What should be done? Everyone who said this: https://unixgeek.com/phoenix.html was a lie now have the results of the NF/OF poll definitely ending their speculation.
knarfknarf wrote: ↑Sun 30 Jun 2019 6:48 PMwell to be fair, both alb and hib were taking everything in mid a little bit ago. So they got all mids to stop forming TG and everyone out in fronteir. If they hadn't, mid would have equal to or less numbers as every other realm.
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Sun 30 Jun 2019 8:24 PMAll this is true for EU prime time. I'm sure it's not even close for US prime time. Not saying that mids aren't highest pop, yes they are, but EU always had more players online and actively participating (be it raids or RvR) than US.
For example - and this can be easily verified both on mid forums as well as with numbers and in game, there wasn't an US TG raid like... ever? Until our alliance The Quorum made one a week ago or so (and we had 79 peeps in TG).
EU always had more players online and actively playing end game (be it pve or RvR again), US always been behind (not like 1/4th, more like 1/2th of EU playerbase active, but still it's more than notable).
So maybe @devs throw some bonuses underpop realms? (not rps, new players or peeps coming from mid for example to try hib / alb don't care about that, they still need to level, get some economy going to gear up, make friends, find a guild etc). Also the 12h timer is a big bummer as well for many who might want to try other realms.
/Bnotashamed + Aicha
Fooj Fujiyama wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 12:23 AMI always felt like bd's should only be able to insta lifetap at 700ish range like the range on a minstrel or skald DD.
Fooj Fujiyama wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 12:23 AMI always felt like bd's should only be able to insta lifetap at 700ish range like the range on a minstrel or skald DD.
Ps. What is the point of such a long realm timer when mid consistently has 100+ people in the frontier? Isn't that what we were trying to avoid?
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 5:59 AMThat would change exactly what? He has still his Pets and 2 other insta-casts for rupt. Between that he can still nuke....
Sorry but since when are we balancing classes based on their 1v1 perfomances?Lillebror wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 7:21 AMBest comment i read about bd ever. 700 range. But they would still be retarded 1vs 1
CronU wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 8:44 AMStoertebecker wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 5:59 AMThat would change exactly what? He has still his Pets and 2 other insta-casts for rupt. Between that he can still nuke....
Sorry to correct your mistake here.
He just got 2 Instant Casts, The Body Resist Debuff AND the Lifetap. There is no third one.
If you want to learn more use this site: https://playphoenix.online/charplan/?class=Bonedancer
Maybe you shouldn't complain about the knowledge of people, if your own is kinda wrong.
And his pet, is a joke by now. It already got nerfed to the ground (HP-wise), maybe try to kill it instead of CC'ing it/them?
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 8:50 AMWhy did this turn into a buff / nerf BD discussion when the thread name is obviously about overpopulation of one realm at detriment of other 2?
Just start a new thread in the proper section on forums if you guys want to talk BD, I'll happily chime in there.
/Bnot + Aicha
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 10:17 AM@Stoertebecker buddy I play mid a ton, EU prime has always left in dust numbers wise both Alb and HIb there's no contest here. US prime is more even (when Albs lead by Gorion (?spelling) don't push 100+ which they did couple times in NF).
Why did you had to go there? Pilz has no problem with NF, the only problem hibs have is with numbers.
Yesterday, 5:40 europe time, pilz bg after defense of Bled (which we won, with me getting 50+ kill spam by ST + AoE alone on half of your bg who run into yard to realize we're loaded with casters on battlements and hid under archway, I was alone in the courtyard, ST and AoE them all under the arch, good times <3).
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 11:48 AMThey don't / shouldn't, if they do, it's a bug and needs to be fixed. Every caster has insta debuffs of various types, it's not a BD only thing. They can only rupt - and only - if they get resisted. Otherwise you need a dmg component on any instant to rupt (non CC ofc).
/Bnot + Aicha
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 12:11 PMRealmhoppers really? Wow. You do realize there's a 12h between realm switching yes?
Druth wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 9:17 PMStop trying to show numbers showing it's not "so bad", it makes midgard (myself included) look extremely petty.
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 5:37 AMDruth wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 9:17 PMStop trying to show numbers showing it's not "so bad", it makes midgard (myself included) look extremely petty.
And what do you wanna do if 300 players out of 580 are in RvR like yesterday evening? Open up a queue system where you have to grab a number?
From the sheer numbers of players it seems not so overpopulated, maybe Alb and Hib have more ppl sitting in pve?
Nah, can`t be...it`s Midgards fault.
The times where Hibs were sitting on 40% rp bonus are gone with NF, and they`re not coming back.
I see the problem since yesterday evening, but i have no idea how to solve it.
Nerfing classes would result more in losing players than players switching realms.
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 12:16 PMThey do here on Phoenix, or did i mention Uthgard or live somewhere? And i know that they originally only rupt on resist.
