Curse

szenhidrat2 · Mar 16, 2010, 09:52 PM // 21:52

After 6 month i want to start again the game. I wanted to buy a run from Beacon's Perch to Drok's because i need SS but all of the district were empty. I logon two more times today but i ended up with the same result. Visited a few towns but just a few people were online only in Kamadan were some more players. So what's the population these days? How much people are still plaing this game? Maybe i was online in the bad hours but i don't want to continue a game that is already deserted.

Solas · Mar 16, 2010, 10:00 PM // 22:00

try the US districts, they normally tend to have more.

Cuilan · Mar 16, 2010, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Many people are going to Eye of the North instead?

szenhidrat2 · Mar 16, 2010, 10:12 PM // 22:12

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Originally Posted by Solas

try the US districts, they normally tend to have more.

Thanks i'll try but i wanted an overall view of the gw population if it has increased decreased or stnad in the past few months.

EDIT: Just switched to US. WOW huge difference! 0 players still in EU district in Beacon's and 15 ppl in US.

Kopa The Demon King · Mar 16, 2010, 10:29 PM // 22:29

Guildwars may have more accounts and be growing in the number of people who own the gam,e but since the announcement of GW2...FOREVER AGO, the game has begun to detreriorate.

There are probably still a couple hundred thousand that play the game, Most of them in US districts.

Main poipulations lie in the following towns

KAMADAN (aka spamadan!...also the reason for the need of an auction house)
Great temple of balthasar
Temple of Ages
Lions arch
Kaineng
Eye of the north
Beacons perch (only for the sake of Droks runs 50% dervish and 50% sin or warrior)
Ascalon
Shing jea monastery

The small towns will be all but empty, maybe 2 or 3 people every so often
Mission towns will house maybe 5 people, unles you're talking about the maguuma in prophecies, those are all completly empty save for 1 or 2 people because you can skip that entire part of gameplay.

And then look to fgind a bunch of people in whatever town Nicholas the traveler is closest to.

Nobody realy does anything but Farm trade and run, so anywhere runs are needed or there is a descent farm is where everyone is going to be, Nobody realy plays the rest of the game anymore.

szenhidrat2 · Mar 16, 2010, 10:41 PM // 22:41

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Originally Posted by Kopa The Demon King

but since the announcement of GW2...FOREVER AGO, the game has begun to detreriorate

Hm but gw2's far away from releasing.

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Originally Posted by Kopa The Demon King

Nobody realy plays the rest of the game anymore.

That's sad.

QueenofDeath · Mar 17, 2010, 12:22 AM // 00:22

Many are now playing DRAGON AGE and soon its expansion AWAKENING and then there's another coming after that. GW is old news now and only a handful are playing it anymore. I myself have been playing TORCHLIGHT as it's a Diablo 2 clone and a lot of fun. There's also TITAN QUEST out there that the GOLD pkg became very cheap like $7 and many are playing that now which is another D2 clone.

GW needs some new an improved goals to go for. New an improve more powerful weaponry and/or armor pieces. Give players something to go for that helps them to GROW or EVOLVE and they will return.

Skyy High · Mar 17, 2010, 01:30 AM // 01:30

Beacon's Perch is a low level town. Few people roll new chars anymore, fewer still in Prophecies, fewer still actually play through the missions, and fewer still bother to even try to group up before they hit at least the port towns. If you want to play with people, you're going to have to get to the later content, and even then you'll probably need to be doing something other people haven't done 20 times already.

And don't expect anyone to be doing droks runs now, it's just not profitable to sit there waiting for a customer for an hour. Play the game, you'll get to SS within a week and that's if you're not rushing.

Note that it's the same for basically any lowbie area in any game that's been out a while. Go try to group up in WoW, or LotRO, in a low level area.

Kaleban · Mar 17, 2010, 01:50 AM // 01:50

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Originally Posted by Skyy High

Note that it's the same for basically any lowbie area in any game that's been out a while. Go try to group up in WoW, or LotRO, in a low level area.

Many other MMOs solve this problem by balancing areas to be soloable, while needing groups and raids and such only for high end content.

