Server population is dropping...

What i'd like to see is a targeted incentive to switch servers. Our server has (or had as pops drop) an overwhelming amount of sith. How about offering some kind of "bump" (experience, credits, a free move, race change, hell anything) to someone willing to move to a server of the same faction that is low on the other faction. Let's keep the war going. This might encourage some servers the want to beef up but even better balance the servers so the things like those on Ilum would be more entertaining and you'd have more PvP then Huttball.

True story.

Therein lies the problem with regards to your statement, and others. All you care about is the in-game community on "YOUR" server. And that is all you need for proof.

The sad truth of the matter is you are ignoring the same proof people are providing you based on their in-game community and their server. Isn't that a double standard? I mean honestly if you say the game is fine based on your server yet others are saying that it isn't based on the server they are playing yet you ignore it.

You can't have it both ways.

People are stating facts that the server they play on is a ghost town. Republic fleets having 11 to 33 people during prime time...imagine what the starting or other planets have. You think people are making this crap up?

Deny all you want. It is a issue and people are leaving because of it. Those are the sad facts.

I think there is some truth to the servers dying and BW needs to start seriously considering the possibility of merging servers to keep them populated.

As of now, on my server (Kath Hound US - East Coast), I am routinely one of the only players on the higher level planets (usually about 4-5 players) and it's near impossible to do any of the heroic quest b/c there is no one to group up with.

I still love the game and continue to play it, I just loved it a lot more when it was easy to find at least 3 other people to do flashpoints and/or heroic quests.

Dragon Trail: 13:54 4/10/2012
Republic Fleet: 12

The Fatman: 13:56 4/10/2012
Balmorra: 87

The Fatman is the only one listed as Heavy (East Coast PvP server)

There are 19 other servers currently listed at Standard (both East/West PvE/PvP servers)
It doesn't matter time of day I would wager then more or less since both are showing good populations.

The rest of the servers are light.

Ignoring all that, and this is a small sample size, it doesn't negate the fact that many people here continue to login during prime time and report dismal populations in their respected area. If that area is even a newbie / starter planet they then hop to the fleets and report the same low numbers.

They need merging.

How did you get 20 million?

1.5 million * $15/month * 12 month/year = 270 million dollars/year.

even if you are really conservative:
1.5 million * $10/month * 12 month/year = 180 million dollars/year.

Oh that's easy; in the former case, the game is new and people are logging on a lot. So the average usage is 6 hours /day (which is the number that bioware threw around). In the latter case, people aren't logging on nearly as often.

So the former case wouldn't feel dead and the latter would.

note: I'm not actually making any claims about this, just explaining how it's possible.

Mid-day on a weekday people work, go to class, etc. Peak occurs from roughly 6 pm to midnight.

Ha, I missed that he was claiming $20 million per year! That's obviously much too low.

Waiting on you kthx.