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 12:16 PMSo what? Use the origin resist table and a level 1 or 4 insta debuff and it resists/interruptes each time. But here on Phoenix even a level1 or 4 debuff/whatever gets rarely resisted. So if you wanna fix that insta defuffs interrupt, fix the resist table the same way.
gruenesschaf wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 5:59 AMStoertebecker wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 12:16 PMThey do here on Phoenix, or did i mention Uthgard or live somewhere? And i know that they originally only rupt on resist.
They don't and never did here. The only stat debuffs that rupt regardless of their cast time, including instant casts, are dps and resist debuffs, all other debuffs only rupt when they have a cast time.
Resist only matters for a single spell: amnesia. For all other spells resisting a spell or not makes no difference wrt interrupt.
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 6:37 AMYou should check if it`s bugged atm, interrupting players via insta str/dex debuff worked for me yesterday all the time. And i was interrupted several times via str/con + dex/quick debuff.
ExcretusMaximus wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 4:44 AM
I was kind of agreeing with you until this BS; every successful group runs a debuff caster train, all of them. If tanks were the ruling archetype, this wouldn't be the case. You see a lot of Midgard tanks because Mids refuse to play anything but tanks. Try getting a group as a caster in Midgard, it's a damn nightmare.
gruenesschaf wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 7:22 AMStoertebecker wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 6:37 AMYou should check if it`s bugged atm, interrupting players via insta str/dex debuff worked for me yesterday all the time. And i was interrupted several times via str/con + dex/quick debuff.
Test it in a duel and, when it interrupts - which it won't - report the exact spell. The only 2 things than can cause it is if the spell has a cast time, which would be reported by quite a few people I imagine, or if the spell in question is explicitly set to interrupt which is a feature we use on some raid / instance mob spells, unless someone made a mistake and used an actual player spell on those mobs and then assigned the interrupt flag for whatever reason that's also something that can't really happen.
It's rather unlikely to actually be the case though because if it was a lot more people would use it which in turn would cause victims to report that behavior.
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Mon 1 Jul 2019 10:17 AM@Stoertebecker buddy I play mid a ton, EU prime has always left in dust numbers wise both Alb and HIb there's no contest here. US prime is more even (when Albs lead by Gorion (?spelling) don't push 100+ which they did couple times in NF).
Why did you had to go there? Pilz has no problem with NF, the only problem hibs have is with numbers.
Yesterday, 5:40 europe time, pilz bg after defense of Bled (which we won, with me getting 50+ kill spam by ST + AoE alone on half of your bg who run into yard to realize we're loaded with casters on battlements and hid under archway, I was alone in the courtyard, ST and AoE them all under the arch, good times <3).
We were 50 in bg for 3 hours prior to bled defense. About 9pm we finally managed to get close to 100 peeps, about the time when we tried to hit mid relic (and you brought TG peeps for defense which was good fun, but you did had more than 100 100%). If it was the opposite and 100 mids would have hit hib relic, we had none else to call in for backup outside of what we already had in bg.
You can't take keeps with 50-70 peeps in bg reliably, 1fg+ defenders that know what they are doing can delay / hold until bg forms or comes to reinforce, and you get sandwiched. Towers are more doable and more strategic in disabling ports. You have to meld your actions based on the numbers you have available to you vs what enemies fields.
I love both mid and hib alike, and have great fun whichever realm I play on at a given time, but mid has more numbers than hib (can't speak for albs since I know nobody there and have no toons there).
Once more, it's EU prime when the discrepancy is the largest, in US prime it's more even all around (when we run Quorum AS BG, we're like 50-80, which is 2-3 times less than what EU prime can pull numbers wise, been there several times with 150+ in bg on mid).
/Bnotashamed + Aicha
Milksteak wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 10:48 AMI'd like to see more map politics like guild wars 2 had. See leaders 2v1 the realm with the biggest Zerg, avoid hitting each others keeps and focus against one realm. But I think ppl prefer rps to map politics in daoc.
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 8:05 AMIt's not that caster debuff groups are not effective, and they can counter melee trains, it's just that you need SoS their SoS, so you can extend and then work from there, if your grp SoS is down, melee train will mop you out if they have SoS.
It's same in zerg battles, if several mid tank grps will sos in on hibs or albs, there is little you can do about it if your grps can't sos. Skalds are by far the most popular class on entire server, followed by minstrells with bards in last spot. The chances for a mid bg of 300 peeps to have at least 10 skalds is quite large, while a hib bg of 100 peeps will have 2-4 bards at best (just log on and do /who bard 50 in rvr - not talking about 8m or small, those exist too, I know most of them and they almost never do bg rvr).
