State of the Server - What's the story on your server? - Page 3

Binkley · 2013-01-22, 12:07 PM

I play on SolTech.

Overall population seems reasonably balanced with the edge to the Vanu, though I've not seen them above 40%.

Looking at my kill stats, VS favor Infiltrators and engineers, while TR favor Heavy Assault and Medics.

Over a day's fighting, I'd say the battles are 70% on Indar, 20% on Esamir, and 10% on Amerish

Indar pop is almost always balanced within a couple %. The Vanu own it and I don't think it has been taken in a long time. The standard territorty boundry lines change little, with the TR owning the northern half of the map due to their favorable warpgate placement, while the VS and NC split the southern half. The major fight is almost always at the crown, which changes hands regularly between the TR, VS, and less often NC.

The NC zerg cap Esamir and Amerish at least once a day, the VS and TR take their turns too, but stick more to Indar. It's not uncommon for NC to own both Esamir and Amerish due to VS/TR indiffernce.

NC have multiple outfits that field full platoons, but I've not seen multi-platoon operations. Not sure about the other factions, but from fighting them, they feel about the same.

MrBloodworth · 2013-01-22, 12:13 PM

Mattherson is best server

Kirotan · 2013-01-22, 12:59 PM

I play on Jaeger and I like it. The population is well balanced between all 3 empires and it is fairly competitive.

Sometimes there aren't many fights to choose from, but the ones that are there are fun to participate in.

thegreekboy · 2013-01-22, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by BlaxicanX

Oh, heh heh.. >_>'

I'm actually looking for an outfit to join for TR. I've got CGC for my NC account, which is lulz'ily competent, been having trouble finding a good outfit for my TR though. -clicks sig-

Yesss!

StumpyTheOzzie · 2013-01-22, 06:47 PM

When newbies create a character and get dropped into the middle of it, is it always indar?

I understand that this might lead to a spiral. Big fights on indar => more newbs dropped on indar => bigger fights...

I had to explain to a BR 15 the other day how to change continents. Maybe a tutorial? Better incentives? (-50% resource cost would make me excited. -10% is.... meh.)

Brusi · 2013-01-22, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by Neutral Calypso

TR owns Indar (on Connery). It is one of the laws of the universe. The day anyone else takes Indar will be the day the world flips upsidedown.

the day the warpgates flip upside down ;p

Simo · 2013-01-22, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Binkley

I play on SolTech.

Overall population seems reasonably balanced with the edge to the Vanu, though I've not seen them above 40%.

Looking at my kill stats, VS favor Infiltrators and engineers, while TR favor Heavy Assault and Medics.

Over a day's fighting, I'd say the battles are 70% on Indar, 20% on Esamir, and 10% on Amerish

Indar pop is almost always balanced within a couple %. The Vanu own it and I don't think it has been taken in a long time. The standard territorty boundry lines change little, with the TR owning the northern half of the map due to their favorable warpgate placement, while the VS and NC split the southern half. The major fight is almost always at the crown, which changes hands regularly between the TR, VS, and less often NC.

The NC zerg cap Esamir and Amerish at least once a day, the VS and TR take their turns too, but stick more to Indar. It's not uncommon for NC to own both Esamir and Amerish due to VS/TR indiffernce.

NC have multiple outfits that field full platoons, but I've not seen multi-platoon operations. Not sure about the other factions, but from fighting them, they feel about the same.

As a TR this feels pretty accurate. Except for the VS always hold a pop advantage. And at least twice recently I've seen them over the 40% mark. It's been weeks since I've been on and haven't seen the VS with a significant pop advantage. TR and NC rotate 2nd place or are at least close to each other. And all 3 factions will roll over un-populated Esamir and Amirish multiple times a day.

Anyway, cheers to you. See you out there!

RykerStruvian · 2013-01-22, 09:38 PM

Connery took a turn for the worse somehow. The Terran Republic for the past two weeks have been really kicking our asses. My outfit has been trying to fight them when we're vastly outnumbered in order to allow our forces on other continents to have an opportunity at capping. Really bizarre how things turned out.

Neutral Calypso · 2013-01-22, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by RykerStruvian

Connery took a turn for the worse somehow. The Terran Republic for the past two weeks have been really kicking our asses. My outfit has been trying to fight them when we're vastly outnumbered in order to allow our forces on other continents to have an opportunity at capping. Really bizarre how things turned out.

As long as TR owns Indar, all is right with the world.

Zazen · 2013-01-23, 04:15 AM

Jaeger is a snoozefest for the most-part to be perfectly honest.

Of course TR always own Indar due to their rediculous warpgate position advantage.

Of course Vanu almost always own Esimir or Hoth, as I like to call it, as its' almost featureless terrain is magrider/scythe heaven.

