104080-is-anyone-alive-out-there

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Hi guys,
 
Been playing Wildstar the last 2 days, with my free trial code; very impressive. I wasn't impressed at first, don't like the art style much and I didn't find it too immersive but a few zones later and seeing just how many features the game had to offer on release it won me over.
 
I thought to myself, I'll actually get this, good end game content, seems polished from what I can tell, fun combat system and I prefer the subscription model anyway, but then it hit me...
 
I realised I was playing a single player game, in over 15 hours of play I have literally not seen another living soul. Now I'm aware they are start zones but guaranteed if I fire up WoW mid expansion and start a char I'm going to see someone within 5 levels, and in 15 hours I'd see dozens of people. I did notice all the servers were low pop which got me thinking... I'm willing to buy it, and invest in it because i know the end games there, but if people ain't there, I'm going to change my mind.
 
I've played every MMO since Eve-Online, so more than others, i even played Age of Conan after it died when the playerbase was less than 1000 and saw more people than I have seen the last 15 hours, unless I'm missing something, this is very much not right.
 
Now I have read all the issues with low population server, people wanting mergers, people against mergers etc etc so I was wondering if i could get a no BS assessment from any max levelers; how active is it up there?
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Noct.	
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Yesterday, I was doing my Dailies in Crimson Badlands and Northern Wastes. It was sometimes a pain because so many people were doing them. But at least Rotter, Empress, and the Rations quests were easy.
 
I then was leveling in Whitevale and asked if anyone was up for Exile Ravager [Group 5+] or Zubblehead {3+]. I soon formed a group for Exile Ravager and the 5 of us took him down. Then I got two others for Zubblehead and we did him.
 
So, no population issues for me. This is Dominion side on Thunderfoot, which is one of the smaller populations.	
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I've played every MMO since Eve-Online, so more than others, i even played Age of Conan after it died when the playerbase was less than 1000 and saw more people than I have seen the last 15 hours, unless I'm missing something, this is very much not right.
 
 
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			At max level, the population seems pretty good, in the leveling zone the pop seems dead. Speaking from an Exile on Warbringer point of view. I see plenty of people grouping up in the daily zones, and plenty of dommies to gank and get ganked by. 	
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Noctover, I think it depends a bit on what server and what days/time you are logged in.
I would say weekends it's more population in the lower areas	
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It depends. Some places are shockingly dead, others are thriving. If you like the game, just make sure to pick one of the "good" servers once you buy it and there will be more than enough people around.
As for the longterm prospects of the game, that all depends on Carbine's actions. Right now, I have to confess I'm in the "losing faith" camp. But if you don't care so much about the idea of the game maybe not being around anymore in 2 years (really doubt anything drastic will happen earlier), I'm sure you can have fun on the populated servers.	
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What server did you roll on OP? and what faction?
 
About a month ago the starting zones were really crowded but people left or they are still leveling or they are now doing stuff at level cap.  You will start to see more people in zones when you get closer to 50.	
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Hi guys,
 
Been playing Wildstar the last 2 days, with my free trial code; very impressive. I wasn't impressed at first, don't like the art style much and I didn't find it too immersive but a few zones later and seeing just how many features the game had to offer on release it won me over.
 
I thought to myself, I'll actually get this, good end game content, seems polished from what I can tell, fun combat system and I prefer the subscription model anyway, but then it hit me...
 
I realised I was playing a single player game, in over 15 hours of play I have literally not seen another living soul. Now I'm aware they are start zones but guaranteed if I fire up WoW mid expansion and start a char I'm going to see someone within 5 levels, and in 15 hours I'd see dozens of people. I did notice all the servers were low pop which got me thinking... I'm willing to buy it, and invest in it because i know the end games there, but if people ain't there, I'm going to change my mind.
 
I've played every MMO since Eve-Online, so more than others, i even played Age of Conan after it died when the playerbase was less than 1000 and saw more people than I have seen the last 15 hours, unless I'm missing something, this is very much not right.
 
Now I have read all the issues with low population server, people wanting mergers, people against mergers etc etc so I was wondering if i could get a no BS assessment from any max levelers; how active is it up there?
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Noct.
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			Population seems fine if you're not playing in the middle of a work day.	
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Most starter zones are pretty sparse at the moment - but that's just because most folks aren't leveling alts that often, and when they are, it's in the off hours.
 
There are PLENTY of people playing this game currently - even the "low" pop servers have a crap ton of players.
I recommend giving it a shot - if you've like the game up until this point, you will enjoy immensely later on :)	
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Thanks for the replies, guys. Im Exile on Contagion, EU. 
 
Guess i'll stick with it then as the majority seem to think its no problem, hope I run into people later on :).
 
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Anytime someone says this, it immediately invalidates absolutely anything they have to say, in my eyes.  That being said, let's review every MMORPG since Eve.
 
 
I had to truncate the list becuase it would not allow me to make a post so large, so I had to exclude 550 games.  This only goes to February 2008 from Eve's launch in February 2005.
 
