Maikimaik.1974 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I mean there are currently 17 groups in the LFG for Dragon's End, so that map is most definitely not empty... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanevil.8461 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Maikimaik.1974 said: I mean there are currently 17 groups in the LFG for Dragon's End, so that map is most definitely not empty... and yet as i run around the maps and the cities there's no one around 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maikimaik.1974 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just now, humanevil.8461 said: and yet as i run around the maps and the cities there's no one around Probably because they're doing some weird instancing to avoid lag. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanevil.8461 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just now, Maikimaik.1974 said: Probably because they're doing some weird instancing to avoid lag. and i appreciate a smooth experience performance wise but it would be nice to see a few more people about 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikansei.5742 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 It feels like their "map closing due to low population" tech is bugged for the new maps, and instances with only a handful of people left are just staying up instead of getting spun down... which is either 1. a bug or 2. an overcorrection, and doesn't mean the game is dead and the expac has failed, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanevil.8461 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 minute ago, mikansei.5742 said: It feels like their "map closing due to low population" tech is bugged for the new maps, and instances with only a handful of people left are just staying up instead of getting spun down... which is either 1. a bug or 2. an overcorrection, and doesn't mean the game is dead and the expac has failed, lol. i for one am not saying the xpac has failed im talking about the player population which i think most people are talking about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirizakunojack.9782 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 i have a feeling they toned down the server cap therefor making it so there are less players on each given map especially when lfg has more then enough groups 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friday.7864 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I understand why they might have limited the amount of players but... It just feels wrong to have a huge map to yourself and a few others 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captrowdy.9561 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I’m pretty sure there’s a billion instances right now. This launch went smoothly right? Less chance of explosions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugrakarma.9416 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 inst empty is instance algoritm mess. its sound its like haloween labyrinth. if u check at meta time, theres like 20++LFG with maps almost full, u should scroll down to find a open map.. my bet the hard cap for maps are low. and the maps are huge. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurrilino.2706 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 You guys must play a different game. I see real players running around everywhere and even stop to look at something beautyful. Of course they disappear here and there into instances but this is intended. The place of an instance entry looks overcrowded to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Moonshadow.2710 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Well, I can't say I'm disappointed with it actually. I don't mind. I would just appreciate it if the events and meta's scaled to the active participatory player size. Trying to beat the baby leviathan with only 10 IS a challenge especially when half are dead. Though comical to see them in the back of the throat about to be regurgitated We've only had about 5 hours of play at it so far so I'm still holding out for what is to come. I'm sure many binged the story and "click next" through it. We'll go our usual pace and wont be burnt out and crying for more like the res will be. When the rabbit is sleeping the turtle is winning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezz.4758 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 the more i play the less i care, i dont even recognize this game my classes got nerfed, my runes got destroyed, DMV simulator and Simon says mini games everywhere?? what is this? there is SO much political bs in the second area, and im sorry but hearing the sob story of a certain someone with my character going along with it, WHAT? ok so ill try the events, they look promising and they are everywhere, awesome, but where is everyone? core tyria has more players right now, whatever it is phasing, population, or just too many people over it events are not happening without groups so i go check twitch and theres less viewers and streamer choice than last week on day 2! half the "arenanet bros" are already streaming their old games and moved on, in 24 hours? the loyalists look exhausted with all the confusion with people logging in to WEAKER characters on the first day of an expansion i wanted so bad to like this, i was rooting for Anet so hard ive tried to stay positive but at the end of the day if i stick it out all i have to look forward to is trying to put 10 player groups together because apparently 5 man content is just NOT in the vision for the game . and ridiculously over tuned metas. and to hide all this in the patch notes that are not released until the VERY last possible second to ensure EVERY last unreturnable preorder is just despicable, 2 years of waiting through a pandemic to pull that kind of bait and switch erases ANY sympathy I have for the team. Im a Wildstar survivor, i know where these numbers lead when you are owned by NCsoft. I wanted to fall back in love and got shafted and lied to instead, good riddance. 3 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) This is also why the LFG isn't working very well it seems. Edited March 1, 2022 by Hannelore.8153 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teratus.2859 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 11 hours ago, Randulf.7614 said: Lfg got large numbers for leviathan so it sounds like an issue of too many instanced maps My thoughts too. When I was playing last night (almost all night) a good few times I had popups to move to more populated maps so there are definitely a lot of people playing, they're just spread out on a lot of maps. The chat being dead makes sense as well, I would bet most people have it disabled cause of spoilers. I certainly have had it that way for the most part. I only need to open my map during active times and see how many guild mates I can see on all the EoD maps to know these maps are absolutely populated lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixit.7189 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 maps i was on were totally dead yesterday, so much so, i wouldn't see another player for hours. this expac feels so empty, it's kinda surreal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaniesan.8497 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I think other factors are in play as well. This launch has been marred by specialization balancing issues (or rather the lack thereof) and affected the morale. They called up on us to join betas and what not, then went on launch keeping the same beta designs with minimal changes despite months of concerns being voiced by the players regarding the lackluster specializations. Not only that, they didn't even post any note regarding said changes, possibly out of concern that people being outraged of their insistence of keeping beta designs. Now let say they needed more time to look at the skills and things, they could have simply post the current change note and mention more changes coming in a month or so. No, no words at all. The communication strategy is just not there. Now they mentioned a "big balance change " in the summer. Great, we have to play with broken toys for almost half a year. No wonder the maps are empty. 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kash.9213 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 So many people in this thread claiming their unique grievance with the game is the reason why they're seeing empty maps even though LFG is lit. "Anet didn't fix my characters traits, that's why people are leaving this game in droves!!" 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild.1705 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 For a student like me, dropping it on a Monday ensures that I wont even get to all the maps until the weekend. I think it'll pick up a bit towards the weekend and maybe even grow more in the coming weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rendalmj.3152 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said: 👍 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpsssss.7530 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Its almost like they launched on a friggin' monday when most people work or go to school and have after school stuff... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfeather.6401 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 As Rendalmj pointed out it was something to do with megaservers which has been looked at is being adjusted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.5684 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 17 hours ago, Sarius.9285 said: nope, it's literally just an issue of creating too many instances I guessed something like that too. It is weird that the new maps are empty. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Swiftclaw.9076 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 12 hours ago, mikansei.5742 said: It feels like their "map closing due to low population" tech is bugged for the new maps, and instances with only a handful of people left are just staying up instead of getting spun down... which is either 1. a bug or 2. an overcorrection, and doesn't mean the game is dead and the expac has failed, lol. You know what you are right I have not seen the icon to switch maps at all since EoD launched. But with most maps at 5-10 players it makes alot of the events impossible to complete. Hopefully we see a fix for this over the next few days. But I got to say these maps are gorgeous. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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