I don't think they increased server caps, I think people quit...

LET ME START BY SAYING:

I love this game, I hope it succeeds - I really do. However, among my guild, my server, and my few friends that play this game, I am noticing a trend: They are getting bored and not logging in nearly as frequently, or not at all, since last week. I have 2 50s, a 42 and a 31 - still not bored, still enjoying the story lines, awaiting patches, etc..

Now that you know this isn't a SWTOR bash thread, or a hate thread, or whatever, I would like to bring a scary observation to you.



If you looked at the server lists a week or two ago, you would see if FILLED with Full (Queues) or Full in general. Now what do you see? Light and Standard on everything... except one.

And this one server, The Swiftsure, is why I don't think they increased server capacity, and people are simply not logging in.

This server had 10-20 minute queues back when all of the servers had similar queues. However, this server still has (as of right now a 50 minute queue) queues, while all of the other servers are now down to Light (Port Nowhere was constantly Full, as well as at least 20 others), and Standard across the board. This even occurs at peak hours.

If they increased server capacity, there would be NO REASON for The Swiftsure's queue times to increase this drastically. Before you say they had a population increase, or something of that nature, think of this:

If they did perform a population cap, then The Swiftsure would balance out like every other similar queued server - it would be down to Standard. However, it increased by 30-40 minute queues. This does not make ANY sense whatsoever.

Hopefully this is not the case, as I stated at the start I love this game and am having fun playing it. I just really hope this isn't the case, but all logic and observation would point to people are just not logging in anymore.

People need to slow down, i have a lvl 45 trooper going steady to 50, but doing lots of world pvp and attacking Empire outposts, in hoth etc, with my guild we do lots of raid bosses, that is how u play an mmo, dont speed lvl

I have noticed that my guild online list has gone from 30 peeps on constantly down to about 4-6 on regularly now...

republic side on my server is good as dead. Barely 10 lvl 50's on at any time. Ilum never has more than 5 people at the same time and I've never seen repblic fleet numbers higher then 80 (usually 50-70 people).

:/

People going back to work? It's to be expected, the shininess is probably wearing off for others too.

Yep, I think this is the big thing. I only rushed because I knew the story (for the most part) of my first 2 50s. My friends rushed without playing Beta or early access, and it turned from good story to a constant, repetitive grind. Add this in to they are normally used to only gaming a couple hours a day, and instead were playing SWTOR 8+ hours a day - burn out quick.

Swiftsure is always full because it's the "unofficial Oceanic server"...meaning that there will always be a queue for it because it's pretty much active 24 hours a day.

While you might be right, they did write a post saying that they were working on decreasing wait times, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

This isn't just a "oh vacation days are over, time for work" thing... for the last 48 hours I have been checking at peak hours across all timezones, during the day, and now (4:25AM CST) and only 1 or 2 servers hit get above Standard. The Swiftsure is constantly there, though.

I am afraid this is going to cause server merges by 1.1, and server merges lower confidence in the game, and that's normally when the game fails.

I would advise you to go back to the starter zones and the zones below 20. You'll be surprised how many people are still at those levels. As for guilds that lose people, except from people who lost interest in the game, people might also have made alts, which they prefer. They won't come to tell you..

I don't think we'll know anything until the game has been out a few months. Then a more reasonable judgement can be made.

Personally most planets I am on while levelling are too quiet but that's just me.