what is available for the day from your personal message board on your housing plot.  These are the major reasons for going to the major city once you hit 14.	
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Is it just me or does this game still feel empty.
 
Any guilds looking for one new player on the PVP server?
 
There are still 0 PvP matches for any one under max level.
 
Good attempt Dev's but still not enough.
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Has there been any talk of increaseing leveling speed.
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I read your posts with that voice.
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Leveling speed is the exact opposite of what needs to happen. Especially if someone's complaining about low levels being empty of PVP.
Fast leveling speed is one of the biggest problematic trends with modern MMOs.
The better way is to design low leveling speed while slowly introducing "end game" content into the leveling experience.
Low leveling speed and difficult also weeds out bad PVEers from good PVEers.
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I agree with you on this one. Another fix could be to allow a level up to max for PVP reason so every one can PVP in the same bracket
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That's the best method that I can think of, but lowbies will be nothing but fodder for capped players if there isn't also level 50 PvP gear automatically provided to them.
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ALso true. Or reduce the time/exp to level get every one to max level faster then enjoy end game. becasue there is 0 PVP and 0 Instance groups below level 50.
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Is it just me or does this game still feel empty.
 
Any guilds looking for one new player on the PVP server?
 
There are still 0 PvP matches for any one under max level.
 
Good attempt Dev's but still not enough.
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Has there been any talk of increaseing leveling speed.
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As said by DapperDonatelli in the state of the game thread. That's the closest thing that comes to mind regarding leveling...
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there is 0 PVP and 0 Instance groups below level 50.
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			Side note. I'm in main town and there is 0 people talking in zone chat.	
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Given that your posts are being made in a time-window matching the 4AM-7AM window over the continental united states, I would not be surprised to hear that the population of the game is relatively small at the time you're making your post.
 
But the quoted text wasn't true even before megaservers, so I'm having a little trouble believing it's accurate now.
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No im talking like from level 20 to 50
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AHAHHAHA Nice. Who the hell is that?
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I spent 6 hrs in Q on Tuesday from 7am to 1pm EST and never once got a Q for PVP. and yes i was in Q the whole time with never once being taken out of Q.
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That's the best method that I can think of, but lowbies will be nothing but fodder for capped players if there isn't also level 50 PvP gear automatically provided to them.
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I am on the new US PVP server. I leveled from 1 to 25 with out seeing another person yet.
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Baloney
 
its taken 2 weeks to get to 25  hows does one go from 1-25 in a few hours
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I spent 6 hrs in Q on Tuesday from 7am to 1pm EST and never once got a Q for PVP. and yes i was in Q the whole time with never once being taken out of Q.
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			There ain't too many people around when you level. I didn't suspect the Megaservers would do all too much towards the population though, I was hopeful but I don't reckon it will bring many players back to the game. Hopefully Drop 3 will if Carbine succeeds.	
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Has there been any talk of increaseing leveling speed.
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Ah so now there are people in Thayd, but they just aren't chatty enough for your liking. :P
 
Just wait till they reopen the xfer and go to the pve server. Or reroll and be 25 this evening. Enable the RP chat and your chat window will scroll faster than you can read haha.	
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Leveling speed is the exact opposite of what needs to happen. Especially if someone's complaining about low levels being empty of PVP.
Fast leveling speed is one of the biggest problematic trends with modern MMOs.
The better way is to design low leveling speed while slowly introducing "end game" content into the leveling experience.
Low leveling speed and difficult also weeds out bad PVEers from good PVEers.
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I'm trying to include a photo but it keeps saying the extension isn't allowed. Someone help me with that please...
 
I'm in Thayd right now and there are so many blue name tags you couldn't read them if you tried.
 
Something doesn't sound correct	
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I'm trying to include a photo but it keeps saying the extension isn't allowed. Someone help me with that please...
 
I'm in Thyad right now and there are so many blue name tags you couldn't read them if you tried.
 
Something doesn't sound correct
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I'm trying to include a photo but it keeps saying the extension isn't allowed. Someone help me with that please...
 
I'm in Thayd right now and there are so many blue name tags you couldn't read them if you tried.
 
Something doesn't sound correct
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			Felt like normal Pergo size after the hype died down to me. I've only logged onto PvP so far though, I assume PvE was more populated.	
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So on Warhound(PvP) as a Dominion it 'feels' empty, about a dozen people in Ilium. How is it for Entity(PvE)? 
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So on Warhound(PvP) as a Dominion it 'feels' empty, about a dozen people in Ilium. How is it for Entity(PvE)? 
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It's the middle of the work/school day.  If anyone is there it will be the small proportion of people who work nights or don't work at all.
 
