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Originally Posted by Danth
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Shamwowi was here for 2000+ populations on P99. So was I. There's a bit of a tradeoff. The leveling game and guild formation scene is much better with a higher populations; with Blue's present population few new guilds are created and the community feels somewhat static. Pick-up groups are much easier to find with a higher population as well, which feeds into the long-term health of the server by making it easier for newer players to level up and build player associations rather than dork around solo'ing until they get bored and quit. The drawback of population is you might not find a specific camp you want open, but Velious is large enough you can nearly always find something worthwhile. There were days during Kunark on P99 that the wife and I would log in and absolutely everything that might've been worth doing for us was taken, but that hasn't happened since Velious launch. It's a good size game world.
Having been here from the start, the old world felt okay at 500 and crowded at near 1000. Kunark felt okay at 1000 and crowded by 1400. Velious feels fine at 1400 and was still okay at 2100+. Long-term, I believe it's healthier for the community to have one 1200+ population server than two ~600 population servers.
Danth
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That musta been tough. I might talk a lot on forums but in game I’ve been pretty anti-social. So having lots of people and group opportunities doesn’t appeal much to me, but I understand and accept how it does for the majority of players
I missed the boat on green launch. I didn’t see much competition for mobs/zones leveling up, the only one that frustrated me was splitpaw. There was a period of time where every single outdoor spawn was camped and the inside/entrance up to the double doors was perma-camped. But that was it, otherwise smooth sailing to 50
Then things changed. I haven’t checked that many spots yet but it definitely seems things are getting more crowded. I have yet to be able to get a spiroc camp in TD. Doesn’t matter if I check 8am on a Sunday, or 2am on a Wednesday, that shit is always camped. Usually by a pet class that can just teleport their pet to the top to pull them. I just completely gave up trying
I figured I’d better get used to that because it’s only going to get worse as I go up in level