The incentive to joining guilds in WoW for example is that you then have people willing to speedrush you through the lowbie content (that you COULD solo if you wanted to) to get to the higher tier stuff much quicker.

Believe me, I played WoW for three months, my roomates got me into it before I quit, and I was easily able to solo a Druid (treeform/moonkin FTW lol) and a couple other chars including Rogue and Warlock to lvl 80. Had I grouped with a guild it could have gone much quicker.

GW could have had the same successful structure, balancing the sub-20 content for solo play, and then the 20+ content for groups. Instead, EVERYWHERE in the game you usually need a full group unless using a solo farming build, and this hurts the game immensely, especially now when people are tired of it.

Kopa The Demon King · Mar 17, 2010, 02:30 AM // 02:30

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Originally Posted by szenhidrat2

Hm but gw2's far away from releasing.

That's sad.

Yes it is, but you can only replay the game so many times before you just continue farming your gold. I joined up in an RP guild that brought life back to it for me.

(ill suggest finding an ACTIVE and friendly guild if you want to play the game, it would be your best bet)

Bob Slydell · Mar 17, 2010, 02:31 AM // 02:31

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Originally Posted by szenhidrat2

That's sad.

You have to remember that since it's release 5 years ago, and the beta testing long before that, as well as the fact that were dealing with a storyline based game, people not playing older parts of the game or just not play in general, is going to happen. If anytime people do go back to play the old content, it's most likely for a new character or nostalgic purposes.

Don't worry about the population, or anyone who says the servers will be shut down, they will still be running long after you've fully exhausted the 'want' to play GW.

Leohan · Mar 17, 2010, 02:42 AM // 02:42

1. Since people are Free to use any district they want, people who want to play together and talk use America districts.

2. Depending on time of day, plays a big factor since GW community is global.

3. People tend to gravitate to Zaishen Quests for daily gameplay.

4. Running people through low end areas for 1k, is no longer worth standing around for, when you can run 4-5 people at a time for 10k each in dungeons.

5. It takes very little time for people to get to high end areas, so unless there is an influx of people buying Proph's your not going to have a demand for runners in places like Beacon's. Not when veterans can make a character in Factions or Nightfall and get Max armor in under an hour.

@QueenofDeath
The game is what you make it, yes it would be nice but, there are plenty of goals, kill things and kill more things, oh and there's the drunkard title.
It's a game with limited options, adding more armor won't change anything, it's the people you play with that make the game fun.

@ Kaleban
GW is structured as a team based game and therefore reflects that. I enjoy the game allows me to play the way I want to. If you want solo gameplay make a skill bar that does that for you or play WoW, since that game as been made and cloned to death.

Quaker · Mar 17, 2010, 01:05 PM // 13:05

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Originally Posted by Kaleban

GW could have had the same successful structure, balancing the sub-20 content for solo play, and then the 20+ content for groups. Instead, EVERYWHERE in the game you usually need a full group unless using a solo farming build, and this hurts the game immensely, especially now when people are tired of it.

Yes, but GW has Henchmen and Heroes, so, although the game content is designed for groups, you can "solo" it by using henchmen and/or heroes to fill the group, even at the lowest levels. In Normal Mode the game is easily playable using just Henchmen.

@OP - if you are looking for people to play with, keep checking the daily Zaishen Bounties and Quests. There's always lots of people looking for groups to do them.

Olim Chill · Mar 17, 2010, 02:12 PM // 14:12

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Originally Posted by Quaker

Yes, but GW has Henchmen and Heroes, so, although the game content is designed for groups, you can "solo" it by using henchmen and/or heroes to fill the group, even at the lowest levels. In Normal Mode the game is easily playable using just Henchmen.

This. When you H/H, you are essentially playing solo, but the team concept is still there. That's what GW is really all about.

Mar 16, 2010, 09:52 PM // 21:52	#1
szenhidrat2 Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Feb 2009 Profession: N/Me	Gw population question. After 6 month i want to start again the game. I wanted to buy a run from Beacon's Perch to Drok's because i need SS but all of the district were empty. I logon two more times today but i ended up with the same result. Visited a few towns but just a few people were online only in Kamadan were some more players. So what's the population these days? How much people are still plaing this game? Maybe i was online in the bad hours but i don't want to continue a game that is already deserted.

