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

[Tecmos Deception]

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Can we get % breakdowns on there too? I'd ask about getting interactive data too, so that I could, like, see what level ranges kill off different classes and see if people who play certain races are more likely to make it to 60 and all kinds of whatnot... but that'd just be greedy!


Man. I still just can't get over how only 5% of characters are 60, and only 20% are 51+.

[xious]

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

Can we get % breakdowns on there too?

Great idea, done !

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

I'd ask about getting interactive data too, so that I could, like, see what level ranges kill off different classes and see if people who play certain races are more likely to make it to 60 and all kinds of whatnot...

Yup, I already planned something like this - being able to click a class and see their levels, guilds, zones - being able to click a zone and see the classes, levels, guilds - etc.

Maybe sometime this week if I have time !

[sanluen]

First of all, this is really neat! Thanks for taking the time to make this!

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

Man. I still just can't get over how only 5% of characters are 60, and only 20% are 51+.

I think this is going to be skewed no matter what. Level 60 raid characters are almost always /roleplay and are very often logged out buffed at some raid target. People then log in their alts and go grind XP (generally without anon or roleplay). Perhaps when the full /who all x count feature is done, that will help!

I also think that the bard count is inflated due to EC mules. I know everyone makes a bard twink at some point and gives up once they realize they aren't good enough to AE kite, or once they hit 45 and OT slows down, but I feel like many of them are just holding piles of platinum.

[falkun]

If you properly utilized the /who all count command, you could generate data that ignores anonymous. I do not know how many factors you can combine (zone, class, guild, level, race), but the count function does ignore anonymous and simply returns a number instead of all matches.

[xious]

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

If you properly utilized the /who all count command, you could generate data that ignores anonymous. I do not know how many factors you can combine (zone, class, guild, level, race), but the count function does ignore anonymous and simply returns a number instead of all matches.

Yup, I'll eventually integrate that - it's simply a bit tricky because of the output it generates.

Like, if you do "/who all iksar count" it returns something like:
"There are 162 players in EverQuest".

I wish it would return something like this instead:
"There are 162 Iksar players in EverQuest"

I'm happy with the data I have right now and it'll get better with time too.
Real counts will come a bit later down the road.

[falkun]

You could alter the macros for your search so you have something to parse with Python:

/say Now searching for iksar players
/who all count iksar

Will generate output:
You say, 'Now searching for iksar players'
There are 162 players in Everquest.

Then you can parse on your /say statement and have python remove the appropriate string (162) of the next "There are XXXX players in Everquest" that appears

Could also make your /say statement more unique so its easy to parse for that statement.

[xious]

Yup, that's exactly what I had in mind !

[Duckforceone]

we used to parse with a special created channel, where the parser only took stuff said in that channel, and the zone listing when we typed that..

[falkun]

Except channels don't work on P99.

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Except channels don't work on P99.

Yeah, I don't want to stray away from the topic too far but why is that exactly ? Is it a client limitation ? I know Shards of Dalaya got theirs working only recently.