How is the games population right now.

[Nemmi]

I started playing this game yesterday because a saw a review for it online and thought the game looked neat. So far I am really enjoying it, at this time I am level 13. I have seen a few people around the starting zone and that surprised me since I saw on steam charts the pop for this game is around 80 players. I guess this is not counting the people on the official Funcom client. I can't seem to find the full player count so I was wondering if any of you guys know.

[FormlessBlackVoid]

There's no official numbers available outside of Steam. You'll see more people in Agartha and HQ Hubs where there are much higher player caps. Adventure zones have a hard cap of 14 players, dungeons and scenarios are 1-5 players, raid is 1-10 players, and pvp is 10-20 players (5-10 per team).

[Dyris_Gaming]

game has died got to a point you cant even get a party going anymore hate to say it but game a cash grab..

[Uvirith]

Steam always says Zero players. Is that accurate?

[Liralen]

The Secret World and Secret World Legends have the best quests ever in a game, all of which can be soloed and some of which can only be done solo. That's reason enough to play it in my book.

In the combat areas, player numbers are deliberately restricted to make you feel as if you were playing alone. It helps to make you feel as if you were one of a few chosen ones, as well as enhances the creepy atmosphere of the game. You will rarely run into other players, by design. Public chat generally is disabled there. You will only see it while in the Agartha.

With respect to Steam reports, all I can say is that I usually only play it on my Funcom account, which I doubt if the Steam numbers would reflect that. I know for a fact that the Steam version and Funcom accounts can play together.

During the Christmas/Winter Solstice Event, the public raids were well attended, at least in my time zone (EST = -5 GMT)

There is no disputing that SWL is dying as an MMORPG. However, it's the best single player RPG I've ever played. Even the Death of a Game series for it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sewl0u66lQ sounds more like a love song to it than a dirge.

I've played a lot of MMO's that no longer exist except as emulators, such as Star Wars Galaxies, which can't be played well without other people.

Bottom line: SWL can be played solo, so enjoy it while you still can. When you do meet other players, well, all I can say is that they are generally a cut above your typical MMO player.

[paraguay_guarani]

There's a player cap in every dimension, so you won't run into too many other players.

I've always played SWL like a single player game. And I am loving it. It feel so immersive with not many people around.

[CrossTrekHarry]

Uvirith님이 먼저 게시:

Steam always says Zero players. Is that accurate?

not accurate, i see many and some want 2 group up but i play solo, this game feels/plays like a single player game, i don't understand why the devs tried to turn it into an mmo.

[Liralen]

CrossTrekHarry님이 먼저 게시:

Uvirith님이 먼저 게시:

Steam always says Zero players. Is that accurate?

not accurate, i see many and some want 2 group up but i play solo, this game feels/plays like a single player game, i don't understand why the devs tried to turn it into an mmo.

I agree. As a single player RPG, it's one of the best I've ever played. The only downside is you don't have an NPC party, so it's easiest if your build can tank (interrupt, stun, etc) and heal. DPS is a given for every build, but of course, some are better than others. But I suspect the weakest dps weapon is sufficient to get through the solo content.

I've been liking pistol on my recent return (I've been playing off and on since TSW was released) because it can do all 3 (interrupt/stun, heal/cleanse, and dps) but I'm sure that's not the only weapon type that can do that.

Plus if you need combat support with something that isn't a solo instance, I'm sure other people would help you if they could.

The auction house is still active, if you want to sell items you don't need or buy items you do need. I routinely buy things from the AH that I don't need, so I can sell them to a vendor for anima shards, which I do need.

[ZDuB]

ya very few people play thru steam, ive been playing outside steam last few days running around Kingsmouth and have seen a bunch of new players

[Liralen]

ZDuB님이 먼저 게시:

ya very few people play thru steam, ive been playing outside steam last few days running around Kingsmouth and have seen a bunch of new players

Yep, I usually play SWL on my Funcom account.

Edited Note: However, I can absolutely attest that Steam players can play with Funcom players. I decided to make an account on Steam, then wanted to get it into my Funcom cabal (so I could access the cabal bank storage). My husband used his Funcom account toon to make that happen.