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Ephron · 07-05-2009, 04:18 PM

On a small tangent; how many current subs do you all think EQ has?

Also are the charts on MMOCharts.com accurate at all? I'm hopeful that EQ is doing well enough for itself. I know they are still making expansions so it still has to be profitable.

I did a /who's to get a tally for each class at all levels on my old server and my estimate is under 1000 people on the server at that time. This doesn't honestly seem too bad as I recall when they actually displayed the number online next to the server name and 3500 was about the most that they had (that I can remember). Also the time I did my test could be a very low number for the server during its peak.

All the same, anyone else have any estimates or know a site that lists the number of active players per server? I started up on Storm and I am having a Blast. Stormm has over a 1000 active players by my estimation.

I think there's just too much content spread out across too many levels that it really thins out your numbers. Infact between the three fantasy MMO's I've played only FFXI still has people actively using their original content. That's to say if you started XI fresh or went back you would find parties in Valkrum Dunes and Qufim Island with out incident, but in EQ and WoW the old zones are dead.

I do think the 51/50 server was an interesting idea, though I wish one of two things had been different: A) Everyone had started out stark naked or B) The server had a level cap that was 51 with 50aa's...perpetual old school, vox and naggy for ever.

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Ephron Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: laughlin afb Posts: 153 -59 Internets	On a small tangent; how many current subs do you all think EQ has? Also are the charts on MMOCharts.com accurate at all? I'm hopeful that EQ is doing well enough for itself. I know they are still making expansions so it still has to be profitable. I did a /who's to get a tally for each class at all levels on my old server and my estimate is under 1000 people on the server at that time. This doesn't honestly seem too bad as I recall when they actually displayed the number online next to the server name and 3500 was about the most that they had (that I can remember). Also the time I did my test could be a very low number for the server during its peak. All the same, anyone else have any estimates or know a site that lists the number of active players per server? I started up on Storm and I am having a Blast. Stormm has over a 1000 active players by my estimation. I think there's just too much content spread out across too many levels that it really thins out your numbers. Infact between the three fantasy MMO's I've played only FFXI still has people actively using their original content. That's to say if you started XI fresh or went back you would find parties in Valkrum Dunes and Qufim Island with out incident, but in EQ and WoW the old zones are dead. I do think the 51/50 server was an interesting idea, though I wish one of two things had been different: A) Everyone had started out stark naked or B) The server had a level cap that was 51 with 50aa's...perpetual old school, vox and naggy for ever. __________________ The cake is a lie.