Don't get me wrong, this won't kill RvR on Phoenix like tomorrow, duos / small / 8m will still run and have fun, is easy to avoid zergs and get good fights / good rps, but it will be impossible to defend or take relics, hold your keeps or take enemy keeps at this 3 to 1 disadvantage. So more peeps that didn't run small / 8m and only bg, will slowly give up, or go do DS / Galla / level new toons or even play other games. It's only logical outcome if the situation will persist.
You could at least split into 2 bgs, send one to hib and one to alb, so you still have more numbers but give opposing realms a more fair chance at fighting back (when you get 300 peeps on).
/Bnot + Aicha
dreginkt wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 11:57 AMHibs consistently have a large advantage during EU hours and mids have it during NA hours. Except last night, Mids finally had a large underpop bonus during NA hours and it was nice.
Siouxsie wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 7:18 AMThis thread is total nonsense. Hibs have been overpopulated for a long time now.
Hawkaye wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 4:36 PMI dont know where people get this idea that mid has some huge population advantage. The number don't bear this out . At most mid might have 40-50 more total on line than Hib or Alb and that's eu prime time when overall numbers are around 1500 , NA time its maybe 20-40 more Mids than Alb or Hib
Pilz regularly runs 80 + BGs lately Albs have been hitting Mid with 120 + largest BG I have seen in mid lately has been around 60 people so where are you getting the Mids always have 3-7 more groups ?Bumbles wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 5:27 PMHawkaye wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 4:36 PMI dont know where people get this idea that mid has some huge population advantage. The number don't bear this out . At most mid might have 40-50 more total on line than Hib or Alb and that's eu prime time when overall numbers are around 1500 , NA time its maybe 20-40 more Mids than Alb or Hib
having 3-7 more groups than another realm in a RVR zone is kind of a big deal... A BG with 100 vs a BG with 50/60 makes a HUGE difference....
Hawkaye wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 5:57 PMPilz regularly runs 80 + BGs lately Albs have been hitting Mid with 120 + largest BG I have seen in mid lately has been around 60 people so where are you getting the Mids always have 3-7 more groups ?Bumbles wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 5:27 PMHawkaye wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 4:36 PMI dont know where people get this idea that mid has some huge population advantage. The number don't bear this out . At most mid might have 40-50 more total on line than Hib or Alb and that's eu prime time when overall numbers are around 1500 , NA time its maybe 20-40 more Mids than Alb or Hib
having 3-7 more groups than another realm in a RVR zone is kind of a big deal... A BG with 100 vs a BG with 50/60 makes a HUGE difference....
Sepplord wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 8:36 PMHawkaye wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 5:57 PMPilz regularly runs 80 + BGs lately Albs have been hitting Mid with 120 + largest BG I have seen in mid lately has been around 60 people so where are you getting the Mids always have 3-7 more groups ?Bumbles wrote: ↑Wed 10 Jul 2019 5:27 PMhaving 3-7 more groups than another realm in a RVR zone is kind of a big deal... A BG with 100 vs a BG with 50/60 makes a HUGE difference....
he is taken the total population difference and assumes that the amout of people that mids has more are all lvl50 running in organized groups that joined the zerg
Kaseylol wrote: ↑Thu 11 Jul 2019 5:06 PMAround NA prime(with some exceptions) consistently has more mids in frontiers than hibs and albs in frontiers combined.
Fact.
Iuppiter wrote: ↑Thu 11 Jul 2019 6:45 PMKaseylol wrote: ↑Thu 11 Jul 2019 5:06 PMAround NA prime(with some exceptions) consistently has more mids in frontiers than hibs and albs in frontiers combined.
Fact.
What time zone are you talking about, Hawaii? There's no way mid has consistently had more pop in fz than both hib and alb COMBINED in CDT prime time...hyperbole like that detracts from any credibility you may have had.
If anyone wishes to provide substantive evidence of this "consistently overpop" problem, start taking screenshots of /u output with time and date and post them here to reveal a trend. Otherwise this thread is just whining with subjective anecdotal evidence and should be locked.
Kaseylol wrote: ↑Fri 12 Jul 2019 3:27 PMIuppiter wrote: ↑Thu 11 Jul 2019 6:45 PMKaseylol wrote: ↑Thu 11 Jul 2019 5:06 PMAround NA prime(with some exceptions) consistently has more mids in frontiers than hibs and albs in frontiers combined.
Fact.
What time zone are you talking about, Hawaii? There's no way mid has consistently had more pop in fz than both hib and alb COMBINED in CDT prime time...hyperbole like that detracts from any credibility you may have had.
If anyone wishes to provide substantive evidence of this "consistently overpop" problem, start taking screenshots of /u output with time and date and post them here to reveal a trend. Otherwise this thread is just whining with subjective anecdotal evidence and should be locked.
No hyperbole, just a plain fact. If you have evidence that mid is not overpop in fz during these times feel free to take screenshots to prove it.
No one owes you anything and blindly refusing facts to feel better about Midgard population doesn't mean anyone owes you any screenshots. Feel free to look at Unix data for more help.