Last night at 8:30 PM EST, I had easily 100 people on screen at once.
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			I'm not saying the game is dead but i came back and i'm level 10 so far and unfortunately I havent seen alot of people either. Thats not to say i'm not having a blast though and loving the game!	
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Yes I should have said midday Eastern time. Peak times things are busy. Just some people in zone chat were disappointed at off-peak numbers, and I am wondering if it the same for other factions/servers.
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			As a former Evindragon on Entity, I'm getting well acquainted with the Aurin CX/AH.  Academy Corner had well over a hundred people.	
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As a former Evindragon on Entity, I'm getting well acquainted with the [snip] CX/AH.  Academy Corner had well over a hundred people.
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But if all three CXs are flooded, I can run a corner store and advertise that you can avoid the mobs! :D
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SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
 
If you say something about it everyone will go there.
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For a premium, of course :)
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Hey, I got kids to feed!
 
... wherever they are.
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Is it 5 kids?
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To those saying you see no people from 1 to 25
 
Here is a screen I just took on a brand new character lol.
 
 
If you're out to kill the game with negativity than these threads and posts make sense.  But they are not true at all.
			
				
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			Kinetic - there are a lot of people in the tutorial area atm as people are creating alts with new names etc. What people commonly refer to when saying they don't see people when leveling is actually past the tutorial zone. You also don't have to be rude.	
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if the extension is a .gif it isn't allowed. Only .PNG and .jpg...
 
If it is those file types it may be how the link itself is written such as ending with "978y53427089453y549453" will from my experience cause this issue...
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Do you ever sleep?
 
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Sleep for Chillia comes with drop 5,....maybe-ish? <shrug>
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Is Chillia even human?
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			Update: It looked pretty bad at first when leveling but when some helpful 50's came along and helped me kill my first world boss (some dragon, can't member his name) and then ported me to the main city it changed everything :) The city on Exile side is packed and i met some new people and joined a guild :D	
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It looks at least around the AH the Exile side is more populated. This isn't an exact count but it looks that way. Something we already suspected.
 
But neither side is 'empty'.
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			I cannot speak for EU or PvP servers but Entity is LOADED. Daytime is much more quiet but there are far more people online at any time than there ever was on Evindra.	
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You can't blame the game for bad queue times during regular sleep/work hours for the vast majority of North American residents.  With your gaming schedule, you should be playing on an EU server for the best multiplayer experience.
 
I don't see any MMO except WoW having the population necessary to sustain a working population of players in the time window you're talking about.
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I cannot speak for EU or PvP servers but Entity is LOADED. Daytime is much more quiet but there are far more people online at any time than there ever was on Evindra.
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Given that your posts are being made in a time-window matching the 4AM-7AM window over the continental united states, I would not be surprised to hear that the population of the game is relatively small at the time you're making your post.
 
But the quoted text wasn't true even before megaservers, so I'm having a little trouble believing it's accurate now.
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So on Warhound(PvP) as a Dominion it 'feels' empty, about a dozen people in Ilium. How is it for Entity(PvE)? 
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Megaservers were never going to change the populations much, pretty much everyone had already moved already. Drop 3 will be be the big thing to watch.
 
Patience people. And if you don't have any patience, go do something else and pop back in when drop 3 hits. Don't whine about doom and gloom here, it isn't useful.	
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			EU- Luminai. It is about 30-40 gamers..	
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			It's a bit more full, but not the "hundreds of thousands" that were mentioned.  Even going with the lowest number of active subscribers where this would be true (200k), and even assuming an even split of 50k for each of the four servers, with a spread across time zones and assuming some kind of peak hours for gaming...there's nowhere near that many at any time of the day.  There "might" be a couple of hundred to possibly a thousand at the busiest times of the day, but that's STRETCHING it.  So, although I love this game and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, I still call BS on the number of active subscribers they said they have.	
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			On Entity we have people standing on shoulders and 200 man world tree raids.  Its kinda fun for a change!	
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Update: It looked pretty bad at first when leveling but when some helpful 50's came along and helped me kill my first world boss (some dragon, can't member his name) and then ported me to the main city it changed everything :) The city on Exile side is packed and i met some new people and joined a guild :D
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			I work over night shifts so for my sessions I usually play from 7 am to around  12-1 pm.  It sucks because when I have the energy to want to do dungeon and pvp content there is nobody on and wait times reach into hours.  And when people are finally logging in I am getting so tired all I want to do is not socialize and level.  Its a vicious cycle.	
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Kinetic - there are a lot of people in the tutorial area atm as people are creating alts with new names etc. What people commonly refer to when saying they don't see people when leveling is actually past the tutorial zone. You also don't have to be rude.
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Kinetic - there are a lot of people in the tutorial area atm as people are creating alts with new names etc. What people commonly refer to when saying they don't see people when leveling is actually past the tutorial zone. You also don't have to be rude.
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He wasn't being rude it was a rather accurate observation.  The OP is constantly negative, and constantly wrong.
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			I'm on Warhound, Exile, have a 50 medic, a 26 engi, and I just started leveling a fresh character with my girlfriend. We've seen tons in the tutorial zone, and on my 26 engineer (besides weird play times) I often see people in questing areas, and always find someone to level or do group content with if I use /zone. 	
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