Have PS1 populations increased lately?

[Metalsheep]

It would be great if SoE made Planetside free to play, but all that would accomplish is bringing back all the hackers that compleatly ruin the game for everyone. Then all the new players that arrived wouldnt get a good impression for PS2.

If they make PS free to play, they need to get GMs to watch the game constantly, and this is something that wont happen eaither.

OT: The populations seem higher to me, i havent watched the numbers closely. But i only play one or two nights a week anymore.

[duomaxwl]

I also think they have been lower in the recent weeks because of finals for a lot of people in college. I hoping it'll bounce back up a bit in the next week or so.

[capiqu]

They should make it free to play with micro-transactions as well.

[ringring]

Originally Posted by WildVS

No absolutely not, no. Game pop is dwindling hard. Especially after that server move and all the lag issues it has caused and once again no one from SOE seems to care. So a lot of people are just leaving now.

Yep, early morning for me last week. TR had 79% of pop, and that amounted to 20 people.

It improved as the day went on and Europe joined and US woke up.....

[capiqu]

Originally Posted by WildVS

That's exactly what PS2 was going to be early last year. DX9+ graphics, F2P based but they about faced and probably rightfully so. Anyway, they were close to releasing that so I am fairly certain most of that code is done. I mentioned it on official forums and RadarX chimed in and said they would let us know if there were any plans along those lines in the future.

Great to hear that it is being considered as I see my self jumping into planetside 1 here and there. That's especially if f2p brings in a larger player base.

[Baneblade]

I don't see PS1 surviving the release of PS2.

[ArmedZealot]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

I don't see PS1 surviving the release of PS2.

It won't. Plans should be made by vets to put together a good send off and request the PS2 devs follow through. Perhaps a free weekend the first weekend before PS2 launch.

[QuantumMechanic]

I'm surprised that the recent videos by TotalBiscuit haven't at least caused a slight increase in PS1 population?

A 3 day weekend is just starting now in the US and I was thinking why not spend it in the old Auraxis as I'll probably never see it again...

[KiddParK]

hopped on today for the first time in .. well.. ever lets say, and there was a decent sized fight going on. Really decent in fact. The game is still wonderful in those situations of a real fight.

I find it funny, that nearly 10 years later, the only true Planetside killer is... Planetside 2

that speaks volumes.

kp

[Task]

There are finals and Diablo 3 to deal with, but D3 will dwindle rapidly and summer helps with lot of college students. So number should rise again. The fights are still great just had a 3way with numbers closer to 60per side.

[QuantumMechanic]

So I re-subbed (for like the 10th time) and just wanted to report in. Population levels weren't bad at all, big battles going on two different fronts from midnight to ~3am pacific time (as it got later in my night the Aussies and Chinaside folks were logging in greater numbers). Nothing like 2003-2005 but still I had fun.

I was surprised to see that NC had 50% global population throughout the night. That was maybe a first for me.

[Task]

yeah NC is usually the highest at all times for some reason.

[GhettoPrince]

Yeah, I wound up just making a new SONY account, since i couldn't remember my password or secret word from 2003, but there's no way im gonna spend $15 dollars just to nostalgia for a bit and get a faster beta spot.

I'm honestly surprised they didn't make it free to play back in 2007.

[Meatball Mobeus]

Well if you're wondering if we still find fights...

[mercutiouk]

Well, i'm back playing again after about 8 years away give or take. Was logged in the whole weekend apart from sleep with a TR character I still have going (seems my original char died with all the server mergers) from when I briefly took another look at the game early last year.

I landed myself pretty quickly as a guest to a couple of outfits so it's been quite a fun weekend.

Did hear about ppl who had litterally bought the game a week ago so I'd not be too down about sub levels. Some folks are VERY interested in PS2 and wanting an early fix.