Coming into a 7 page post of people seeing this trend and whining about how you don't see it makes you look like an idiot.
Iuppiter wrote: ↑Fri 12 Jul 2019 5:21 PMKaseylol wrote: ↑Fri 12 Jul 2019 3:27 PMIuppiter wrote: ↑Thu 11 Jul 2019 6:45 PMWhat time zone are you talking about, Hawaii? There's no way mid has consistently had more pop in fz than both hib and alb COMBINED in CDT prime time...hyperbole like that detracts from any credibility you may have had.
If anyone wishes to provide substantive evidence of this "consistently overpop" problem, start taking screenshots of /u output with time and date and post them here to reveal a trend. Otherwise this thread is just whining with subjective anecdotal evidence and should be locked.
No hyperbole, just a plain fact. If you have evidence that mid is not overpop in fz during these times feel free to take screenshots to prove it.
No one owes you anything and blindly refusing facts to feel better about Midgard population doesn't mean anyone owes you any screenshots. Feel free to look at Unix data for more help.
Coming into a 7 page post of people seeing this trend and whining about how you don't see it makes you look like an idiot.
The unix data doesn't show players exclusively in the fz, which is what your statement clearly refers to. The numbers others have provided don't even come close to mids > hibs + albs.
My whole point is that people are "seeing" it, but that is purely anecdotal (calling them "facts" over and over does not make them so, sorry) and should not drive any game-changing decisions. If I run out to fz as a smallman and get rolled by an 8man then come to the forums and say "hey hib has 2x the number of mids! unfair, plz nerf!" wouldn't you agree that is mere whining, especially without providing any data to support my claim. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim...I will provide screenshots for NA CDT prime time tonight but I'm sure you will come up with some excuse for why it's not valid. We're nerds playing an almost 18 year old game, we should be smarter than this, come on y'all.
And nice ad hominem...only a few people are agreeing with mid being overpop and there are almost 2 pages dedicated to a bd discussion...so no, it's not 7 pages of people "seeing this trend".
I don't "feel" like mid is overpopulated in fz when I play, it's a consistent fact
Runental wrote: ↑Tue 2 Jul 2019 8:41 AMSorry, you really want the Mids to split a BG in 2 BGs to give enemy realms a "fair chance"?
What the heck is this?
Where was the fair chance the first 3 months when Hib rolled everything in sight?
Where is the fair chance when PK farm all those solos around Docks?
And where is the fair chance when FGs roam around mazes just to farm solos and small men?
There is a reason why Daoc have 3 and not only 2 realms.... It's always been that way, sometimes one realm is ubastrong, weeks later another realm.
Instead make suggestions to split the Mid BG (still can't believe that), I suggest to work together, depending on the situation.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Nuff sayd.
Lumarin wrote: ↑Mon 15 Jul 2019 10:30 PMAm I the only one that thinks it's completely insane to look at the healthiest realm and think "what can we do to bring this realm down to the level of our struggling realms?"
You expect people that don’t play the game to flock to the other realm if enticed by something?Lumarin wrote: ↑Mon 15 Jul 2019 10:30 PMAm I the only one that thinks it's completely insane to look at the healthiest realm and think "what can we do to bring this realm down to the level of our struggling realms?"
Why don't we look objectively at what is going right during the high pop times and figure out a way to bring that to the other realms?
In alb the issues are clear -> in RVR - Is there a zerg leader on? If yes, everyone RVR. If no, goodnight see you tomorrow.
-> to level - Are you a necro or cabalist? If yes, form a gwyd beach group and PL. If no, offer to pay a necro/cabalist group to PL you at beach... or solo your way to 50.
If you're looking for anything that doesn't fit into this, you're probably out of luck. Fixing these issues and bringing the social aspect back to the other areas of the game might incentivize people to stick around and have fun. We all did like this game once upon a time because it was a SOCIAL experience with long and arduous amounts of downtime to accomplish anything. You had no choice but to make friends - now it's streamlined efficiency or zero tolerance toxicity.
Thane skews the resultsKemoauc wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 4:46 PMOf course would those classes be the most played because people farm with them, they have speed or are supports. This matches what is most played in other realms too (animists, necros, cabalists, minstrels, druids)
What you would have to look into is the ratio of melee characters of total population instead of absolute numbers to get an idea if midgard is more "melee friendly".
