Wich server is more populated, NA or EU? And by how much?

Iink · May 2015

I think ZOS should combine the two megaservers so both servers can have a better population, the more players the more social interactions (the whole point of MMOs over Single Player games).

Arkadius · May 2015

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

Iink · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

Xiana wrote: »

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

So what server to Asians use? NA or EU?

Krycek89 · May 2015

Iink wrote: »

Xiana wrote: »

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

So what server to Asians use? NA or EU?

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

usually the american way is " if it doesn't affect me , who cares?"

Iink · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

Krycek89 wrote: »

Iink wrote: »

Xiana wrote: »

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

So what server to Asians use? NA or EU?

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

usually the american way is " if it doesn't affect me , who cares?"

but it does affect us, the more players in ESO, the higher the population, and the better / more fun the game.

Robotmafia · May 2015

lol how would we know xD anyone play on both... I can only say that the EU server is more populated than it was 6 months ago.. and the main hubs are usually pretty full to the point where it affects performance and 2-3 campaigns are full during peak hours..

Iink · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

Robotmafia wrote: »

lol how would we know xD anyone play on both... I can only say that the EU server is more populated than it was 6 months ago.. and the main hubs are usually pretty full to the point where it affects performance and 2-3 campaigns are full during peak hours..

how does that compare to NA?

Zargorius · May 2015

Lol, yesterday evening ALL of EU campaigns were pop-locked and you want to combine the two servers? Plus, there is no way I'm connecting to USA for playing, I'm not a fan of trans-atlantic lag.

Iink · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

Zargorius wrote: »

Lol, yesterday evening ALL of EU campaigns were pop-locked and you want to combine the two servers? Plus, there is no way I'm connecting to USA for playing, I'm not a fan of trans-atlantic lag.

So EU is more populus I take?

GamerzElite · May 2015

Doesn't understand the logic behind this poll. Most useless poll ever here. How and why?

Heromofo · May 2015

1.unlike wow where blizzard would show all the numbers with pride
I dont think ZOS wants to atm maybe wait for console to pick up as im sure the numbers are low.

2. There is a point to the 2 servers bud because of lag you should know that lol.

hamgatan · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

Iink wrote: »

Xiana wrote: »

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

So what server to Asians use? NA or EU?

Most would use the NA Servers. Primarily because of pings and the fact that most of the Asia's Submarine Cables come off the West Coast of the US (Mid California and Oregon). Same reason that Australia uses US because our main pipes are fed via US -> Tokyo -> Hong Kong -> Singapore -> Aus

Except for a few large pipes like the Southern Cross link which connects Sydney with Auckland, back to Honolulu and US Mainland in a redundant loop..

Killum · May 2015

Heromofo wrote: »

1.unlike wow where blizzard would show all the numbers with pride
I dont think ZOS wants to atm maybe wait for console to pick up as im sure the numbers are low.

2. There is a point to the 2 servers bud because of lag you should know that lol.

Console players will have their own servers, as far as I know so incoming console players will not affect PC Server numbers.

Tors · May 2015

Heromofo wrote: »

1.unlike wow where blizzard would show all the numbers with pride

Yeah made up numbers and fake subscriptions.

You can make your readers believe you are saying one thing, but read the wording again and you realise it means somehting completely different.

No games company have EVER given out their true subscriber numbers. To do so would be suicidal, even to the point where HMRC/IRS would come knocking asking some questions......

Divad Zarn · May 2015

EU has a bigger population in ESO

Forum used by 5k players maximum.. Even if its 20% of overall players, it makes sense how much playing here and +-1k players doesnt make difference imo.

Iink · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

The poll reads 50/50 so I assume the populations are.... even? poll voters where are you gettin your data?

SHADOW2KK · May 2015

Iink wrote: »

I think ZOS should combine the two megaservers so both servers can have a better population, the more players the more social interactions (the whole point of MMOs over Single Player games).

No, just no...

It would be horrendously over populated, PvP queuing would be a nightmare, (as priority queuing for some bizarre reason is not included to subs, way to go Zeni...).

And the latency would be even more horrific

Farming nodes would be hotly contested, the reasons go on against....

Just saying...

Elsonso · May 2015

EU has a bigger population in ESO

Iink wrote: »

The poll reads 50/50 so I assume the populations are.... even? poll voters where are you gettin your data?

