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by Andrew Yoon, May 24, 2012 7:00pm PDTAlthough it launched to great fanfare, it's clear that The Old Republic is struggling. Electronic Arts revealed a startling drop of 25 percent of its subscriber base since launch, and has since announced layoffs at BioWare Austin, the team behind the expensive MMO. But, how dire is the situation, really?
One dedicated fan wanted to find out exactly how many people are on The Old Republic's servers. "What is going to happen when server transfers go live," SWTOR user Scorpienne asked. "How many people are on which servers?"
According to Scorpienne's calculations, the "Total Estimated Worldwide Population of all servers" for the past two weeks is 73,693. That figure simply represents the average number of people logged in at a given time, not the total number of players that have logged in over the two week period. "It's probable that not every player is logged in all the time," the report clarifies.
The most populated server on SWTOR appears to be The Fatman, with an average of 2006 players at any given time. This "theoretical average population" is simply an average however, and Scorpienne notes that it "underestimates the peak population and overestimates the off-peak population." However, with 214 servers currently active, the less popular servers are especially empty. In fact, the average server will have only 344 players at any given time (more for RP PvP, less for PvP).
With players so spaced out, it's clear that server consolidations must happen. No wonder one fan of the game jokingly described The Old Republic as "the best single player game on the market."
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How many players are playing The Old Republic at any given time? The numbers are shockingly low.
How many players are playing The Old Republic at any given time? The numbers are shockingly low. : Shacknews
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So if you look at his data, you might estimate that...
Light is less than 500 logins.
Medium is from about 500 to 1,500 logins.
Standard is from about 1500 to 2,250-2,500 logins (let's call that 2,375).
Heavy is from about 2,250-2,500 (let's call that 2,375) to 3,000 logins.
Full is greater than 3,000 logins.
We know and love www.torstatus.net, right? They report a value they call ø, which is the 2 week average population index, sampled every hour, where 1 is light, 2 is standard and so on.
So we know what the population levels mean in terms of logins... and we know the average population levels for all servers... combine in a spreadsheet, and there you go! :-)
For my analysis, I assume that...
Light = 250 logins (average of 0 and 500)
Medium = 1000 logins (average of 500 and 1,500)
Standard = 1937.5 logins (average of 1,500 and 2,375)
Heavy = 2687.5 logins (average of 2,375 and 3,000)
If a server has ø less than 1, it's that ø value x 250. So for The Defenestrator with a phi of 0.99, I can say that the average number of simultaneous concurrent logins is probably a hair under 250 logins.
If a server has ø between 1 and 2, it gets 250 logins PLUS (ø-1)x 1,000 logins. For my server, Sanctum of the Exalted with a ø of 1.09, that's 250 + (0.09x1000) logins or about 340 logins.
If a server has ø between 2 and 3, it gets 250 logins PLUS 1000 logins PLUS (ø-2)x 1,937.5 logins. For the Fatman with a ø of 2.47, that's 250 + 1000 + (0.47x1,937.5) logins or about 2,160 logins.
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