T-Ray said 1000 players in his interview as well

[Knocky]

Just like Higby did.

/sigh

I guess 666 vs 666 vs 666 was too good to be true after all.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsBNd...qgyLByUOOew%3D

[Atheosim]

I'd rather get an official statement of scale because for now I'm convinced that they're using the number 1000 as a suggestion of the order of magnitude involved.

[Malorn]

So...333v333v333?

[Roradan]

so are you saying 1000 a empire or a 1000 overall a continent?

[Knocky]

Originally Posted by Atheosim

I'd rather get an official statement of scale because for now I'm convinced that they're using the number 1000 as a suggestion of the order of magnitude involved.

I sent a tweet asking both of em, hopefully we will get a response.

Originally Posted by Malorn

So...333v333v333?

Those numbers are still good, but the population might start up the queue lines again.

[Eyeklops]

333 per empire is still more than double the number of people PS1 could hold on a map. I would be happy with it. But yes, "Thousands" does sound much more epic IMHO.

[Graywolves]

I don't think we should be jumping to conclusions on a few things said.

They didn't go "continents will support 1k players" or anything like that at all. Just used it in the context of gameplay in PS2 being many times more massive than any other FPS.

[Atheosim]

Originally Posted by Graywolves

I don't think we should be jumping to conclusions on a few things said.

They didn't go "continents will support 1k players" or anything like that at all. Just used it in the context of gameplay in PS2 being many times more massive than any other FPS.

My point exactly.

[Knocky]

I did not jump to any conclusions....however, after T-Ray said the exact same thing as Higby.....my concerns are definitely rising enough to make a thread about it.

[Mightymouser]

333 v 333 v 333 would (will?) be pretty problematic methinks, since it would limit servers to only 3,000 players at a time since there are only three conts in PS2 atm. Further, since there are no Sanctuaries this time around, there'd be no where to gather up and sit in the queue ingame...

As for the video, the interviewer actually put out the "1,000 people" number first at the start of the video. T-ray picked up on it, and his later reference is specific to beta... Not really enough to actually say how many will really be a cont at a time come release...

[Bags]

Tweeted higby, fingers crossed on a response.

[Skitrel]

The fact of the matter is that they don't know how many players they're going to be able to support. They know that they're shooting for 666v666v666, though what actually happens is all going to come down to just how much optimisation they can do, and just how testing in beta goes.

They don't really want to make public statements on video above what they eventually get in the game, so it's likely that what they're saying in interviews is their lowball, the lowest they expect to get.

[Roradan]

Originally Posted by Mightymouser

333 v 333 v 333 would (will?) be pretty problematic methinks, since it would limit servers to only 3,000 players at a time since there are only three conts in PS2 atm. Further, since there are no Sanctuaries this time around, there'd be no where to gather up and sit in the queue ingame...

well on each cont there will be a safe zone for each empire i recall them saying that in one of the interview's so we could gather there but yes sac's will be missed by me

[Retaliation]

Originally Posted by Bags

Tweeted higby, fingers crossed on a response.

Looks like you got it.

http://twitter.com/#!/mhigby/status/182293006597099522

@BagOfChips our goal is and remains thousands, with an s.

[Bags]

@BagOfChips our goal is and remains thousands, with an s.

https://twitter.com/#!/mhigby/status/182293006597099522

D'oh, ninja'd.