Poll is a reflection of guesses. It has no meaning, other than entertainment.

SorataArisugawa · May 2015

Iink wrote: »

Krycek89 wrote: »

Iink wrote: »

Xiana wrote: »

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

So what server to Asians use? NA or EU?

Noone knows any numbers. And I'm against a single server, alone for ping (especially in PvP) reasons.

usually the american way is " if it doesn't affect me , who cares?"

but it does affect us, the more players in ESO, the higher the population, and the better / more fun the game.

Well in fact it could be easily the other way around: more play -> mor lag. And you get more anyoing people as well.

So: you need a bunch of people to do stuff, but you don't need much more. I will never understand why everyone wants to play on the most crowded server (and then complain about the lag xD)

bertenburnyb16_ESO · May 2015

useless poll is useless

Davadin · May 2015

Iink wrote: »

I think ZOS should combine the two megaservers so both servers can have a better population, the more players the more social interactions (the whole point of MMOs over Single Player games).

Too many people zerging in PvP and too many people in Riften (for EP) or any other major hubs. There's even a LOT of people in newbie area.

I'm having fun already. Combining the two without expanding the server's resources is insane and useless.

Trust me, I'm a BIG fan of merging servers in MMO to have more population.

Iink · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Iink wrote: »

I think ZOS should combine the two megaservers so both servers can have a better population, the more players the more social interactions (the whole point of MMOs over Single Player games).

No, just no...

It would be horrendously over populated, PvP queuing would be a nightmare, (as priority queuing for some bizarre reason is not included to subs, way to go Zeni...).

And the latency would be even more horrific

Farming nodes would be hotly contested, the reasons go on against....

Just saying...

The only valid reason you give is Latency, everything else is just your opinion.

ESO would benefit from being more populated, right now its underpopulated. The whole point of an MMO is to interact with other players. If people don't want to be close and interactive with other people in Elder Scrolls Online, they shouldn't be playing Elder Scrolls Online. They should go play Elder Scrolls Offline (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim) instead.

I'm not accusing you of being antisocial, but anti social players should not play an MMO, where the whole point of an MMO is to play and interact with others.

Tandor · May 2015

I'd personally favour more servers rather than less, that way there could be different rule-sets such as a separate PvP server for those who want open world PvP/Enforcers, a role-play server etc.

As for the poll, a better question might have been "which server do you play on - NA, EU or both?"

wrlifeboil · May 2015

Iink wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Iink wrote: »

I think ZOS should combine the two megaservers so both servers can have a better population, the more players the more social interactions (the whole point of MMOs over Single Player games).

No, just no...

It would be horrendously over populated, PvP queuing would be a nightmare, (as priority queuing for some bizarre reason is not included to subs, way to go Zeni...).

And the latency would be even more horrific

Farming nodes would be hotly contested, the reasons go on against....

Just saying...

The only valid reason you give is Latency, everything else is just your opinion.

ESO would benefit from being more populated, right now its underpopulated. The whole point of an MMO is to interact with other players. If people don't want to be close and interactive with other people in Elder Scrolls Online, they shouldn't be playing Elder Scrolls Online. They should go play Elder Scrolls Offline (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim) instead.

I'm not accusing you of being antisocial, but anti social players should not play an MMO, where the whole point of an MMO is to play and interact with others.

Not really. The idea isn't that social interaction is mandatory. It's more that social interaction is available if players choose to interact. If everything in this game required you to be in a group, like for questing, ESO's Tamriel would become a very empty place.

Many of the current EU players have had experience with the megaserver being based in Texas at launch. They constantly complained about latency and disconnects. Doubt they'd like it much if it went back to that system. As a U.S. player, I know I wouldn't want the megaserver to be moved to Germany. So unless ESO was in danger of being shut down, two smaller separate communities are better than one consolidated community located additional thousands of miles away.

Flameheart · May 2015

The more important question would be, where will the new combined megaserver be located ?

The only reasonable answer for me would be "europe", at its best "germany" :-)

...so think again.

...and yes, this poll is pointless, because nobody has any reliable numbers or data.

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

How could anyone know which server is more populated except for ZOS?
I only know when I login on the NA server, then it's 1 player more. When I logout, it's 1 less. The rest I could only guess.

