Are there actually a bunch of Dead servers?

I haven't seen one "The game is dying" comment in this thread.

There are servers with such low populations that if you shut them down and didn't even offer transfers less than 20 people would get angry. That's a dead server.

Seriously, when there are more people playing in a modern warfare 3 match than on an entire server in an MMO it's a problem.

Well some servers are pretty screwed with low pops but hopefull transfers will be in sooner rather than later, I'm hoping before 1.3 though I can always level up alts as I don't care much about doing stuff at 50 it sucks having no FPs while levelling like at launch when everything was very heavy.

My current server is dead I mean why did BioWare bother making "heroic" quests and flashpoints for low levels when they're never, ever anyone around to do them with?

Did a /who in WOW and Orgrimmar had 210 people....Republic Fleet had 11 lol pathetic

Only EA/LA knows if the game is "dying" or not. They have their master spreadsheet with how many sales of the game they need/want, actual sales vs. subs each month, etc...

In my opinion, they did NOT spend this mytical 300 mil on this game and I bet with around 3 million or so copies sold, this game is already in the black, or they would have done something a lot quicker with transfers/mergers.

I own stock in EA, but I haven't bothered to look into the investor information available. Plus, that information can be made to look different than it actually is, as I've seen it happen with other companies I own stock in.

Just enjoy the game if you do and if you are concerned, buy stock in EA and then you can actually voice your concern as an investor, not just a customer. Share prices are right around a months sub currently.

I don't consider my server dead, though it's mostly "light" population and rarely "standard" even during peak hours. But we usually have 30 Rep players on the Fleet, so it's not like I can't PVP, even though the Qtimes can be horrible.

My big worry is when rateds come out. On a light population server, what are the chances you will be able to find 7 other non-baddies to Q with. I can think of 4-5 Rep players I'd Q with, but not more than that. And what are the chances to all be online at the same time? Ugh. Server merges are needed so we can get more blood over here.

I've thought about re-rolling on Fatman, but I'm a Warlord, I don't really wanna start over.

I don't care about the "light" and "standard" statuses, only the # of people and ability to play the game.

Right now it's 3:00 server time on Colonel Tobin and here are the stats:

IMP:
68 total players lvl 1-50
14 lvl 50 players
8 in Fleet

REPUB:
63 total players lvl 1-50
15 lvl 50
4 in Fleet

There's not a single WZ going on the whole server, and rarely is. I know it's not peak, but I logged in Sat at 9:00 PM server time and there were 163 total players. Keep in mind this was a free weekend. The server rarely breaks 30 online in fleet during peak. I know for a fact there are servers worse than this even.

I'm not a hater or fanboi. I like the game and want it to succeed but no hiding that there's a current population problem that could make or break it IMO. I rerolled on a more populated server in Feb but many friends are still on the old server, or quit.

Also, you can believe me or not, but Bioware had some *very* recent layoffs/cutbacks they don't want public. I know because they're interviewing for other companies right now here in Austin. They even had them signing NDAs. I have no idea if that's directly related to the success/failure of this game, but it's not a positive indicator.

Other than the playing on the few heavy/full servers, you would be hardpressed to call this a Massively Multiplayer Online game.

Until the plague, my fleet pop struggled to hit 80 at peak playing times. The level 40 -50 planets, where you would think many people would be, had 20 -30 max pops. D. Kass, at release had 150ish, now 50 max. Standard server at peak, hundreds at best total pop.

I remember the 2000 - 3000 players on some DAOC servers. Late in it's life, those fell to 800 - 1200.

Indeed - I only ever rolled 1 toon, and got so bored at level 37 that I quit (uninstalled weeks ago, waiting for sub to expire). I rarely met anyone outside of the fleet, never got a single FlashPoint, only time I ever grouped was in BGs. The story and dialogue was fine for a while, but it became too repetitive, the quests and mobs way too easy (Sith assassin) and didn't seem to get any better as I levelled up.

Very boring game, made far worse by lack of a community, and mostly empty server (I played from launch, so was surprised the servers were so empty) Shame, as the franchise is good, lots of lore, but this was an empty shell for me.

Guessing this'll be free to play before long. Still don't think I can be bothered to play it again. There's far better FPS's around with better graphics, better story and more of a challenge than endless "fetch me X of whatever, and kill X of those things". If I want PVP, there are far better games for that too.

My East Coast US server is always on light. I always thought it was because of the name. Dunno why i chose a server called "Rwookrroro". I mean, think of how awkward it would be IRL when someone asks you what server you're on.

PS: Dont think ive seen more than 30 people in my Fleet. Average is usually 4-15.