On E'ci of just plain level 50's there is over 100+. May even be up to 200
now. That's just the level 50's.
Naeeldar
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Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] PoA bard quests plus a rant
>From: <kim@...>
>
>On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 jhenders@... wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 24/00, RaceFace <bean@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > There was a poll on Everlore, I believe, and only 6% of the player base
has
>> > a character between 45-50. Some attention has to be given to high
level
>> > folks, but if that poll is accurate, they make up such a small portion
of
>> > the population that they shouldn't get ALL the attention.
>>
>> Brad has already stated publicly that the majority of their customers
>> have mid level characters. He stated this when Paw was upgraded so you
>> can take his "mid level" as someone suitable to play Paw. As Brad has
>> direct access to the customer database, I think this provides a perfect
>> example of the uselessness of web polls. The only thing that poll tells
>> you is that 6% of the people who go to everlore and bothered to take the
>> poll (and only voted once) have a 45+ character. I hope you can
>> understand the difference.
>
>Bear in mind that what you as a player see in the game is
>going to be inaccurate too. When you take a random sample of
>players you see in the game, there are two biases:
>
>1. Your level. If you're high level, you're spending more
>time in high level zones, and thus see mostly high level
>people. If you're low level, you're spending more time in low
>level zones, and thus see mostly low level people.
>
>2. High level. How do you get to high level? By spending
>lots of time playing the game. So whereas ten L20 players
>might play a cumulative 40 hours a week, a single L50 player
>might play 40 hours a week. The result is that you see this
>L50 player online as often as you see the ten L20 players.
>Or put another way, your perception is that there are as many
>L50 players as there are L20 players - for every single L20
>player you see, there is a L50 player online - when in fact
>there are really 10 times as many L20 players.
>
>I really don't think there are that many high level players
>(L45+) in the game. They just have a greater presence because
>they put more hours into the game. If we were paying for the
>game by the hour, then they'd have clout proportional to their
>playtime. But we're all paying a flat fee. I really hope
>Verant knows what side their bread is buttered on. (And FWIW,
>my main character is L45.)
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...
>
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