Based /serverinfo as of just now
Midgard 325
Thane 25 (7.7%)
Berserker 22 (6.7%)
Warrior 14 (4.3%)
Savage 10 (3.1%)
Total 71 (21.8%)
Hibernia - total 286
Champion 14 (4.9%)
Hero 12 (4.2%)
Blademaster 11 (3.8%)
Valewalker 4 (1.4%)
Total 41 (14.3%)
Albion - total 286
Reaver 16 (5.6%)
Paladin 9 (3.1%)
Armsman 9 (3.1%)
Mercenary 8 (2.8%)
Total 42 (14.7%)
just looking at those numbers. almost the entire difference of the overpopulation at this point in time is the difference in melee characters played (approx 40 more players total, approx 30 more melee chars total)
Kemoauc wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 7:18 PMright now:
Midgard 28% (34 Thane, 33 Bers, 25 Svg, 18 Warr)
Albion 17% (23 Reav,19 Merc, 15 Arms, 8 Pala)
Hibernia 16% (19 Bm, 19 Hero, 10 Champ, 9 VW)
There is obviously a difference there. Thane is still pretty melee heavy, in alb he wouldn't fit any group either or would be used as the 1 peeler.
More melee usually means that levelling is more enjoyable too. You actually get to build groups with tanks and don't need to petpull or the like. All just tiny things that could lead to a general overpopulation.
Anelyn77 wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 11:08 PMKemoauc wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 7:18 PMright now:
Midgard 28% (34 Thane, 33 Bers, 25 Svg, 18 Warr)
Albion 17% (23 Reav,19 Merc, 15 Arms, 8 Pala)
Hibernia 16% (19 Bm, 19 Hero, 10 Champ, 9 VW)
There is obviously a difference there. Thane is still pretty melee heavy, in alb he wouldn't fit any group either or would be used as the 1 peeler.
More melee usually means that levelling is more enjoyable too. You actually get to build groups with tanks and don't need to petpull or the like. All just tiny things that could lead to a general overpopulation.
How about giving melee groups a bonus to XP to encourage melee grps to form (without nerfing your bomb grps or whatever else peeps are doing)? I don't know how it's going on alb, but on hib and mid you don't need any melee (slam or guard or anything) in bomb grps for leveling.
/Bnotashamed + Aicha
Kemoauc wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 4:46 PMOf course would those classes be the most played because people farm with them, they have speed or are supports. This matches what is most played in other realms too (animists, necros, cabalists, minstrels, druids)
Leandrys wrote: ↑Wed 17 Jul 2019 5:15 AMKemoauc wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 4:46 PMOf course would those classes be the most played because people farm with them, they have speed or are supports. This matches what is most played in other realms too (animists, necros, cabalists, minstrels, druids)
Lol, you really think Midgard has 100 more players than Hibernia cause of tank's population at prime time when 4 of the 5 most played classes are Skald/shaman/healer/BD ?
Leandrys wrote: ↑Wed 17 Jul 2019 6:28 AMI guess the tons of disease/dots/TWF we get come from NCP then, and the tons of SoS/heals/aoe stun/mezz comes from mobs ?
Impressive, numbers do not matter, opinions do.
Kemoauc wrote: ↑Wed 17 Jul 2019 6:53 AMI just gave you numbers and you chose to ignore them or did not give yourself a minute to think about them.
That thread pretty much sums up this shard's community. So many people are playing speedster casters that no one is going to agree to any changes that don't directly benefit the current meta. Honestly thinking of rolling mid myself now just so I can experience the "RPG" in this classic MMORPG.Moid wrote: ↑Wed 17 Jul 2019 2:18 AMAnelyn77 wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 11:08 PMKemoauc wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 7:18 PMright now:
Midgard 28% (34 Thane, 33 Bers, 25 Svg, 18 Warr)
Albion 17% (23 Reav,19 Merc, 15 Arms, 8 Pala)
Hibernia 16% (19 Bm, 19 Hero, 10 Champ, 9 VW)
There is obviously a difference there. Thane is still pretty melee heavy, in alb he wouldn't fit any group either or would be used as the 1 peeler.
More melee usually means that levelling is more enjoyable too. You actually get to build groups with tanks and don't need to petpull or the like. All just tiny things that could lead to a general overpopulation.
How about giving melee groups a bonus to XP to encourage melee grps to form (without nerfing your bomb grps or whatever else peeps are doing)? I don't know how it's going on alb, but on hib and mid you don't need any melee (slam or guard or anything) in bomb grps for leveling.
/Bnotashamed + Aicha
Suggested this a LOOOOOONG time ago but the oh so smart developers here were way too busy rationalizing buffs to the Friar to consider it.
https://forum.playphoenix.online/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4345
Moid wrote: ↑Wed 17 Jul 2019 2:18 AMAnelyn77 wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 11:08 PMKemoauc wrote: ↑Tue 16 Jul 2019 7:18 PMright now:
Midgard 28% (34 Thane, 33 Bers, 25 Svg, 18 Warr)
Albion 17% (23 Reav,19 Merc, 15 Arms, 8 Pala)
Hibernia 16% (19 Bm, 19 Hero, 10 Champ, 9 VW)
There is obviously a difference there. Thane is still pretty melee heavy, in alb he wouldn't fit any group either or would be used as the 1 peeler.
