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Duvida
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-05-18 17:56:26 UTC
I'm on Mountain Time, so 11am for the Pacific, 2pm for the Atlantic, etc. I'm seeing about 34k online at the moment. Is this low or normal, by historical standards?
Radelix Cisko
JUMP DRIVE ACTIVE
#2 - 2012-05-18 18:05:57 UTC
Pacific time here. I usually start seeing the peak between now (11:06 AM) and 2 PM

Despite my posting prowess I really am terrible at this game
Mithrantir Ob'lontra
Ixion Defence Systems
#3 - 2012-05-18 18:24:37 UTC
Duvida wrote:
I'm on Mountain Time, so 11am for the Pacific, 2pm for the Atlantic, etc. I'm seeing about 34k online at the moment. Is this low or normal, by historical standards?

About 3 years ago when we saw the online users going near 20K we were waiting for the hamsters to explode, or the champagnes to pop.

No it's not a low by historical standards.
Malak Dawnfire
Unquestionable Prosperity
Grand Inquisitors Federation
#4 - 2012-05-18 18:46:39 UTC
I'm not online yet, give me a second and we'll see that pop past 40k.
Markus Reese
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-05-18 18:48:11 UTC
It is lower, but expected when you consider the bans, people dropping farmer accounts, etc. This summer expansion hopefully will result in more retained players and a lead up to a feature which will help peak it out.

To quote Lfod Shi

The ratting itself is PvE. Getting away with it is PvP.
Conrad Makbure
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-05-18 18:53:58 UTC
Diablo III, live as of the 15th - give it some time. RMAH prob won't be what people expect it to be. but, give it some time.
Drew Solaert
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2012-05-18 18:56:10 UTC
We have lost 6 to D3 at the moment. They'll be back. You never "quit" Eve.

I lied :o
Radelix Cisko
JUMP DRIVE ACTIVE
#8 - 2012-05-18 18:56:50 UTC
As in the other PCU thread I vote banhammer

Despite my posting prowess I really am terrible at this game
veritas primus
Kat 5 Kaos
#9 - 2012-05-18 18:57:55 UTC
Conrad Makbure wrote:
Diablo III, live as of the 15th - give it some time. RMAH prob won't be what people expect it to be. but, give it some time.


This...time for long skill training. :)
JitaPriceChecker2
Doomheim
#10 - 2012-05-18 19:02:15 UTC  |  Edited by: JitaPriceChecker2
D3 is perfect example why EVE should never be a PVE game since competition is high and careberas move instantly when they only smell a better farming grounds.
Duvida
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-05-18 19:05:55 UTC
I'd forgotten about D3, so that makes sense. But it isn't EVE, so the 'draw away' event just doesn't offer the same craving satisfactions as EVE does. P
Duvida
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2012-05-18 19:07:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Duvida
Radelix Cisko wrote:
As in the other PCU thread I vote banhammer



Nevermind, I read the other thread...

Question
Jaehawn
Order Collective
Order Collective Alliance
#13 - 2012-05-18 19:09:17 UTC
Dust 514 invites went out today also.
Conrad Makbure
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2012-05-18 19:10:43 UTC
JitaPriceChecker2 wrote:
D3 is perfect example why EVE should never be a PVE game since competition is high and careberas move instantly when they only smell a better farming grounds.



No, CCP needs to compete on both fronts; you can't have a pvp only game unless downsizing your company is the goal. It's a stupid goal because the pvp only crowd is small here. eve is a 10 year old game; they need to do both at this point. If they don't, then I dare them to throw out all pve (what pve they have) away.
Serge Bastana
GWA Corp
#15 - 2012-05-18 19:17:25 UTC
Duvida wrote:
I'd forgotten about D3, so that makes sense. But it isn't EVE, so the 'draw away' event just doesn't offer the same craving satisfactions as EVE does. P


We probably saw a dip when SWTOR came out, I remember the post last year from players saying how bad it was and how they had come back to EVE though.

WoW holds your hand until end game, and gives you a cookie whether you win or lose. EVE not only takes your cookie, but laughs at you for bringing one in the first place...

Conrad Makbure
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-05-18 19:22:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Conrad Makbure
Serge Bastana wrote:
Duvida wrote:
I'd forgotten about D3, so that makes sense. But it isn't EVE, so the 'draw away' event just doesn't offer the same craving satisfactions as EVE does. P


We probably saw a dip when SWTOR came out, I remember the post last year from players saying how bad it was and how they had come back to EVE though.



OK, but you can't compare swtor to Diablo III. D3 doesn't suck and has a huge dedicated following that goes back to the original Diablo. People are going to be on both games for a very long time, is my guess.

The main thing is, Diablo III doesn't suck.
Tor Gungnir
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-05-18 19:26:00 UTC
Until they realize nothing can beat D2.

Not even D3.

Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you.
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#18 - 2012-05-18 19:30:15 UTC
DIfferent thread, same response.

Mithrantir Ob'lontra wrote:
About 3 years ago when we saw the online users going near 20K we were waiting for the hamsters to explode, or the champagnes to pop.

No it's not a low by historical standards.

"About 3 years ago," right around the turn of 2009, is when we saw EVE shatter its PCU records with 55,000-60,000 players on at peak time, and almost twice the players online during off-peak hours, like during US evenings. Logging in after 9 pm GMT-5 today usually shows me a player count in the 19,000-23,000 range.

I wrote some true EVE stories! And no, they're not of the generic "my 0.0 alliance had lots of 0.0 fleets and took a lot of 0.0 space" sort. Check them out here:

https://truestories.eveonline.com/users/2074-destiny-corrupted
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#19 - 2012-05-18 19:45:43 UTC
Duvida wrote:
I'm on Mountain Time, so 11am for the Pacific, 2pm for the Atlantic, etc. I'm seeing about 34k online at the moment. Is this low or normal, by historical standards?



Add 7 hours on to that and you've got euro hour!

p.s. 11 am mst is 1 pm est not 2 pm.

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#20 - 2012-05-18 19:48:05 UTC
It's about normal for a post-AAA-release Friday.
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