Population "Locks"?

rtc07

I play NA Thornblade for DC, and my log in time coincides with primetime (usually log on 8-9ish EST on week nights) when all three populations are locked. For the past 2 weeks I have not had to wait in a queue once despite the blue bars showing as locked every single time. Prior to that, the queue would usually be anywhere from 5-35 people long.

I'm not sure what to make of this or exactly what my question is. Is there some sort of buffer on when the status shows as locked? For example, if the hard lock is 200 people, does it begin to show as locked at 190? And as long as it remains below 200 you don't wait in a queue despite the symbol showing locked?

Just thought I would share.

Sallington

Has there ever been official word on the exact number of players in Cyrodil before your faction is pop locked?

Lord_Draevan

I remember at launch "Locked" was 600 players, so a max of 1800 players in a campaign. But I think that was changed, not sure. Anyone have the answer?

Dagoth_Rac

Don't know the exact number of players at which a faction locks, but Wheeler once confirmed that the "lock" icon does appear before the campaign is 100% full. Whether the lock icon appears at 76% or 90% or 99%, though, I have no idea.

Lava_Croft

The lock icon appears at 90% capacity.

rsciw

Locked icon appears at 90%, Brian stated it in some discussion some time ago.

driosketch

Lava_Croft wrote: »

The lock icon appears at 90% capacity.

rsciw wrote: »

Locked icon appears at 90%, Brian stated it in some discussion some time ago.

This is the correct answer.

rtc07

Seems like we have an answer! So my estimation is that despite showing the locked symbol, DC is generally playing with 1-10% few players than AD (assuming there are still big queues there)