Exaggerated Numbers - An Inquiry

Rylana

You know how it goes.

"ZOMGZ I GOT GANKED BY A GROUP OF SEVENTEEN".... was really two
"THEY HAVE 40 GUYS UP IN THERE DROPPING OIL"... was really five or six multipotting
"WE TOOK DOWN 20 GUYS WITH JUST THE FOUR OF US AW YEAH"... was really just five guys killed and was actually with a group of 24.


As a nightblade I am almost always the first on scene, usually scouting ahead, vampire sneak, full speed horse, etc. Zone chat lies. Lies bad too. Why do people always double or triple actual figures?

"DC HAS 40 COMING FOR ROE, OMG OMG OMG DEFEND ROE"... its really just like 10 guys total and half of them level 20.

...

Explain pl0x

TheGrandAlliance

Some people are bad at estimation. Also math. Elementary math.

Avidus

Its not just in zone chat, the forums are riddled with it.
Ive even had Guild leaders telling us that we outnumber them 2-1 when they have actually got another guild guesting into help them, when we are on our own.

Its the go-to excuse for getting beaten.

Rylana

What actually set me off on this was a claim in another thread of "100+" people somewhere.

Man 100 people dont even pvp in this game anymore (yeah i know, exaggeration) but in all seriousness, I have not seen a 100 man zerg in this game since January beta.

Im just glad I was here for that, when we had REAL population. A claim of 50, 100, even 120 was a serious claim.

TheGrandAlliance

Yes... and what is worse some people think there is more then 500+players per faction now at population cap...

kijima

It does go the other way too.

5 guys outside the keep, so when you go out to kill them it turns into 12 as the other 7 of them are invis stealthing.

NekOnOkO

Rylana wrote: »

Man 100 people dont even pvp in this game anymore (yeah i know, exaggeration) but in all seriousness, I have not seen a 100 man zerg in this game since January beta.

Maybe its time to leave your dead campaign? One side being almost spawn-camped while having "locked" population = more than 100 man zerg in one place. Pity its unlayable though.

Avidus

Fear not guys, the new campaign system will come it, all the cool people will play on the longest lasting campaigns, and all the scrubs can move to their Wabba-celarus hybrid child.

nukeyoo

There's a certain amount of intelligence required for making good counts or estimates... An amount usually lacked by majority of folk.

ferzalrwb17_ESO

Rylana wrote: »

What actually set me off on this was a claim in another thread of "100+" people somewhere.

Man 100 people dont even pvp in this game anymore (yeah i know, exaggeration) but in all seriousness, I have not seen a 100 man zerg in this game since January beta.

Im just glad I was here for that, when we had REAL population. A claim of 50, 100, even 120 was a serious claim.

I don't think I've seen a group of less than 10 in days. Usually 50+. What campaign are you in? Sounds like I should jump in there. I'm looking for some smallscale stuff. I just can't find it in Wabba any more.

DeLindsay

Because, Humans.

Brandoid

Exaggerate this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOdjOS6ji8

Alephen

pvp math, i think it is base 6.

8 is 12, 12 is 20, 20 is 32, etc.

cjmarsh725b14_ESO

I dunno but I've never been killed by less than like 20 guys.

frwinters_ESO

same as when men lie about size.

Agrippa_Invisus

It always takes 7-800 people and a roaming world boss to kill me.

For realsies.

Lowbei

my 6 can take up to around 40, but after that the ae cap is simply impossible to overcome

LariahHunding

I can take out Over 9000 enemies and hit with the forces of 10,000 suns

Leaok

Lying about the numbers doesn't help your side at all.

Calling false numbers in zone might pull people off an important objective to try and intercept those numbers.

On the other hand counting accurate numbers while dead and relaying that information can help your faction determine where the bulk of the enemy currently are on the map and help determine the next target.

Zintair

Rylana wrote: »

What actually set me off on this was a claim in another thread of "100+" people somewhere.

Man 100 people dont even pvp in this game anymore (yeah i know, exaggeration) but in all seriousness, I have not seen a 100 man zerg in this game since January beta.

Im just glad I was here for that, when we had REAL population. A claim of 50, 100, even 120 was a serious claim.

You mean like the claim that a group of 12 AD wiped 140???

Yea lot of that going around. We had a person on our zone chat not too long ago where we used to joke to divide his number by 3 to get the actual number of people.

Arora

In Dawnbreaker we had a party of 25 to raid fargnaut, 4 guys wiped us out all of us Well one of them was the emperor but still.

Lowbei

Arora wrote: »

In Dawnbreaker we had a party of 25 to raid fargnaut, 4 guys wiped us out all of us Well one of them was the emperor but still.

good for them! you were zerging and they deserved the win