More melee usually means that levelling is more enjoyable too. You actually get to build groups with tanks and don't need to petpull or the like. All just tiny things that could lead to a general overpopulation.
How about giving melee groups a bonus to XP to encourage melee grps to form (without nerfing your bomb grps or whatever else peeps are doing)? I don't know how it's going on alb, but on hib and mid you don't need any melee (slam or guard or anything) in bomb grps for leveling.
/Bnotashamed + Aicha
Suggested this a LOOOOOONG time ago but the oh so smart developers here were way too busy rationalizing buffs to the Friar to consider it.
https://forum.playphoenix.online/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4345
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Thu 18 Jul 2019 8:10 AM80 hibs took their relic home at 9:45 ( eu time ) Gratz to the realm of treehugers and unemployed.
Underpopulated, eh?
We´ll get it back at the weekend...all of them
LedriTheThane wrote: ↑Fri 19 Jul 2019 1:08 AMI'd argue Midgard is the most interesting realm. Melee is worth playing, and unfortunately since caster groups are by and far the main meta for Alb/Hib, it creates less variation.
TBH I really hate how caster meta is a thing, but that's how it is on Phoenix in regards to balancing, modified ToA RA's, and so on.
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Thu 18 Jul 2019 8:10 AM80 hibs took their relic home at 9:45 ( eu time ) Gratz to the realm of treehugers and unemployed.
Underpopulated, eh?
Leandrys wrote: ↑Fri 19 Jul 2019 7:37 AMStoertebecker wrote: ↑Thu 18 Jul 2019 8:10 AM80 hibs took their relic home at 9:45 ( eu time ) Gratz to the realm of treehugers and unemployed.
Underpopulated, eh?
Nice word, just be careful tho, humor is meant to be fun and make people laugh, this was just awkward.
And yes, underpopulated, by far.
Stoertebecker wrote: ↑Fri 19 Jul 2019 10:43 AMTry the keeps at primetime and we`ll talk again. It isn`t very hard to pve the keeps in the morning.
But wait, Hibs are mostly hiding in a keep at pt and avoid keeps with more than 2 fg in it
Leandrys wrote: ↑Fri 19 Jul 2019 5:20 PMStoertebecker wrote: ↑Fri 19 Jul 2019 10:43 AMTry the keeps at primetime and we`ll talk again. It isn`t very hard to pve the keeps in the morning.
But wait, Hibs are mostly hiding in a keep at pt and avoid keeps with more than 2 fg in it
Yeah, yeah, try to imagine we're actually 25 with AFK /stick moving around the leader, now fight alb and mid zerg with that, and come back later to gives us your feedback.
Although i approve about the fact a miracle always can happen, Midgard in particular still manages to wipe while having 2x more players and sometimes even more, but Albion isn't that bad and if they catch us, we're basically dead.
Well we have Hadrians wall but it needs some work - some parts need to be updated - 10 feet higher at least. Then there are natural obstacles that may not need it so we can be ahead of schedule and under budget.
Moid wrote: ↑Sat 27 Jul 2019 11:40 PMWhy do Midlings come here to defend their overpopulation by denying it exists? It’s like they’re psycho and think people will actually believe the bullshit.
bm01 wrote: ↑Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:33 AM46a, 67m, 114h in the frontiers right now. Arvakr defense was like 25 vs 70.
I'm not saying mid isn't overpop. Just that it isn't that much of an issue because of how variable numbers are, and that snapshots don't mean shit.
Exactly. Because it happens almost everyday. Again, I didn't say mid wasn't overpop. But there's a huge variance.Kaseylol wrote: ↑Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:42 AMMid has double the albs and sometimes double the hibs for 12 hours straight and you wait for it to switch then claim "SEE ITS NOT OVERPOP"
bm01 wrote: ↑Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:48 AMExactly. Because it happens almost everyday. Again, I didn't say mid wasn't overpop. But there's a huge variance.Kaseylol wrote: ↑Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:42 AMMid has double the albs and sometimes double the hibs for 12 hours straight and you wait for it to switch then claim "SEE ITS NOT OVERPOP"
Give any kind of bonus or nerf to any realm you want, it won't really change the fact that numbers vary a lot. You'll never consistently have 200 vs 200 vs 200.
If there was 6000 players at any given time it would be different.
Nope, snapshots don’t mean a thing particularly when you do /u and the other metrics show Mid being overpopulated at the same time. It’s like people somehow don’t have a clue that during a Mid TG raid /u will fail to show that Mid is overpopulated despite the fact that there are 100+ more Mids than Hibs or Albs and as soon as that TG raid is finished /u will once again show how overpopulated Mid is. The fact is that all realms will stop zerging when the opposing realms zergs call it quits. Then once the opposing realms begin zerging again the overpopulated realm will again see the opportunity for realm points and squash the underpopulated realms.bm01 wrote: ↑Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:33 AM46a, 67m, 114h in the frontiers right now. Arvakr defense was like 25 vs 70.
