Servers with 750 people or less

[Seer]

Earlier today I spent a few hours playing on Konried when it had only one dot, and it was an exercise in frustration. Even putting aside the fun factor involved with fighting enemy soldiers, there wasn't any experience factor to act as a draw for new players or a way to keep the ones that were playing. Sweeping across entire continents and meeting only light resistances, vaguely aware of the bases behind us being hacked, while at the same time getting less than 100 exp for the bases we did manage to capture.

In short, it's impossible to advance in BEP or even have fun without willing opposition from the other team, and they have no real reason to oppose your attack. At the moment, it is entirely possible for our forces to simply skip over each other. When there are so few people on the server, it is downright impossible to guard the rear and advance at the same time. Even when forces actively try to find each other, they're as likely to miss as meet over the vast terrain. Clearly, there will be times when server population is this low (early in the morning, in the daytime, or on new servers). Even with so few people on the server, the rewards (both in terms of pure fun and exp) would be sufficient if we could simply fight each other.

I think this "forces skipping over each other" is a problem, and is somewhat of a problem on even full servers, but on somewhat empty servers is when it really becomes pronounced to the degree of ruining gameplay. I think the game should be playable with 700 people as well as 3000, and this problem needs to be addressed.

[WildEagle]

Good idea

[ThEOnLyOnE]

even at peak times?

[Destroyeron]

Just take over as many bases as possible, so when sanctuary strikes come out, you'll be ready.

[Seer]

But I didn't put forth an idea, I just pointed out a problem.

Neither did I say this was at peak times, I'm just saying the game should be playable when it isn't at peak times.

[mistled]

It's also the first week. Give more people time to get ingame and non-peak times won't seem as bad as Konried at non-peak does now.

[Duffman]

what they should do is give outfits the chance to move form emerald or markov to other servers while the mombers keep there chars.

[BigDickMccoy]

It will take time for the servers to populate.....I currently have the prob of my video card took a dump May 19th (Damn I was PISSED)so I'm stuck till the RMA goes through. I'm sure there are also people that are waiting for payday etc....

[Lion of Judah]

my outfit is considering moving.
we have crashed on several occasions on a base cap after a epic fight and would surely have gotten crazy XP.
the worst part is, it was after the fight while we are sitting in the base just waiting the last few minutes.