Server limits bum me out

[Dadsguns]

I don't understand what the problem really is...... there is at least 5-10 of you that said you logged from the game that could have filled the other arena that you chose not to join because it didn't have the numbers you hoped for........   

For me, it doesn't matter which arena or which side, pure freedom.  Find a red guy and shoot him down.  Your only limited by your own choices.

[The Fugitive]

I understand that the euro folks get the raw end of the deal. They are in the middle of their "prime time" when the arenas kick into caps.

I don't know the numbers, HTC does, but the euro players unfortunately are the minority, and my guess is it's by a wide margin. Caps are a necessity and the best time to bring up the dynamic cap system is right in the middle of euros prime time.

In the end they trying to piss off the least amount of people I guess.

You euro guys need to bring in anouther 200-300 players to make it work better. 

[Shuffler]

NONSENSE. Apparently there is no arguing that what is really best for business is a max of 100 or fewer players in LWO and about 12 in LWB, and a lot of players mad about not being able to go where they want to, and logging to do work instead......

THAT is apparently the most fun, and the best for business.

[/sarcasm]

You mean a handfull of players mad.

What is best for your business is not necessarily best for HT's business.




....... and what Fugi said!

[Have]

Yay, again, 115 players in Orange late war and "Arena Full". 44 players in the other arena.

For me, it doesn't matter which arena or which side, pure freedom.  Find a red guy and shoot him down.  Your only limited by your own choices.

You know, it is A Lot harder to find those red guys with really low numbers in the arena where you can get in.

[CAP1]

I'VE often found that the red guys are mostly congregated into one area in the lower populated arenas.

[Shuffler]

Yay, again, 115 players in Orange late war and "Arena Full". 44 players in the other arena.

You know, it is A Lot harder to find those red guys with really low numbers in the arena where you can get in.

Switch to the low number side.

[gyrene81]

Makes you wonder how the MW arena has a lot of great fights consistently with under 60 people even during U.S. prime time... 

[Babalonian]

he is borg. he has been assimilated. resistance if futile. the borg are one.

    

Enough of us to make a new thread on this subject every week about how we can't connect with our collective.

-oink!

[Jayhawk]

Chances are if you're in an arena with low numbers, there are other guys staring at the map looking for a fight as well. Up your favorite fighter and cruise around inside an enemy radar for a few minutes and a good little fight usually develops. Sometimes YOU have to be the initiator.

[Lusche]

I'm going out on a limb now: I dind't think the caps are not really necessary at all during the week. During that time, both LW arenas combined are often at comparable numbers to a single arena on weekends. And if 300 players in one arena is perfectly acceptable and not "overcrowding" at all on a Saturday, I wonder why it should be detrimental to the game on a Wednesday?

Right now it's 1 am local time. Caps kicked in 6 hours ago, and right now the numbers are 184/100 and 104/150. For more than six hours the total numbers are not even remotely approaching "unhealthy" or crowded levels for a large map.

For a US primetime player it may not make that much difference if there are 250 instead of 450 players in the arena. Having to face an arena with less than 100 players instead of 250 is quite a different gameplay experience.

Last tour, I went out and noted the arena numbers for a whole week. This is one example:


(on that day, I didn't record another data point between 2 and 4 am, the actual total peek must have been around 350 players during that time)


Titanic Tuesday is basically the only day of the week were I get to fully enjoy the game on a same level as US prime time, and how it was when - and why! - I joined AH 5 years ago. The only alternative is to stay up until ~4am. And not, because "we" euro prime players are not enough to fill an arena.

[Have]

Switch to the low number side.

Thanks for the advice Shuffler. Yesterday the arena where I could get in was populated like this:
Rooks 15 players
Bishops 13 players
Knights 16 players

I was playing with Rooks as usual. Do you think that the game experience would have changed significantly if I had switched to Bishops?

I see no reason to cap the arena to 100 players like it seems to be now every evening.

[RTHolmes]

not only do we have this cap rubbish to contend with, for the last week LWO has had a massive map in it which is just waaaay too big for just 100 players. the result of this is - no fights.

this last week is pretty much the first time ive been around and my squaddies are in the tower saying "theres just nothing to do...". well I suppose we could go milk run, but we'd rather fight players than sheds. 3 of the last 4 nights Ive heard squaddies just logging off because they're bored. not something Ive heard before. yesterday with about 120 in LWO I sat in the tower watching the map and for over 25mins there was literally no red darbar on the knit front. nothing. there was 1 m8 trying to deack a town, but on the ground that was it.

ok you say "well start a fight then!". we did a circus raid some 3 sectors into enemy airspace - 11k B26s and a coupla escorts. killed radar and dropped on town at 4 bases. nothing. I landed my milkrun (woo ), my escorts just bailed and logged.

deacked a town and started dropping buildings (not really going to try to take it but it should stir up some defence.) 1 wirble.

unless something changes pretty quick, the "overcrowding problem" will solve itself. but not in a way thats good for business...

[ImADot]

yesterday with about 120 in LWO I sat in the tower watching the map and for over 25mins there was literally no red darbar on the knit front.

So, Bish and Rook were fighting, or were 120 people sitting in the tower?  Maybe switch sides and join the fight?  If your squad is one of those "we don't switch sides - ever - for any reason" squads, then you might be part of your own problem.  Did you try LWB?  MW? 

[RTHolmes]

LWB had about 40 when I checked, didnt bother with MW as it never has double digits when I'm online. looked like a small skirmish between rooks n bish, but yes there were a large number in the tower - almost 50%. usually its closer to 75%.

switch sides? sure we could all do that. now you have 60 rook, 60 bish, 0 knits. not sure where ENY tops out but I cant imagine that would be a popular move.

[RufusLeaking]

Titanic Tuesday is basically the only day of the week were I get to fully enjoy the game on a same level as US prime time, and how it was when - and why! - I joined AH 5 years ago. The only alternative is to stay up until ~4am. And not, because "we" euro prime players are not enough to fill an arena.

The biggest problem with caps is that Euro guys are screwed at 1200 CST, when the caps kick in.  Sliding the cap kick in time three or four hours would go a long way in helping out those whose ancestors weren't lucky enough to emigrate to the US.   

Another side effect of caps is that it induces people to 'reserve' a space in the arena by staying logged in while inactive.  Sometimes, the blue will have a lower total number, but near parity in flight numbers.