I'm not saying mid isn't overpop. Just that it isn't that much of an issue because of how variable numbers are, and that snapshots don't mean shit.
dreginkt wrote: ↑Mon 29 Jul 2019 4:28 AMYeah idk the last week Midgard has generally had underpop bonuses alb has had an astronomically high underpop bonus in NA time of 50+. Hibs usually running 3 rr10+ groups wrecking anything that moves and then camps docks and keeps. But yeah let's nerf Midgard and put a fork in it so we can all play hib.
Sleepwell wrote: ↑Mon 29 Jul 2019 3:28 AM11_21 pm.PNG
Sleepwell wrote: ↑Mon 29 Jul 2019 3:40 PM
I know what you're saying Florin. An hourly snapshot may or may not show a cycle. However, a generic dart thrown out there that always says "mid is overpopulated" doesnt help things either. I don't see it personally when i play (i play mid, and only mid, from the beginning... i played mid on live as well, enjoyed it, so i carried on tradition here). I've seen the mid zerg larger than alb or hib. Ive seen the hib zerg larger than mid or alb, and although more rare, i have seen the alb zerg larger and dominant. Just like most things here, perspective is scewed to reflect how each person is affected.
If mid is in fact overpopulated, how do you fix it? Create a que that only allows x number of players per realm dependent upon how many others are logged into the opposing realms? As my previous screenshot demonstrated, that doesnt really fix anything. At 11 pm last night when i was playing, alb had 2 fewer clients logged in than mid, but had @ 40 fewer level 50s playing, and almost 30 fewer 50's in the frontiers. You can't force people to rvr. Mid has seen a down tick lately when i play due to multiple alliances running seperate bgs. It always boils down to a community issue. 11_40_am_est_us.JPG
REVOLTE wrote: ↑Mon 29 Jul 2019 10:01 AMOne thing id like to add:
Im currently on vacation in Hib (was considering staying there) and im NOT having a good time really.
just some random thoughts in no particular order:
- While lvling ppl are extremely elitist.
- Pugging 8v8 didnt work for me either. Might have been just me being a noob tho.
- The Pilzzerg is a joke. (no offense to pilz tho....this guy is a hero - without him hib would probably be dead. and i mean like actually flatline dead.) Zero communication compared to Mids zerg. It kinda feels like a bait. High RR grps are constantly orbiting the Zerg, farming everything they can chew. Its quite funny to watch. wp by them!
- VERY few bards.
- Inflation is real. I dont think i have to elaborate further on this.
- it kind of feels like...the ppl that play hib consist of 5% elite pvpers, 10% more or less casuals and 85% npcs in disguise. ppl seem to take the game very seriously but suck at it at the same time. (edit: and by that i mean many people dont seem to know basic class mechanics. tried to explain a menta how his hot worked the other day. he claimed to be an old school hib as well. like whaaaaa.)
....which means that theres been times where ive been reeeeaaallly frustrated playing hib. which, despite best intentions, will cause me to go back to mid rather sooner than later. keep in mind that this is an extremely subjective post so do us all a favor and dont flame. im just trying to be honest.
ill give pvp a few more tries....level my VW for fun.....and if it doesnt get better ill just go back to mid and destroy people on my ezmode skald.
Freedomcall wrote: ↑Thu 1 Aug 2019 6:38 AMREVOLTE wrote: ↑Mon 29 Jul 2019 10:01 AMOne thing id like to add:
Im currently on vacation in Hib (was considering staying there) and im NOT having a good time really.
just some random thoughts in no particular order:
- While lvling ppl are extremely elitist.
- Pugging 8v8 didnt work for me either. Might have been just me being a noob tho.
- The Pilzzerg is a joke. (no offense to pilz tho....this guy is a hero - without him hib would probably be dead. and i mean like actually flatline dead.) Zero communication compared to Mids zerg. It kinda feels like a bait. High RR grps are constantly orbiting the Zerg, farming everything they can chew. Its quite funny to watch. wp by them!
- VERY few bards.
- Inflation is real. I dont think i have to elaborate further on this.
- it kind of feels like...the ppl that play hib consist of 5% elite pvpers, 10% more or less casuals and 85% npcs in disguise. ppl seem to take the game very seriously but suck at it at the same time. (edit: and by that i mean many people dont seem to know basic class mechanics. tried to explain a menta how his hot worked the other day. he claimed to be an old school hib as well. like whaaaaa.)
....which means that theres been times where ive been reeeeaaallly frustrated playing hib. which, despite best intentions, will cause me to go back to mid rather sooner than later. keep in mind that this is an extremely subjective post so do us all a favor and dont flame. im just trying to be honest.
ill give pvp a few more tries....level my VW for fun.....and if it doesnt get better ill just go back to mid and destroy people on my ezmode skald.
