Population imbalance - Phoenix Freeshard

Can we do something about the population imbalance.
At 5.12pm EST alb 412 player, hib 343, mid 297 players.
Maybe something like that the realm with the highest population should not have more than 30% more player than the realm with the lowest population.
In regards to 5.12pm 297 x 1.3 is 386. 26 Alb player would not be in the game because they are above the 30% limit.

I actually think that 30% is already a high difference but nobody wins if too many people would not be able to log into their chosen realm.

Discuss

Flup, hib

Thu 27 Aug 2020 10:25 AM by DinoTriz

Do you mean locking people out of the realm as soon as it reaches peak population?

Thu 27 Aug 2020 10:48 AM by labra

There is too much things that leads to pop imbalance:
-realm lore (I'm speaking my voice, I don't like Midgard realm, towns etc)
-class balance
-relics and pvp status (who leads/crushes everyone)
-everyone willing (some players like top hop from realm to realm to get some fun and/or discover other realm/classes)

If you want to prevent people to log on a realm you won't get more people, you'll get people heading away from server

Thu 27 Aug 2020 1:42 PM by Messerjockel

Yes, preventing people from logging into a realm if it is 30% higher in population than the realm with the lowest population at the time the player logs in.

I know this is a difficult topic, especially with the risk of driving people away because they cannot log into the realm they want to play at that time.

Most days Midgard has less players on the server than alb and hib. For sure there are times it is not the case but it does not happens often.
By balancing the population it would make RvR more balanced as well.
Rumor has it that Midgard has a manpower shortage and you could solve it to get more players or restrict the stronger realms from getting excessive manpower. With population balance the manpower would be enough to get things rolling

Any other opinions?

Flup, hib

Thu 27 Aug 2020 2:06 PM by labra

to be honest, I don't have any good solution.

If you buff mid classes everyone will go until whine is loud enough to balance the new underpop realm.
If you prevent people to log on other realms, you'll get people going elsewhere and leaving Phoenix.

Thu 27 Aug 2020 5:43 PM by Freedomcall

Total population of the realm has nothing to do with current rvr population since the server decided to let everyone log every realm anytime.
I can play rvr on hib and then log alb right away to do some pve or farm even when i'm locked to hib.
So if you want to compare the numbers, you should compare Frontier 50 number, not the total number of each realm.

Thu 27 Aug 2020 5:47 PM by Astaa

Restricting access to the game is not the answer.

A decent underpop bonus would help, along with getting rid of task zones.

Thu 27 Aug 2020 6:03 PM by Lollie

Freedomcall wrote: ↑
Thu 27 Aug 2020 5:43 PM
Total population of the realm has nothing to do with current rvr population since the server decided to let everyone log every realm anytime.
I can play rvr on hib and then log alb right away to do some pve or farm even when i'm locked to hib.
So if you want to compare the numbers, you should compare Frontier 50 number, not the total number of each realm.

Even frontier numbers are misleading as well due to the afkers in relic towns.
Would be helpful to see numbers the are on the frontier side of the relic gates (if it was possible)

Thu 27 Aug 2020 6:36 PM by Astaa

Perhaps give more classes climb walls would help. Climbing spikes was great on live, it gave tanks something to do other than sit in rams, would help Mid and would help diversify class spread and give more options and variation in tower/keep takes. Perhaps add it as a 5 point RA or something?