Population of the game?

[Shaabhekh]

i played MnB Napoleonic version of this game way back when and quite enjoyed it - i saw a video randomly on YT and saw how the players actually did line-battles etc and figured i'd give the game a shot.

However, it seems to me that there are only a single servers worth of people on at any time.

When i 1st started playing, there was only 1 full server with space for 1 or 2 people every couple of mins, so it was a hassle to get in at 1st.
Same with my 2nd playthrough, but today im looking at a server that only has 80 odd people in it and there is no-one else on any other server.

I live in NZ, and unfortunately no-one plays on the Aussie based servers, thus i have to play on a US server to which im then stuck with a constant high ping (which affects my gameplay)

And before anyone claims that i dont see anyone on because 'america is asleep right now' thats not always the case - i often game for many long hours and always find myself with teammates from the US online, whether its this game or another.

Basically im just wondering how lively the game is these days since its only the one server that gets filled (150 ppl) at the time im on - did i purchase a game thats past its prime?

[AGS | Refleax]

Hello! You'll always find chaps to play with. If you'd like to join Discord and ask around, you're free to do so here.

https://discordapp.com/invite/holdfastgame

There's also a dedicated Discord where the Aussie community resides.

https://discord.gg/hrTt7A

[Ravagexe]

Based on my judgment from low pings, US people make barely make %10 player database. Rest of EU majority keeps playing on this US realm with least 100 ping for some reason. I assume many are oblivious to fact, some are desperately trying to change realm to EU but the lag is always there and real.

On the subject, I really dont know if game had greater number of people at beginning or not. Many tactical army sim games similar to these (War Of Rights, Blackwake, Squad, Hell Let Loose...) usually have one big server that is almost always full. Guess people really like ramboing and not everyones up to teamplay limitations.

[Slleepytime]

You will always find a server to join

[Le Peep]

There will always be a server with people, prime time generally has 2-3 full servers both NA and EU

[MiSFiT77]

People populate the "full" server because the game is most fun on a full server. I'm EU and will often play on U.S because it's full but also because a lot of my game friends are U.S/Aus and Canadian. So personally I'm happy to take the bad ping and play a few games with my friends. My U.S friends will often reciprocate and play EU if that's the most populated. Re the OP I appreciate my interpretation of bad ping compared to Aussie/NZ ping is a different scale. That said one of my team mates (End) is Aus and he regularly chalks up a decent score despite his 300+ ping.

[Shaabhekh]

Originally posted by 47eSoP_Slleepytime:

You will always find a server to join

Finding a server isnt the issue, theres heaps of them, just never with enough people on :P

[MiSFiT77]

Originally posted by Groggy:

Originally posted by 47eSoP_Slleepytime:

You will always find a server to join

Finding a server isnt the issue, theres heaps of them, just never with enough people on :P

There where 3 populated servers about 1 hour ago (date and time of your post) One EU public line battle server with 170+ of a possible 180 playing, One US Public Army Battlefield with 150 people on and one EU Public army battlefield with around 80 people on.

[W1NTER_SOLD1ER]

https://discord.gg/NXuvnqc EU Community, new.

[Ravagexe]

So single main server that hold 150 population every nite is back to US based from EU, this is like the fifth time in a month. I swear the constant realm-hopping will be the end of this game, more than 100 people are playing with 150ms from Europe in a US server right now.

Edit : EU equivalent has 60/150 people currently. Not bad but...why? Why are EU players (based on ping) playing on some godforsaken distant server if they are making more than %90 of population? I double checked it, those people are deliberatly playing on a US server and complaining about High Ping on chat. Is this all about just ignorance?

[Bertrand Sawa]

Originally posted by Ravagex:

So single main server that hold 150 population every nite is back to US based from EU, this is like the fifth time in a month. I swear the constant realm-hopping will be the end of this game, more than 100 people are playing with 150ms from Europe in a US server right now.

Edit : EU equivalent has 60/150 people currently. Not bad but...why? Why are EU players (based on ping) playing on some godforsaken distant server if they are making more than %90 of population? I double checked it, those people are deliberatly playing on a US server and complaining about High Ping on chat. Is this all about just ignorance?

I dont understand that either, it seems like some kind of tradition for eu players to stick on us with cost of their ping, hate that because i have like over 200 ping on US. On the other side the game is simply not fun with low numbers of players - large part of population is either cav or rifles.

[Kieko]

It’s pretty lively atm, at least in terms of melee. There’s actually a tournament happening rn with a $400 prize pool and another happening in a few weeks with a $100 prize pool, not to mention the weekly groupfighting events that take place. I can’t particularly comment on the AUS side sadly

[Arwing20]

weekend numbers are usually good. 600-800 on average

[ShadoSnake]

Originally posted by rin9:

Originally posted by Ravagex:

So single main server that hold 150 population every nite is back to US based from EU, this is like the fifth time in a month. I swear the constant realm-hopping will be the end of this game, more than 100 people are playing with 150ms from Europe in a US server right now.

Edit : EU equivalent has 60/150 people currently. Not bad but...why? Why are EU players (based on ping) playing on some godforsaken distant server if they are making more than %90 of population? I double checked it, those people are deliberatly playing on a US server and complaining about High Ping on chat. Is this all about just ignorance?

I dont understand that either, it seems like some kind of tradition for eu players to stick on us with cost of their ping, hate that because i have like over 200 ping on US. On the other side the game is simply not fun with low numbers of players - large part of population is either cav or rifles.

there can't even be a large pop of cav and rifles
6 rifles and 12 cav max
and even then rifles aren't scary since the devs are nerfing guns to promote broken melee

[Kieko]

Originally posted by Pistol Bobcat:

Originally posted by rin9:

I dont understand that either, it seems like some kind of tradition for eu players to stick on us with cost of their ping, hate that because i have like over 200 ping on US. On the other side the game is simply not fun with low numbers of players - large part of population is either cav or rifles.

there can't even be a large pop of cav and rifles
6 rifles and 12 cav max
and even then rifles aren't scary since the devs are nerfing guns to promote broken melee

Melee feels unoptimised for the reason that was just stated, people go on distant servers and a surprised that they have high ping which makes the game underperform most notably in melee where you’ve got to react to strikes in under a second to properly block them

[ShadoSnake]

Originally posted by |51st|.Cpl.Tachang:

Originally posted by Pistol Bobcat:

there can't even be a large pop of cav and rifles
6 rifles and 12 cav max
and even then rifles aren't scary since the devs are nerfing guns to promote broken melee

Melee feels unoptimised for the reason that was just stated, people go on distant servers and a surprised that they have high ping which makes the game underperform most notably in melee where you’ve got to react to strikes in under a second to properly block them

hi-ping has an advantage
they can stab you while not even looking at you, peak before you can see them move, etc.