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

[xious]

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

"Forceful Entry" 10

zerg guild

Forceful Entry is up to 15 now in my latest snapshot. Doesn't get any more zerg than this.

[Resheph]

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

tbh, I'm just thinking shut the fuck up

Dude, what's your issue? This is not the RnF forum, it's Server Chat. Stop harassing people and crawl back in whatever hole you came out of.

[Lagaidh]

These data snapshots make me very proud to be a dwarven paladin.... as if I needed another reason...

/grin

[xious]

Another day, more data for my experiment ! This time with a database of 2154 characters, started picking up anonymous characters too - let's see if we can draw conclusion from these as time goes on.

Originally Posted by Classes

druid 239
necromancer 219
shaman 196
monk 196
enchanter 175
cleric 167
warrior 160
bard 122
rogue 120
magician 117
shadowknight 112
wizard 92
paladin 81
ranger 80
ANONYMOUS 78

Originally Posted by Levels

1 76
2 45
3 51
4 55
5 66
6 50
7 53
8 65
9 49
10 48
11 48
12 38
13 41
14 37
15 45
16 39
17 36
18 32
19 27
20 38
21 38
22 34
23 22
24 28
25 27
26 26
27 28
28 22
29 21
30 48
31 22
32 11
33 16
34 27
35 41
36 13
37 22
38 18
39 18
40 39
41 16
42 16
43 12
44 12
45 27
46 13
47 16
48 10
49 12
50 25
51 44
52 49
53 37
54 37
55 38
56 34
57 31
58 33
59 31
60 123
ANONYMOUS 78

Originally Posted by Races

Human 257
"Dark Elf" 243
Iksar 243
"Wood Elf" 227
"High Elf" 169
Halfling 154
Gnome 134
"Half Elf" 127
Barbarian 124
Dwarf 116
Erudite 103
Ogre 103
ANONYMOUS 78
Troll 76

Originally Posted by Guilds

"Bregan D`Aerth" 88
"Full Circle" 74
"The Mystical Order" 65
UNKNOWN 53
Asgard 46
"Peace Pipe" 42
Europa 39
"Knights Who Say Ni" 39
"Azure Guard" 39
Taken 36
Divinity 34
Arcadia 28
"Flawless Victory" 28
"Swampwater Taffy" 24
"Forceful Entry" 24
"The A-Team" 20
Sunnyvale 15
Kusemites 15
Shipwrecked 15
"Role Playing Guild" 9
"Honor Face" 9
"The Dark Exile" 8
"Amicus Ignis" 8
"Of Tholuxe Paells" 7
Ascendancy 7
Prophecy 7
"Free Raiders" 7
"Sacred Fyre" 7
"Mari Kita" 6
"Carpe Noctem" 6
LifeAlert 6
Ardness 5
"Prophetic Descent" 5
"Freedom Guard" 5
"The Night's Watch" 5
"Prestige Worldwide" 4
"Sacred Grove" 4
"The Warlords" 4
"The Pride" 4
"Eternal Rancor" 3
"LFG Puma Group" 3
Evoluxa 3
"The Dream Team" 3
"Order of the White Rose" 3
"Go Team Good Guys" 2
"Scars of Insanity" 2
Nightmare 2
"Lost Sock Patrol" 2
"The Alliance" 2
"Afkite Masters" 2
Chaos 2
Lads 2
Poison 2
"Utopia Project" 2
"Seriously Comical" 2
"Signum Lumen" 1
Maelstrom 1
Intolerant 1
Darkwind 1
"One Man Wolfpack" 1
Reclamation 1
"The Wretched" 1
Triality 1
"Loading Please Wait" 1
"Necro Death Squad" 1
"Immortal Companions" 1
"Bashin Ordur" 1
"Bloodline of Eld" 1
"Inglourious Basterds" 1
"Fashionably Late" 1
"Dark Twilight" 1
"Katximba Oscura" 1
Mischief 1
"Vesica Dei" 1
"Secret Of Mana" 1
Wudan 1
"Dark Ascension" 1
"Norrath's Curse" 1
Enraptured 1
Acyrid 1
"Kithicor Kids" 1
"Together As One" 1
"Dream Tribe" 1

