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

[xious]

Interesting chart, may I ask where you got the numbers from ?

My database is a bit out of date - I'm still dragging records from January/February that may or may not be relevant anymore. This is why I'm refreshing it this week.
Thing is, however, active or inactive, I have picked up 5095 unique characters. That's a lot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[xious]

Out of the 6000 characters now in the database, there are only 557 characters I haven't seen since monday (whose' records date back to february) - that's kind of interesting actually. It means that most players are still here !

[Lyra]

A Collection of Fine Gentlemen 1

Accurate data is accurate

[xious]

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

Accurate data is accurate

Ahah, oh yeah. And you can almost tell who it is by looking up the guild info too: http://p1999pop.dmsimard.com/details...ne%20Gentlemen

[Ambrotos]

When I get a chance I'll post the stats of people online tonight. I saw 900 people online. Maybe sometime tmro.

[xious]

Oh, man, I screwed up. I thought there was around 500 characters that had not been seen since since february but my SQL fu failed me.
There are, in fact, 4034 characters that I have not seen this week so far (updating sometimes more than 3 times a day) and whose data dates back to January/February.

What do you guys think I should do with these ? This changes my plan .. I think they're still relevant to some extent since they are characters that EXIST on the server.

[Gadwen]

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

Oh, man, I screwed up. I thought there was around 500 characters that had not been seen since since february but my SQL fu failed me.
There are, in fact, 4034 characters that I have not seen this week so far (updating sometimes more than 3 times a day) and whose data dates back to January/February.

What do you guys think I should do with these ? This changes my plan .. I think they're still relevant to some extent since they are characters that EXIST on the server.

use it

[Danth]

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

What do you guys think I should do with these ? This changes my plan .. I think they're still relevant to some extent since they are characters that EXIST on the server.

If you can't decide what to do, you could always add a new tab to your chart. Label one tab "active characters" and another tab "all characters." Include the inactive characters in the latter tab.

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It makes sense that classes like Wizards, Clerics, and Warriors would do well at level 60 (they're important raiding classes) while solo-oriented classes would peter out somewhat. Druids, in particular, are often created for the purpose of serving as port mules and hence don't need to get to high levels to perform that role well. The hybrid classes tend to run out of gas in the mid 50's as the experience penalty crushes their will to level.

Danth

[xious]

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

If you can't decide what to do, you could always add a new tab to your chart. Label one tab "active characters" and another tab "all characters." Include the inactive characters in the latter tab.

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It makes sense that classes like Wizards, Clerics, and Warriors would do well at level 60 (they're important raiding classes) while solo-oriented classes would peter out somewhat. Druids, in particular, are often created for the purpose of serving as port mules and hence don't need to get to high levels to perform that role well. The hybrid classes tend to run out of gas in the mid 50's as the experience penalty crushes their will to level.

Danth

Hey, that's not a crazy idea. I'll check how I can implement this in a smart way considering I might not be updating the database every day until the end of time.

[xious]

What's the bump about ? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]