Salem Population Tracker

[Darkside]

I updated my page with a new chart - shows pop from last week in 1 hour intervals (where I actually average out the 15 interval data points per hour)

I also started capturing HnH server data so sometime tomorrow I can start showing an HnH graph and a HnH vs Salem total graph

http://www.webatrocity.com/salem/poptrack.php

Let me know if you have any requests on what else to do with the data capture... like for example I am planning to make a table of certain data highlights like highest/lowest # of users recorded per server by date & time and overall averages by day/server/etc

[Droj]

looking pretty mountainous hehe.

[Mereni]

Alchemy stuff isn't very useful, but it seems nobody is interested in discussing how to make it useful

I'm pretty sure there was a lot of discussion about that. Didn't most people agree that it's stupid that the equipment explodes? Or at least that it explodes too easily? That the ticks are too long? That the retort decreases purity super fast while it hardly decreases stability at all and this makes it useless? That instability increases too fast? That it's too random and people would rather have more control even if the changing is made more difficult?

Whatever is done to fix it in the future, it's clearly been driving down the server populations. Updates with content that we can't get any use out of.

[FutureForJames]

21 players in Plymouth: new record?

[Etherdrifter]

I updated my page with a new chart - shows pop from last week in 1 hour intervals (where I actually average out the 15 interval data points per hour)

I also started capturing HnH server data so sometime tomorrow I can start showing an HnH graph and a HnH vs Salem total graph

http://www.webatrocity.com/salem/poptrack.php

Let me know if you have any requests on what else to do with the data capture... like for example I am planning to make a table of certain data highlights like highest/lowest # of users recorded per server by date & time and overall averages by day/server/etc

Putting a pasta of this on the original post for ease of use. Epic work there.

[colesie]

Ether and Darkside, I would like you two to co ordinate something together via PMs and if you can agree on something that will allow for Darkside's tracker to be updated regularly, I will sticky this thread for the sake of curiosity. If you feel like you can't co ordinate it well enough between one another I'd be fine with darkside starting a new thread and keeping the OP up to date. Let me know! This could get interesting as more updates come about!

[ElCapitan1701]

As I see it now most hardcore players try to bind their message (patch xyz was bad) to the decreasing number of players. But that really doesn`t matter. Hardcore gamers problems are completely irrelevant for casual players. Having 10% more or less grind is really no issue. Having grind as a core game mechanic and its accelarating effects is a problem. Maybe losing all hardcore players not able or willing to anticipate the needs of casual players is going to be best patch philosophy.

Btw: player numbers have always been decreasing slowly after a promotion. New on the situation may be that it drops now under the solid base of 40-60 players per server. And of course: dallane is talking half the **** now.

[Dallane]

dallane is talking half the **** now.

how is name dropping me have anything to do with this subject?

[staxjax]

According to the current forum statistics, dallane is talking much less than 'half the ****'. To be exact, he is only talking 5.15% of the **** on the forums.

[Darkside]

Here ya go Dallane!

www.webatrocity.com/salem/hnh_24hour.php

http://www.webatrocity.com/salem/hnh_vs ... 24hour.php

colesie, I will make a new thread for this once I spruce things up a little bit more