So I wrote an EQ Server population parser... here's some data !

[Barahir]

Originally Posted by xious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The data is retrieved client side through what essentially consists of a bunch of social macros which do "/who all cleric 1 10, /pause 10, /who all cleric 11 20" (etc).
The output is logged, parsed and matched against the database.

If the character is not in the database, it is inserted.
If the character is in the database, it is updated.

I log at various times (morning, afternoon, evening, night) to try and catch all timezones.

So, right now, the database has 10399 unique characters. The "oldest" characters I have in the database date back as far as 2013-01-19 16:40:03. This means I haven't "seen" them since then.

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So no tracking of /anon or /role then?

[Waedawen]

If I'm not mistaken even if you're /anon or /role you'll still be detected by specific class searches

[Barahir]

Originally Posted by Waedawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If I'm not mistaken even if you're /anon or /role you'll still be detected by specific class searches

I do not think so.

I know for sure that /w all cleric 1 10 would not yield any anon/role in that level range. Maybe /w all cleric would yield up to 20 clerics but I don't think any anon/role would be included.

[Tanthallas]

Originally Posted by xious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

One Man Wolfpack 1

lol

[Tann]

anon/role aside, kinda crazy that there are more enchanters @ level 60 then all the hybrids combined, 4x fewer druids, and the other pure casters barely pull ahead combined.

[Clark]

Originally Posted by Tikku82 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Erudites are ugly and start from middle of nowhere

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Erudite females are the hottest.

[Gecko]

Originally Posted by xious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The data is retrieved client side through what essentially consists of a bunch of social macros which do "/who all cleric 1 10, /pause 10, /who all cleric 11 20" (etc).
The output is logged, parsed and matched against the database.

If I'm not mistaken /who call count actually ignores role and anon for class statistics. You might want to change your script to use that.

[huron99]

/who all cleric count or /who all 1 10 cleric count will include anon/role afaik. Just not specific names.

[Dulu]

Originally Posted by baalzy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cleric: Not the worst but def not 'best'. Similar stats to several other races but no racial abilities/bonus' to make them stand out like hide/sneak/xp bonus from a halfling or just hide from dark elf. From a pure stat standpoint dwarf is hard to ignore with that huge str/stam advantage.

Enchanter: A very viable choice, however, High Elf edges them out for best since +cha is harder to acquire than +int. Human is up there too but doesn't have a super clear advantage, probably a tie.

Magician: No truly clear winner, but I'd concede erudite if you pressed it. The margins are extremely slim.

Necromancer: Iksar master race. Beyond that bertoxx following gnomes are actually very well tolerated compared to CT & Inny followers (dubious/apprehensive in a lot of places where other necros would be KoS). From a lvl 60 not caring about faction standpoint the Erudite probably takes second because of erudite specific itemization.

Shadowknight: Ogre, Troll are very clear winners. Human and Iksar runners up, though that dex/agil on the iksar i'm sure helps. Erudite and Dark Elf can squabble over last place although I'd probably give it to the erudites because of how far behind their agility/dex is to the DE.

Paladin: Dwarf and Human clearly have the edge. The high elf and erudite can have a sissy fight over who is weaker though.

Wizard: See mage.

I was trying to say Erudites have the highest Int, so would make the best casters.

Clearly I didn't think it out far enough to consider all of these other variables, particularly Cha for Enchanters and the regen of Iksar Necros.

I still think they're a fairly under-appreciated race, and have great starting stats, awesome looking armor (particularly on SK's/Paladins), and a really cool city/starting area.

[xious]

Originally Posted by Barahir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So no tracking of /anon or /role then?

They come up. I have the character names.
For anon players, all I have is their name, for roleplaying I have their guild - if any:
http://p1999pop.dmsimard.com/details/Levels/ANONYMOUS

I've thought in the past about implementing "/who all <X> count" but it's really about the characters, not the numbers. I'd rather have the characters [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]