Originally Posted by Zones

ecommons 321
karnor 125
gfaydark 104
ANONYMOUS 78
oasis 67
unrest 61
mistmoore 59
overthere 58
fieldofbone 57
crushbone 56
sebilis 52
"Loading" 42
southkarana 41
nro 38
nektulos 38
commons 37
butcher 32
lakeofillomen 31
gukbottom 30
frontiermtns 30
citymist 29
blackburrow 29
steamfont 29
highkeep 26
lfaydark 25
airplane 25
kurn 24
dreadlands 24
everfrost 23
qeytoqrg 22
warslikswood 22
oot 22
misty 21
freportw 21
timorous 20
befallen 20
charasis 19
soldungb 19
guktop 18
qeynos2 17
freportn 14
rathemtn 14
soldunga 14
northkarana 13
paw 12
eastkarana 12
lavastorm 11
qey2hh1 11
kaesora 11
firiona 11
innothule 10
freporte 9
neriakb 9
akanon 9
cabeast 9
feerrott 9
neriaka 9
felwithea 8
trakanon 8
tox 7
swampofnohope 7
sro 6
highpass 6
hole 6
kaladima 6
skyfire 6
qcat 5
neriakc 5
droga 5
kaladimb 5
burningwood 4
kithicor 4
cabwest 4
lakerathe 4
permafrost 4
rivervale 4
oggok 4
najena 4
veeshan 4
cauldron 4
paineel 4
fearplane 3
qrg 3
kedge 3
erudsxing 3
emeraldjungle 3
erudnext 3
grobb 2
erudnint 2
qeynos 2
cazicthule 2
hateplane 2
soltemple 1
halas 1
beholder 1

[xious]

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

hey bro, mind logging on red every now and then and get the numbers for that server too? nb4 someone says 20 person server lol

Just ran it on red for the first time, anon or roleplay seems too common to be able to pull any relevant data.. From 121 players online, I was only able to identify 14 players.

Not worth the time, sorry :P

[SamwiseRed]

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

Just ran it on red for the first time, anon or roleplay seems too common to be able to pull any relevant data.. From 121 players online, I was only able to identify 14 players.

Not worth the time, sorry :P

ah figured the /who all count command could be used to get the data. all good bro

[xious]

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

ah figured the /who all count command could be used to get the data. all good bro

Not implemented yet ! I'll think about the red server when it is, then.

[Tecmos Deception]

Very interesting to me that only 5-6% of that 2100-character database are level 60.

[falkun]

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

Very interesting to me that only 5-6% of that 2100-character database are level 60.

Its hard for parsers like this to account for L60 players that are currently on alts/EC-mules. What is telling about it is the large difference between counts of L60 and L51-54 and L55-59.

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

Levels
51 44
52 49
53 37
54 37
55 38
56 34
57 31
58 33
59 31
60 123

There are 167 L51-54 (4 level range), another 167 L55-59 (5 level range), and 123 L60s (1 level). Many more players finish the journey to 60 here on P99 than on Live. I attribute most of that to the longer release period that exists on P99 and secondly to the increased game knowledge of 13 years of experience.

[stormlord]

I'd be interested in knowing how many of the low level players are new players or are they alts? If alts then it suggests that classic EQ also had a high alt population. They're called altaholics.

In fact, I recall that just before GOD Smed claims the average level was about 40. This was a talk about how bad of a failure GOD was. GOD's max level was increased by 5 too far. It was a disaster.

When I was playing this I was an altaholic. Highest level was 24. Was fun. Still get the itch sometimes. It's fun to see how the different classes play and to group with potential new players.

I also like the low level game more. Corpse runs aren't as bad. Lots of moving around in the city. Lots of interaction with new players. Death experience isn't heavy. Trade skills easy to get going. Basically, it doesn't require a lot of devotion to the game. You can come and go and there's no guild to complain about it.

Meh, I still got that itch for p1999. So many games fall short of what p1999 offers me. I wish other games would adopt more progression-type servers like EQ1-live has. I'd be more interested in them. The problem is they're so mudflated and empty that you can't enjoy the old content as much as you'd like to. Progression-type servers or features solve this because it removes a lot of hte mudflation and concentrates the players. You see from this that I prefer old content but it's hard to enjoy it in new games for these reasons and others. Now, if I was a veteran and had already seen the old content, I would want new content and be at home. But since I have a habit of playing old games I never got a chance to play, it's hard to reach satisfaction.

Live on p1999. You're a beauty.