Mar 16, 2010, 10:00 PM // 22:00	#2
Solas Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ireland Guild: Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2 Profession: E/	try the US districts, they normally tend to have more.

Mar 16, 2010, 10:01 PM // 22:01	#3
Cuilan Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2008 Profession: Me/	Many people are going to Eye of the North instead?

Mar 16, 2010, 10:29 PM // 22:29	#5
Kopa The Demon King Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2010 Guild: Forever Knights Profession: D/	Guildwars may have more accounts and be growing in the number of people who own the gam,e but since the announcement of GW2...FOREVER AGO, the game has begun to detreriorate. There are probably still a couple hundred thousand that play the game, Most of them in US districts. Main poipulations lie in the following towns KAMADAN (aka spamadan!...also the reason for the need of an auction house) Great temple of balthasar Temple of Ages Lions arch Kaineng Eye of the north Beacons perch (only for the sake of Droks runs 50% dervish and 50% sin or warrior) Ascalon Shing jea monastery The small towns will be all but empty, maybe 2 or 3 people every so often Mission towns will house maybe 5 people, unles you're talking about the maguuma in prophecies, those are all completly empty save for 1 or 2 people because you can skip that entire part of gameplay. And then look to fgind a bunch of people in whatever town Nicholas the traveler is closest to. Nobody realy does anything but Farm trade and run, so anywhere runs are needed or there is a descent farm is where everyone is going to be, Nobody realy plays the rest of the game anymore.

Mar 17, 2010, 12:22 AM // 00:22	#7
QueenofDeath Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2009	Many are now playing DRAGON AGE and soon its expansion AWAKENING and then there's another coming after that. GW is old news now and only a handful are playing it anymore. I myself have been playing TORCHLIGHT as it's a Diablo 2 clone and a lot of fun. There's also TITAN QUEST out there that the GOLD pkg became very cheap like $7 and many are playing that now which is another D2 clone. GW needs some new an improved goals to go for. New an improve more powerful weaponry and/or armor pieces. Give players something to go for that helps them to GROW or EVOLVE and they will return.

Mar 17, 2010, 01:30 AM // 01:30	#8
Skyy High Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2006 Profession: R/	Beacon's Perch is a low level town. Few people roll new chars anymore, fewer still in Prophecies, fewer still actually play through the missions, and fewer still bother to even try to group up before they hit at least the port towns. If you want to play with people, you're going to have to get to the later content, and even then you'll probably need to be doing something other people haven't done 20 times already. And don't expect anyone to be doing droks runs now, it's just not profitable to sit there waiting for a customer for an hour. Play the game, you'll get to SS within a week and that's if you're not rushing. Note that it's the same for basically any lowbie area in any game that's been out a while. Go try to group up in WoW, or LotRO, in a low level area.

Mar 17, 2010, 02:42 AM // 02:42	#12
Leohan Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2009 Profession: R/	1. Since people are Free to use any district they want, people who want to play together and talk use America districts. 2. Depending on time of day, plays a big factor since GW community is global. 3. People tend to gravitate to Zaishen Quests for daily gameplay. 4. Running people through low end areas for 1k, is no longer worth standing around for, when you can run 4-5 people at a time for 10k each in dungeons. 5. It takes very little time for people to get to high end areas, so unless there is an influx of people buying Proph's your not going to have a demand for runners in places like Beacon's. Not when veterans can make a character in Factions or Nightfall and get Max armor in under an hour. @QueenofDeath The game is what you make it, yes it would be nice but, there are plenty of goals, kill things and kill more things, oh and there's the drunkard title. It's a game with limited options, adding more armor won't change anything, it's the people you play with that make the game fun. @ Kaleban GW is structured as a team based game and therefore reflects that. I enjoy the game allows me to play the way I want to. If you want solo gameplay make a skill bar that does that for you or play WoW, since that game as been made and cloned to death.