I'd like to add some of my opinions regarding some of your thoughts.
-While lvling ppl are extemely elitist.
It's because mid has aoe stun
I leveled a Shaman, BD, and Skald. Mid has the same problem with caster groups as Hib. The BD and Skald were the least welcome to groups because neither of those classes had heals or PBAE. The Shaman was in demand. All the groups I leveled with ended up being “bomb” groups and every group required that at least one of the healers respec pac.chryso wrote: ↑Thu 1 Aug 2019 6:46 PM
I got this far. It is not because of aoe stun. It is because in Mid you can get a group. That is it.
In hib you won't get a group unless you are a caster.
You want to get more people in Hib? Start leveling up toons and invite melee classes to groups.
As per the graph above Mid and Alb are never that underpopulated. When Mid and Alb are underpopulated it is by a small margin and no where near 50%. Clearly what’s happening at those times is your realm mates are busy PvEing. Ask them to come out and RvR instead.MiNDmaZing wrote: ↑Thu 1 Aug 2019 8:57 PMStrange when we play in EU Morning to lunchtime 6am to 2 pm its 35 albs 35 mids and over 80 hibs, so we have 40 to 60% rp bonus? I can see any overpop on mid
chryso wrote: ↑Thu 1 Aug 2019 6:46 PMFreedomcall wrote: ↑Thu 1 Aug 2019 6:38 AMREVOLTE wrote: ↑Mon 29 Jul 2019 10:01 AMOne thing id like to add:
Im currently on vacation in Hib (was considering staying there) and im NOT having a good time really.
just some random thoughts in no particular order:
- While lvling ppl are extremely elitist.
- Pugging 8v8 didnt work for me either. Might have been just me being a noob tho.
- The Pilzzerg is a joke. (no offense to pilz tho....this guy is a hero - without him hib would probably be dead. and i mean like actually flatline dead.) Zero communication compared to Mids zerg. It kinda feels like a bait. High RR grps are constantly orbiting the Zerg, farming everything they can chew. Its quite funny to watch. wp by them!
- VERY few bards.
- Inflation is real. I dont think i have to elaborate further on this.
- it kind of feels like...the ppl that play hib consist of 5% elite pvpers, 10% more or less casuals and 85% npcs in disguise. ppl seem to take the game very seriously but suck at it at the same time. (edit: and by that i mean many people dont seem to know basic class mechanics. tried to explain a menta how his hot worked the other day. he claimed to be an old school hib as well. like whaaaaa.)
....which means that theres been times where ive been reeeeaaallly frustrated playing hib. which, despite best intentions, will cause me to go back to mid rather sooner than later. keep in mind that this is an extremely subjective post so do us all a favor and dont flame. im just trying to be honest.
ill give pvp a few more tries....level my VW for fun.....and if it doesnt get better ill just go back to mid and destroy people on my ezmode skald.
I'd like to add some of my opinions regarding some of your thoughts.
-While lvling ppl are extemely elitist.
It's because mid has aoe stun
I got this far. It is not because of aoe stun. It is because in Mid you can get a group. That is it.
In hib you won't get a group unless you are a caster.
You want to get more people in Hib? Start leveling up toons and invite melee classes to groups.
bm01 wrote: ↑Fri 2 Aug 2019 7:03 AMXP speed shouldn't even be an argument here. Mid may be easier, faster, and allow more classes, but it's still fast on all three realms. Only classes that don't bring much to a PvE group and that aren't great soloers (hello Wardens) suffer a little. And giving an AoE stun to Hib wouldn't make melee classes more popular.
florin wrote: ↑Thu 1 Aug 2019 10:23 PMAs for damage - having 10-15 shrooms hit my necro simultaneously is no joke. Over a 100 damage each hit within 3s.
Leandrys wrote: ↑Fri 2 Aug 2019 1:30 PMflorin wrote: ↑Thu 1 Aug 2019 10:23 PMAs for damage - having 10-15 shrooms hit my necro simultaneously is no joke. Over a 100 damage each hit within 3s.
There might be a little problem somewhere, because players themselves do not even take 100 damage every time, it drops to 80-85 without resist buffs.
Or maybe Phoenix which messed up with pets so much, who knows, but right now only a caster can be OS by 15 if he doesn't have resist buffs, and 15 shrooms stacked together is a really rare thing, been RvR'ing a lot with Albion these last days, almost didn't see any, and tanglers in plains were just pityful.
brawson wrote: ↑Thu 15 Aug 2019 8:55 AMWhy not a /20 or /30 command if you already have a 50 to incentivize alb or hib? Just an idea
REVOLTE wrote: also: damn, mid so op! just look at the frontiers. its all blue!
Goforit wrote: ↑Fri 16 Aug 2019 9:00 AMYea, this is only because mids dont care about defending and dont build a bg....thats all. Its your own fault!
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