That's alot of games you've played fine sir.  I think your opinion is absolute fact and you are in no way prone to exaggeration.  Either about the amount of games you've played, or this games population.
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Thanks for the replies, guys. Im Exile on Contagion, EU. 
 
Guess i'll stick with it then as the majority seem to think its no problem, hope I run into people later on :).
 
 
I'm glad I could give you material to entirely miss the point and go off with both barrels, im guessing your the kinda chap that does this a lot.
 
I was a reviewer for PC Gamer in the RPG section, so i played at least 75% of my list, must admit though, some i haven't.
 
As for invalidating anything i had to say; i had nothing to say that required validating, but thanks anyway. The fact you went off looking for an MMO list just to make yourself feel superior did amuse me, however.
 
Thank you however to the rest of the community, who don't live on their hight horse looking for trouble.
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It's really not fair to compare the starter areas to WoW. WoW's starter zones (most, within 30 minutes of play time to get to any one of them) are all crammed up next to a major faction city and it has way more subs and a 9 year head start on the player base's loyalty.
 
Otherwise, you are correct.	
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It's really not fair to compare the starter areas to WoW. WoW's starter zones (most, within 30 minutes of play time to get to any one of them) are all crammed up next to a major faction city and it has way more subs and a 9 year head start on the player base's loyalty.
 
Otherwise, you are correct.
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It's really not fair to compare the starter areas to WoW. WoW's starter zones (most, within 30 minutes of play time to get to any one of them) are all crammed up next to a major faction city and it has way more subs and a 9 year head start on the player base's loyalty.
 
Otherwise, you are correct.
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@ OP...I play on an EU server and am level 30 something and lucky if I see another player in hours at a time. 
 
What a way to treat a player on a trial account interested in the game, way to go trolls.	
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			I recently rerolled on to a new server and just got to level 20. I found the zone chat a little quiet compared to when the game launched but I saw other players, not tens of other players, but enough to remind me that I was playing an MMO. I had some trouble with the 2+ quests, those are tough because you need another player at the same level with the same quest in a close proximity.	
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@ OP...I play on an EU server and am level 30 something and lucky if I see another player in hours at a time.
 
What a way to treat a player on a trial account interested in the game, way to go trolls.
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			Oh and with the combat system, soloing the 2 player group quests is a lot of fun :).	
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			Your Problem is right there the server  Contagion...     If you are going to buy the game   and start again re-roll on Hazak  its the only decently populated EU-PVP server..   Contagion is not very well populated at all.	
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			I should mention that there are a pair of major cities, one per faction, but they aren't the center of player activity.  Lots of players stay at their houses, so Housing zone chat is usually lit up with conversation.  Major cities, it's hit or miss.  People generally drop in to do business.	
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			There's nobody in here, Mr Balowski! We're all holograms!	
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Your Problem is right there the server  Contagion...     If you are going to buy the game   and start again re-roll on Hazak  its the only decently populated EU-PVP server..   Contagion is not very well populated at all.
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What's the link to your reviewer profile on PC Gamer, and what issues were you published in.  I have a subscription I'd like to read your work.
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Anytime someone says this, it immediately invalidates absolutely anything they have to say, in my eyes.  That being said, let's review every MMORPG since Eve.
 
 
I had to truncate the list becuase it would not allow me to make a post so large, so I had to exclude 550 games.  This only goes to February 2008 from Eve's launch in February 2005.
 
That's alot of games you've played fine sir.  I think your opinion is absolute fact and you are in no way prone to exaggeration.  Either about the amount of games you've played, or this games population.
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			I'm with you. I made an account 3 days ago. I rolled multiple characters on multiple realms to find people but all of the low level areas are ghost towns. I thought the game must've been dead until I got to Illum on a couple of relams and saw it was bustling. I don't have any data to back up this claim but it seems that the games population is very top heavy. It sucks because I'd love to quest with someone and do some path stuff together but the way the games population is, that won't be the case	
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			You'll find enough people at 50 provided that you roll on one of the more populated realms but expect a single player leveling experience.	
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You'll find enough people at 50 provided that you roll on one of the more populated realms but expect a single player leveling experience.
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The best thing to do is find an active guild on your server. The endgame of this game is not designed for solo players. Its meant for regular grouping with the same 5 people for dungeons (which if you can't do, then you won't likely be able to put together a raid).
 
Same kinda goes for pvp, find someone to play with regularly (either for arenas or rated BG's) or you'll most likely suffer from hit or miss pug bg's....	
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Sadly this is the new MMO mentality.
 
Solo to max level, learn during endgame how group play works.
 
Blows my mind.
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Sadly this is the new MMO mentality.
 
Solo to max level, learn during endgame how group play works.
 
Blows my mind.
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lol Spider Badger.. your avatar just cracks me up.
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Mine too. Like I said before, I find MMOs very boring to play solo but with this games low leveling population you have no choice.
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