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

[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.

[innocent51]

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

Interesting that Erudites have the best stats for 1/3rd of the classes in the game, yet have the lowest population..

Are EQ players racist?

When I 1st started Everquest (for real, when Vazaelle came out) I asked my friend (IRL friend, I was working in a computer shop, we have a basement with 30 comps, good ol times) : "Hey guys whats the least played class/race combo" and one said "Maybe Gnome warrior?", than another argued "There are a lot of warriors tho". So I asked "But what is the worse class" and they all said "Shadowknight! They cant tank, cant deal damage, cant heal, cant port, cant buff", so I asked "what's the worse race for a Shadowknight" and they said "Probably Dark Elf but every single SK is Dark Elf". So I clicked around the character creation and asked "What about Erudite? Their stats looks terrible for a melee" and they looked at me puzzled "Can Erudite even be Shadowknight?".

Elindra was born. I spent the night harm touching rats and suiciding on guard to have HT up again. I Spent hours on her, raided for years, never looked back: Erudite are awesome!

[tristantio]

Originally Posted by innocent51 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When I 1st started Everquest (for real, when Vazaelle came out) I asked my friend (IRL friend, I was working in a computer shop, we have a basement with 30 comps, good ol times) : "Hey guys whats the least played class/race combo" and one said "Maybe Gnome warrior?", than another argued "There are a lot of warriors tho". So I asked "But what is the worse class" and they all said "Shadowknight! They cant tank, cant deal damage, cant heal, cant port, cant buff", so I asked "what's the worse race for a Shadowknight" and they said "Probably Dark Elf but every single SK is Dark Elf". So I clicked around the character creation and asked "What about Erudite? Their stats looks terrible for a melee" and they looked at me puzzled "Can Erudite even be Shadowknight?".

Elindra was born. I spent the night harm touching rats and suiciding on guard to have HT up again. I Spent hours on her, raided for years, never looked back: Erudite are awesome!

I too am working on an Erudite Shadow Knight - having a great time on her so far!

Btw the pop parser looks awesome, nice work!

[myriverse]

Erudite females are the hottest.

[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.

[xious]

Just dropping by to say that the database has more than 10 000 unique characters now, 10 061 to be exact [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Barahir]

How exactly is this data compiled and how accurate are the guild numbers?

[xious]

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

How exactly is this data compiled and how accurate are the guild numbers?

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.

Hope this answers your question [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[eqravenprince]

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

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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.

That might be me!!! What's the characters name?

[xious]

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

That might be me!!! What's the characters name?

There's a few thousand characters that my parser hasn't seen in a few months [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]