I monitored the populations and leaderboards a bit when the new campaign started at Balokdaan PC/EU. It was a sunday afternoon, it took about 45 minutes for all factions to fill the board.
By comparing the population indicators to the leaderboard in five-minute-steps, I came to the conclusion that the maximum is very likely in the range I voted for. Of course I had to make a few assumptions about leaving players or slackers standing around earning zero AP. But I'm pretty certain the cap is close to 100/faction (as many have estimated before).
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There are regularly 3-4 large PVP guilds active at one time, lets say its 3 - 24 x 3 = 72
Add in the full PUG group of 24 = 96
Add in a couple of 8 man teams = 112
Then 30 soloers = 142
Then 3 x 4 person teams playing at resources = 154
Personally I presume atm the cap for each faction is around 150-175
I think it's prob about 150 on PC NA 30 Day CP. I have recently seen 2 full AD and EP Raids at 2 dif DC keeps, and then add in all the small scalers and soloers.
I personally would have chosen different options in the poll.
I think 120 is a pretty good estimate but maybe it's closer to 150 if you account for the people being afk at the base and inside various keeps.
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