it must be nice..

[scorge]

to know that WoW can afford to get rid of 78000 accounts for cheating..

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

think excal/pry has reached a peak now with players, not many leaving, not many coming in...

Have been trying to work out how many UK players are left in DAOC that play on excal/pry, have come to the conclusion that it might be just 20% which from the figures from darkzone:


Pry - yearly graph average users - 596
excal yearly graph average users - 744

total 1340

20% of players = 268


http://daoc.darkzone.net/server/eu/excalibur/

http://daoc.darkzone.net/server/eu/prydwen/


So i have decided to do a poll to see how many UK players there are in daoc that play on Pry/excal

 

[Bahumat]

i chose europe america as there was no camlann option.

 

[RS|Phil]

Quite good. Almost 2% of their subscribers!
I hope that Mythic/GOA take that kind of hard liner tactic on Warhammer.

 

[tris-]

So i have decided to do a poll to see how many UK players there are in daoc that play on Pry/excal

you know it wont mean anything cos not everyone reads FH

 

[Heta]

I dont play at all

 

[IainC]

Have been trying to work out how many UK players are left in DAOC that play on excal/pry, have come to the conclusion that it might be just 20% which from the figures from darkzone:


Pry - yearly graph average users - 596
excal yearly graph average users - 744

total 1340

20% of players = 268

The problem with those numbers is that you are assuming that the same people are playing all the time. In other words the 596 players logged into Pryd one day are the exact same people as the 596 people logged into Pryd the next day. I don't have exact numbers of subscribers and I couldn't give them out if I had, however I've always found that a 1:20 ratio of primetime players to live accounts seems to give a reasonably accurate view of the true population for most online games. Games with niche appeal or that are composed predominantly of hardcore gamers wil have a lower ratio while ones that attract a lot of casual players will have a higher ratio.

None of this helps in gauging where these players are from however.

 

[scorge]

however I've always found that a 1:20 ratio of primetime players to live accounts

Due to buffbots you could then say 2:20 or 1:10, and live accounts do not neccessarily mean live players

Games with niche appeal or that are composed predominantly of hardcore gamers wil have a lower ratio while ones that attract a lot of casual players will have a higher ratio.

I take it DAOC is the Former and not the latter? in that DAOC has Niche appeal not mass appeal

 

[Ctuchik]

Quite good. Almost 2% of their subscribers!
I hope that Mythic/GOA take that kind of hard liner tactic on Warhammer.

i very much doubt (and certainly hope not) that warhammer will have 4.5 million subscribers

 

[OohhoO]

I am a UK national who lives in a non-EU European land and play mostly on Prydwen/Excalibur so I chose option 3 "I am from another European Union country and play mostly on Prydwen/Excalibur" as I guess it was the closest compromise =/

 

[Dr_Evil]

I live in Norway, so I voted #4 non-EU country unlike the rest of Scandinavia. (First one to vote #4 so far!)

 

[RS|Phil]

i very much doubt (and certainly hope not) that warhammer will have 4.5 million subscribers

How come dude?

 

[Lamp]

DAOC's population has dropped massively. I play Midgard classic server. You're lucky if you get 100 people playing at anyone time.

 

[Coldbeard]

A bit weird poll setup, why "European union countries" and not just "Europe" in general and add another option for "Some other continent" or whatever serves the best purpose.

 

[Ctuchik]

How come dude?

because of the 4.5 million subscribers in WoW, about 4.4 million are 10 year old kids (be it in acual age or mentality, u pick) that cry nerf whenever they loose to someone in pvp..

and just look at the expansion for WoW. those same whiners managed to make Blizzard TOTALLY ruin what little "personality" the 2 factions had, namely the paladin and the shaman. come that expansion they dont even have that anymore....

so imo, i much much rathter have a small playerbase of relativly mature players then millions of 10 year old fucktards thats only after getting godmode for whatever overpowered toon they are currently playing.... granted we will probably get them anyway, but with a smaller playerbase its easier to handle them.

 

[Gamah]

Think you got your reason then there Phil lol

 

[Lamp]

because of the 4.5 million subscribers in WoW, about 4.4 million are 10 year old kids (be it in acual age or mentality, u pick) that cry nerf whenever they loose to someone in pvp..

and just look at the expansion for WoW. those same whiners managed to make Blizzard TOTALLY ruin what little "personality" the 2 factions had, namely the paladin and the shaman. come that expansion they dont even have that anymore....

so imo, i much much rathter have a small playerbase of relativly mature players then millions of 10 year old fucktards thats only after getting godmode for whatever overpowered toon they are currently playing.... granted we will probably get them anyway, but with a smaller playerbase its easier to handle them.

Quality :worthy:

 

[RS|Phil]

Think you got your reason then there Phil lol

I know, pretty badly burned as well in the process! (Tho it wasn't exactly an answer) Anyone have any skin cream?

That aside, I'd rather have the large population coupled with vast, future-proof clusterable, server number despite some of the possible issues.

 

[Rhana]

Useless, I play mostly on Glaston... and Im not from UK

 

[Ctuchik]

I know, pretty badly burned as well in the process! (Tho it wasn't exactly an answer) Anyone have any skin cream?

That aside, I'd rather have the large population coupled with vast, future-proof clusterable, server number despite some of the possible issues.

sorry about that, just that i recently gave WoW a run again and it wasent a pleasant experiance :/

 

[Lamp]

sorry about that, just that i recently gave WoW a run again and it wasent a pleasant experiance :/

I was thinking of buying WOW, but having 2nd thoughts now. Maybe I'll wait for WAR instead and muck about with some lowbie toons on DAOC in the meanwhile

 

[Mandi]

>.<

DAoC will never die !!! even if I have to run around solo on my cleric claiming a tower and yelling 'Go Manchester!!!' but there will be at least one there - ME!

 

[Ctuchik]

I was thinking of buying WOW, but having 2nd thoughts now. Maybe I'll wait for WAR instead and muck about with some lowbie toons on DAOC in the meanwhile

well u should try it, think theres a limited trial going around somwhere. can always try it there.

/edit: i mean, the game itself isnt that bad. its just that everywhere u look theres always someone acting all 10 year old 'n shit

 

[xxManiacxx]

i very much doubt (and certainly hope not) that warhammer will have 4.5 million subscribers

Think again. Warhammer is huge. If they play their cards right and with proper commercial I can see it happen.

 

[Adlatus Hellbringer]

Think again. Warhammer is huge. If they play their cards right and with proper commercial I can see it happen.

Warhammer online has the potential to have a HUGE player base possibly rivaling WoW and surpassing it. Think of all the kids/adults who play the tabletop games, all of the ex and current daoc players, all of the wow deffectors, all of the random people who play games, the list goes on and on...

Warhammer online could easily reach 4.5 million subscribers and with ea marketing it and Gamesworkshop having promos of it in every store they have around the world it certainly will have mass market apeall