By default, because those two factions perma-camp their own continents 24/7, NC usually have Amerish, which is funny actually, because very few NC even bother flying the Reaver on Jaeger, for obvious balance reasons I will not get into on this thread, so the 10% air bonus is wasted except for the lib cert farmers I guess.

So, no matter what continent you fight on you're either the Zerg milkrunning un-defended bases or a few folks fighting and dying repeatedly to the Zerg. So, in a nutshell, not terribly fun except for the occasional 3 way crown fights that come up every day or two if you're lucky enough to be on when it happens.

Thunderhawk · 2013-01-23, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by Rolfski

Miller: Alive & kicking. High traffic, highly competitive server. Mainly because PS1 (Werner) outfits decided to fight each other there.

Population:
Mostly balanced, slight NC disadvantage

Continent lock:
Indar: VS (80% of the time), TR (19% of the time), NC (1 % of the time)
Esamir: NC (60%), TR (20%), VS (20%)
Amerish: TR (80%), NC (15%), VS (5%)

Organization
VS: good
TR: getting there
NC: are stepping up

Spirit/ Sportsmanship
Excellent: Factions/outfits respect each other. No Enclave/Buzzcut-like trash talking

Can't really describe Miller any better, perfect description of life on that server

lKillSwiTcHl · 2013-01-23, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Simo

As a TR this feels pretty accurate. Except for the VS always hold a pop advantage. And at least twice recently I've seen them over the 40% mark. It's been weeks since I've been on and haven't seen the VS with a significant pop advantage. TR and NC rotate 2nd place or are at least close to each other. And all 3 factions will roll over un-populated Esamir and Amirish multiple times a day.

Anyway, cheers to you. See you out there!

Everything said in this thread it truly accurate. I play NC on this server and have seen the Vanu pop at 46% yesterday. The TR and NC are even matched and have good battles most the time till a wave of Vanu op comes rolling in. I have zero problem killing me some Vanu ( I fact love it) but when they roll 10-15 Mags in it gets trough. Great server tho. I am also in favor of Warpgate rotation. IF only there was a way for the TR and NC to team up and defeat them Vanu scum

SeraphC · 2013-01-23, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by StumpyTheOzzie

When newbies create a character and get dropped into the middle of it, is it always indar?

I understand that this might lead to a spiral. Big fights on indar => more newbs dropped on indar => bigger fights...

I had to explain to a BR 15 the other day how to change continents. Maybe a tutorial? Better incentives? (-50% resource cost would make me excited. -10% is.... meh.)

Off-topic, but no, it's not always Indar. When I first started I got dropped onto Esamir. You could be right about the spiral thing though.

If a BR 15 can't figure out how to change continents then (imo) he's lacking in intelligence or has never played a video game before. It's pretty logical and straight forward.

An incentive is already coming with the end of the month patch. There will be experience bonuses based on continent population rather than world population. This will at the very least work towards balancing populations on different continents and perhaps work towards drawing more people to other continents in general.

Fear The Amish · 2013-01-23, 12:33 PM

Waterson: Med traffic, Lost of player run events, good people and fun times

Population:
TR for awhile had a higher pop advantage but it has evened out over past few days

Continent lock:
Indar: VS Fluctuates between really high VS to really high TR but being the VS home cont for waterson VS are usually strong
Esamir: Flip flops between NC and TR almost daily
Amerish: Flip flops between NC and TR almost daily

Organization
VS: good
TR: a few good outfits that work together but overall a cluster
NC: DVS is good at harnessing the zerg

Spirit/ Sportsmanship
Excellent VS orders/leader chat is best i have seen, Alot of rivalries between factions but outside of occasional friendly trash talk very good.

Honestly i wouldn't go anywhere else VS and NC need some more people but its not crazy unbalanced because the TR are kinda pants on head.

Illtempered · 2013-03-24, 07:27 AM

I decided to bump this since we have a new server-merge. Since I started this thread things have turned drastically, and interestingly. After we lost Indar, TR held it for a good month. We spent most of our time on Waterson owning the other conts, especially Amerish. We saw an opportunity to neutralize Indar, so we worked with NC, and held ARC Bioengineering while they took TR hexes. It was epic seeing all those Prowlers on the hill and all our AA fire from ARC Bio. The plan worked, and NC actually wound up taking Indar. They held it for about a week before losing it to a coordinated attack from TR and VS where NC lost Crater Firing Range. The alliance between us and the TR wasn't coordinated per-say, but we all knew what we were doing. Indar had to be neutral! That was before the merge....

Now after the merge there is a new menace. NC has had the global pop. VS is having a hard time capping and holding other continents, but our strategy of "If we can't have it, nobody can." is still working on Indar, as it remains neutral. VS are kind of like lost children looking for a home right now. We continue to be outnumbered, just the way we like it, and will continue to employ guerrilla-warfare tactics to farm Smurfs and Elmos all over Auraxis.