Flameheart wrote: »

The more important question would be, where will the new combined megaserver be located ?

The only reasonable answer for me would be "europe", at its best "germany" :-)

...so think again.

Germany? Cool, this way I could keep my NA server friends and play directly on the server in my own country^^

SHADOW2KK · May 2015

Iink wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Iink wrote: »

I think ZOS should combine the two megaservers so both servers can have a better population, the more players the more social interactions (the whole point of MMOs over Single Player games).

No, just no...

It would be horrendously over populated, PvP queuing would be a nightmare, (as priority queuing for some bizarre reason is not included to subs, way to go Zeni...).

And the latency would be even more horrific

Farming nodes would be hotly contested, the reasons go on against....

Just saying...

The only valid reason you give is Latency, everything else is just your opinion.

ESO would benefit from being more populated, right now its underpopulated. The whole point of an MMO is to interact with other players. If people don't want to be close and interactive with other people in Elder Scrolls Online, they shouldn't be playing Elder Scrolls Online. They should go play Elder Scrolls Offline (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim) instead.

I'm not accusing you of being antisocial, but anti social players should not play an MMO, where the whole point of an MMO is to play and interact with others.

Well again all this is my opinion, and you can accept it or not.

In terms of farming mats say in upper Crag, and other hot spots, I see a few people as it is farming, now imagine EU/NA being merged, farming for mats would be IMO difficult.

And for me personally, I interact or help or w/e with peeps when I want too, I like doing my own thing some of the time.

So for you to tell me (when feeling in need of some me time) to go and play something else is rather draconian IMO.

If you constantly need human interaction, then go for it, but don`t tell me what or how to play ok:)

Just like in RL, sometimes you need quality time by yourself.

Again all of this is my opinion, but PvP, and some farming nodes in the past and indeed, the present is problematic, and adding more people and combining the megaservers while sounding good on the surface would be dogged by problems.

The current systems has issues, but I am sure peeps in NA would rather connect to localized server than to ours in the EU

Goods idea OP,, but going by current issues, no, just no.

SHADOW2KK · May 2015

wrlifeboil wrote: »

Iink wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Iink wrote: »

I think ZOS should combine the two megaservers so both servers can have a better population, the more players the more social interactions (the whole point of MMOs over Single Player games).

No, just no...

It would be horrendously over populated, PvP queuing would be a nightmare, (as priority queuing for some bizarre reason is not included to subs, way to go Zeni...).

And the latency would be even more horrific

Farming nodes would be hotly contested, the reasons go on against....

Just saying...

The only valid reason you give is Latency, everything else is just your opinion.

ESO would benefit from being more populated, right now its underpopulated. The whole point of an MMO is to interact with other players. If people don't want to be close and interactive with other people in Elder Scrolls Online, they shouldn't be playing Elder Scrolls Online. They should go play Elder Scrolls Offline (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim) instead.

I'm not accusing you of being antisocial, but anti social players should not play an MMO, where the whole point of an MMO is to play and interact with others.

Not really. The idea isn't that social interaction is mandatory. It's more that social interaction is available if players choose to interact. If everything in this game required you to be in a group, like for questing, ESO's Tamriel would become a very empty place.

Many of the current EU players have had experience with the megaserver being based in Texas at launch. They constantly complained about latency and disconnects. Doubt they'd like it much if it went back to that system. As a U.S. player, I know I wouldn't want the megaserver to be moved to Germany. So unless ESO was in danger of being shut down, two smaller separate communities are better than one consolidated community located additional thousands of miles away.

Exactly.

Bfish22090 · May 2015

NA has a bigger population in ESO

Why is this a vote, someone would have to play on both servers and know the exact number of players on each

Wolfshead · May 2015

@Iink

Serious no one which is more player on but as some say EU is more people today then it was 6 month ago for as EU player dont know who the NA server is for we cant play on it and same go for NA the can not play on EU if you dont have 2 account so basically your question is somewhat useless for no player can answer on ZoS people can answer that question.

AhPook_Is_Here · May 2015

I don't know what population is bigger. Trial guilds on EU have higher scores than trial guilds on NA, they seem to have higher populations on their PVP servers according to the threads I've read in alliance war, but that is only speculation. I doubt the Europeans would want to be merged into the NA system any more than the NA players would want to add another 300ms to their ping joining the EU servers.

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