I Don't Understand

[Sloehand]

I've been trying to get into Orange Arena most of this morning and it's been full the whole time.

When I started early this morning it was around 103/100 and I couldn't get in, even after wasting time in the TA, then check Orange, the DA, then check Orange, Blue Arena, then check Orange.  So I left for a few minutes on the Forum to check out the upcoming scenario info, etc.

Just now I spent several minutes clicking in and out of the Arena menu to watch the changes for Orange Arena.  It started at 114/100, then went to 116/100, then 118/100, then down to 117/100 and back up to 118/100.  We're talking about 4-5 seconds between checks for me to quit then log back in. 

So how in the heck does it get from 103 up to 118 when capacitiy limit has been at 100 for the last hour or more.  Just curious what the algorithmn is that runs this abortion.

[Lusche]

It's very simple:

The cap on Orange is depending on player numbers in Blue.

LWO: 114/100
LWB  104/150    <- now just one player less than the 105 needed to raise LWO cap.

One player enters LWB and now it's

LWO 114/200 -<- cap raised to 200 due to LWB having reached 70% of it'S capacity
LWB 105/150

Of course players will now rush into the arena with "more" players

LWO 118/200
LWB 105/150

And what happens if now someone leaves LWB? Right, LWO cap will drop again:

LWO 118/100  <- Cap dropped again due to LWB dropped under 70%
LWB 104/150

[TnDep]

I've been trying to get into Orange Arena most of this morning and it's been full the whole time.

So how in the heck does it get from 103 up to 118 when capacitiy limit has been at 100 for the last hour or more.  Just curious what the algorithmn is that runs this abortion.

Not sure Slowhand it shouldn't be able to happen unless on there end it says 99 or less.

[texastc316]

See lusches post again, I think he nailed it.

[LLogann]

Some people only read the original post........   

See lusches post again, I think he nailed it.

[Lusche]

Some people only read the original post........  

Take a look at the timestamps. TnDep couldn't see my post as he was writing his - we were posting literally at the same moment.

[batch]

the "idea" behind the cap is to balance the arenas...... so as always my favorite, which I see all the time is:

105/100 Orange
104/150 Blue

makes alot of sense to cap orange here

[warhed]

the "idea" behind the cap is to balance the arenas...... so as always my favorite, which I see all the time is:

105/100 Orange
104/150 Blue

makes alot of sense to cap orange here

Would you prefer,
105/150 Orange
104/100 Blue?

[Nemisis]

Why are they dependant on eachother? If theres good action in LWO why strand people in LWB?

[Lusche]

Why are they dependant on eachother?

How else can you balance numbers between arenas?

[Hap]

I've been trying to get into Orange Arena most of this morning and it's been full the whole time.

dissatisfies me too

[Nemisis]

How else can you balance numbers between arenas?

What is the reason for "balancing numbers between arenas"? About the only reason i can see is for the servers sake. If not even that, then all they are doing is stranding a lot of players in LWB. Like I said, if theres some good fights in LWO, but things are slow in LWB and you can't stir anything up then all you do is make somepeople log for a while.

[SunBat]

What is the reason for "balancing numbers between arenas"? About the only reason i can see is for the servers sake. If not even that, then all they are doing is stranding a lot of players in LWB. Like I said, if theres some good fights in LWO, but things are slow in LWB and you can't stir anything up then all you do is make somepeople log for a while.

Instead of throwing knives at chairs, sit down and think about it for a while.  It will come to you.   

[Nemisis]

Instead of throwing knives at chairs, sit down and think about it for a while.  It will come to you.   

Hell no, its too much fun....

[Lusche]

What is the reason for "balancing numbers between arenas"? About the only reason i can see is for the servers sake. If not even that, then all they are doing is stranding a lot of players in LWB. Like I said, if theres some good fights in LWO, but things are slow in LWB and you can't stir anything up then all you do is make somepeople log for a while.

That is more a question about why there are split arenas at all, not how and by what way numbers are distributed between them. That's a different thing, and there are countless threads about it and HTC has stated why the split was done.