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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: grumpy37 on July 06, 2010, 12:49:28 AM
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Ok this is a question not complaint. Just logged on and saw the cap for both arenas right now is 400. 150 in orange and 57 in blue. I would assume then that HiTech feels both arenas can function with up to 400 players in each one so why cant the caps start at 400 and adjust from there? Dont allow the cap to go up until at least one is full and the other is 85% full? I find both caps set at 400 with less than 50% population in both arenas contradicts the reason we have been told there is a cap to begin with.
Before I piss anyone off at HTC this is just a question. Im not trying to pick a fight or sound like another smart mouth.... This topic seems to get rather nasty comments from all sides.
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A. Caps off at Midnight central. The numbers you refer to are essentially meaningless right now.
B. (The answer to your query) 400/400 in arena A, 50/450 in arena B and you're number 401.
:neener:
wrongway
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180/400-20/400
180/100-20/150
100/150-125/250
200/250-125/350
250/350-200/450
180/400-20/400
200/400-20/400
300/400-20/400
400/400-35/400
400/400-45/400
Which is better?
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180/400-20/400
180/100-20/150
100/150-125/250
200/250-125/350
250/350-200/450
180/400-20/400
200/400-20/400
300/400-20/400
400/400-35/400
400/400-45/400
Which is better?
Your numbers dont add up...
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Your numbers dont add up...
I don't see any addition in there, it's all division and subtraction.
Sorry couldn't resist.
Back to OP
Just read wrongway's post and you should understand why.
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180/400-20/400
180/100-20/150
100/150-125/250
200/250-125/350
250/350-200/450
180/400-20/400
200/400-20/400
300/400-20/400
400/400-35/400
400/400-45/400
Which is better?
This is a "one big arena" thread, which isn't going to happen.
101/100-20/150
101/100-125/150
106/150-155/200
which is better?
wrongway
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Your numbers dont add up...
I know. I didn't try to come up with exact numbers. I was just trying to show how things flow with the floating cap against the way things go with the hard cap to give the OP an idea of how his idea would work.
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I know. I didn't try to come up with exact numbers. I was just trying to show how things flow with the floating cap against the way things go with the hard cap to give the OP an idea of how his idea would work.
You should just use the same total player numbers in both examples
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You should just use the same total player numbers in both examples
Need a pie chart.
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You should just use the same total player numbers in both examples
Next week, when this topic comes up again, I'll do my utmost to be accurate with my numbers. :aok
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Next week, when this topic comes up again
You really think it will take this long? :lol
Need a pie chart.
Actually I made a chart about two years ago in a similar discussion. ;)
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really, caps again ?
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Ok this is a question not complaint. Just logged on and saw the cap for both arenas right now is 400. 150 in orange and 57 in blue. I would assume then that HiTech feels both arenas can function with up to 400 players in each one so why cant the caps start at 400 and adjust from there? Dont allow the cap to go up until at least one is full and the other is 85% full? I find both caps set at 400 with less than 50% population in both arenas contradicts the reason we have been told there is a cap to begin with.
Before I piss anyone off at HTC this is just a question. Im not trying to pick a fight or sound like another smart mouth.... This topic seems to get rather nasty comments from all sides.
All this aside if you really want in an arena you can get it, I've at the most had to log back in and out for 4-5 minutes maximum to wait for the number to drop to let me in.
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Ok this is a question not complaint. Just logged on and saw the cap for both arenas right now is 400. 150 in orange and 57 in blue. I would assume then that HiTech feels both arenas can function with up to 400 players in each one so why cant the caps start at 400 and adjust from there? Dont allow the cap to go up until at least one is full and the other is 85% full? I find both caps set at 400 with less than 50% population in both arenas contradicts the reason we have been told there is a cap to begin with.
Before I piss anyone off at HTC this is just a question. Im not trying to pick a fight or sound like another smart mouth.... This topic seems to get rather nasty comments from all sides.
Caps turn off at 12:00 CST Midnight.
Then turn back on at 12:00 cst noon, which has some European players racing to log on before the clock hits 12:00.
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I dont have a cap issue myself. I pick an arena and play. What I was saying is the reason HTC gave for the cap in the first place is directly contradicted by setting both at 400. The whole point of the cap is new subscribers. They saw a larger retention of new players with the arena caps. What im saying is if HTC feels that both arenas capped at 400 works why have the floating cap at all. 400 is obviously within their acceptable limit of players per arena so why does it need to be lowered? Like i said im not complaining about the cap itself, its the reason given for the cap that does not make sense. Guess it doesnt need to make sense to me, I know im part of the majority.
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I dont have a cap issue myself. I pick an arena and play. What I was saying is the reason HTC gave for the cap in the first place is directly contradicted by setting both at 400. The whole point of the cap is new subscribers. They saw a larger retention of new players with the arena caps. What im saying is if HTC feels that both arenas capped at 400 works why have the floating cap at all. 400 is obviously within their acceptable limit of players per arena so why does it need to be lowered? Like i said im not complaining about the cap itself, its the reason given for the cap that does not make sense. Guess it doesnt need to make sense to me, I know im part of the majority.
The cap has to float up and down to try and keep the two LW arena more evenly populated there by giving the MOST people a chance at fun. If you set the cap at 400 and 500 people show up 400 WILL be in one arena and the other 100 will quickly be on the phone to complain to HTC! So you have 100 people NOT having fun
The cap must be there because as the numbers in the arena got past 500 routinely it was beginning to have a negative effect on subscription retention. I just logged in to TT to see how it was with the new dar (I normally don't play on TT due to the crap I see going on) Nothing has really changed. I don't know why when the numbers climb the crap multiplies even faster. It's sad really.
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I don't know why when the numbers climb the crap multiplies even faster. It's sad really.
There have been many studies on overcrowding. I believe one such study showed rats becoming more and more aggressive and cannibalistic as the population got larger but the environment stayed the same size. I can only imagine that the not-so-mature Internet tuffboyz fly off the handle that much quicker if there are too many of them in one arena at the same time.