I made a thread about the population last year here:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...187#post382187
The chart is here:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2dlll6e.jpg
I redid the percentages to reflect all the level ranges before max level. All I did was average the percentages of players per class per level range for all previous ranges. Then I compared this average to the percentages of each class at max level:
Enchanter (+234%)
Cleric (+159%)
Monk (+138%)
Rogue (+127%)
Warrior (+109%)
Wizard (+107%)
Shaman (-104%)
Necromancer (-121%)
Bard (-131%)
Ranger (-133%)
Magician (-134%)
Druid (-159%)
Shadowknight (-162%)
Paladin (-172%)
NOTE: 100% means no change. -101% means 1% loss in population share at max level. For example, if a class is averaging 8% share for all previous level ranges and falls to 7.92% at max, it's -101%.
As can be seen, the revised figures show magicians
didn't succeed well at max level. Druids and Necromancers are the same. They're all popular, but don't translate to max level effectively.
These classes did exceptionally well at max level:
Enchanter
Cleric
Monk
Rogue
Warrior
Wizard
This one just compared the class percentage in the FIRST level range to the max level:
Enchanter (+266%)
Cleric (+216%)
Magician (+160%)
Rogue (+140%)
Monk (+120%)
Shaman (100%)
Wizard (100%)
Necromancer (-110%)
Warrior (-133%)
Druid (-137%)
Bard (-150%)
Ranger (-150%)
Shadowknight (-175%)
Paladin (-180%)