please read the FAQ here: http://www.swtorarena.com/topic/210-swtor-statistics-tool-faq/ Can I make guesses on overall subscription count based on these graphs? No you shouldn't be relying on them to make so guesses. These graph purely relies on instantaneous server population values provided by Bioware, nothing more.

I'll be pushing a hotfix for this and will be eventually adding more detailed explanations.

Oh and I'll be making necessary changes in the tool that'll explain what statistics explain there.

Probably, as we can't make estimates on user count by pure server-population statistics. When a new MMO hits the market, users tend to play a lot in the very few first weeks and rush the max-level.

Yet again I want to post my clarification on graphics; quick info on this; (as I'm the developer of that tool), the generated charts DOES NOT represent user subscriptions. Instead the tool reads http://www.swtor.com/server-status and generate charts for server-loads based on given population field on the page. So basically a total value of 800 (in y axis) for a total of 215 server means = 800 / 215 = 3.7 = ~ Heavy population in average. Where as a value of 600 (in y axis) for a total of 215 server means = 800 / 215 = 2.7 = Standard population. 0 -> offline 1 - 2 -> light 2 - 3-> standard 3 - 4 -> heavy 4 - 5 -> very heavy 5+ -> full So yet again, the game did not lost active subscribers last two weeks but instead average population of servers dropped down - which is a good thing (meaning less queues if any). In MMO launches, heavy populations are always expected and over time they normalize - which is already the case for SWTOR -- and those charts actually represent that. Can anybody with a post in first page of the thread can paste this explanation? So people can get an understanding of the charts before commenting on the OP's erroneous interpretation of them. Here is an FAQ on the tool as well! http://www.swtorarena.com/topic/210-swtor-statistics-tool-faq/

oh, i wanted to give a quick info on this (as I'm the developer of that tool), the generated charts DOES NOT represent users subscriptions. Instead the tool reads http://www.swtor.com/server-status and generate charts for server-loads based on given population field on the page. So basically a total value of 800 (in y axis) for a total of 215 server means = 800 / 215 = 3.7 = ~ Heavy population in average. Where as a value of 600 (in y axis) for a total of 215 server means = 800 / 215 = 2.7 = Standard population. 0 -> offline 1 - 2 -> light 2 - 3-> standard 3 - 4 -> heavy 4 - 5 -> very heavy 5+ -> full So yet again, the game did not lost active subscribers last two weeks but instead average population of servers dropped down - which is a good thing (meaning less queues if any). In MMO launches, heavy populations are always expected and over time they normalize - which is already the case for SWTOR -- and those charts actually represent that. Update: Can anybody with a post in first page of the thread can paste this explanation? So people can get an understanding of the charts before commenting on the OP's erroneous interpretation of them.

I'm having similar problems too

We've been lately working on our server statistics tool and we've just pushed it to public! The tool analyses population data for SW:TOR servers and then graphs them on. It creates hourly, daily, monthly and yearly graphs for all data-sets and updates every 5 minutes. As of right now it can produce these type of graphs: per-region graphs per-location graphs per-server-type graphs per-server graphs Here's a sample screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Fkb3W.png You can access the tool over http://www.swtorarena.com/statistics/

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