Will the PvE realm eventually have similar population to PvP

[Computeher]

Do you think the PvE server will eventually have a population similar to the PvP realm? Not that I'd necessarily want that considering the issue with respawn rates for Quests and Materials. Just wondering if you think the realm will eventually get there and how guys would respond if it did

[TOVAR]

Do you think the PvE server will eventually have a population similar to the PvP realm? Not that I'd necessarily want that considering the issue with respawn rates for Quests and Materials. Just wondering if you think the realm will eventually get there and how guys would respond if it did

You obviously missed the initial PVE server hype train back then and all the bantering linked to it. Well, the devs stated ages ago that the PvE server would eventually implement the player limit cap at 2500 players online, so, the PVE population would allegedly never reach the PvP one.

[Kiala]

If you mean the interest in PvE, I´m not sure. I mean, there must be reasons why most private servers around are PvP. (They are, right?)

But I think we are slowly growing, day by day. But I like the cap though, preventing it from being too overpopulated. I wasn´t fond of that on the PvP server, but we are all different, of course.

[Melgarh]

Well yesterday there were 2575 players online at the time (I thought we were capped at 2500??) and so far I feel only enthusiasm and fun so I'm quite confident, with my poor lil' druid, that this server is heading for its prime =)

[Moozer]

(I thought we were capped at 2500??)

They said they would cap it a few weeks after release to get a scope on how many players played (Since, if 3k people played at peak hours, it'd be no good locking 500 people out because they want to cap). I imagine if they've capped it it's somewhere a bit higher to enable all the people to get on since PvP server was capable of handling far bigger loads comfortably.

[vtx4848]

If you mean the interest in PvE, I´m not sure. I mean, there must be reasons why most private servers around are PvP. (They are, right?)

I think they are all PvP because PvE servers remove a type of play style. It's sort of like, no everyone likes Wailing Caverns, but it would be dumb release a server without Wailing Caverns because some people like it. You could sort of think of it like:
PvP server = all the content
PvE server = removed content (but this also has some benefits)
Most private servers only have a single server so they are forced to choose, the answer is obvious.

[Kiala]

I think they are all PvP because PvE servers remove a type of play style. It's sort of like, no everyone likes Wailing Caverns, but it would be dumb release a server without Wailing Caverns because some people like it. You could sort of think of it like:
PvP server = all the content
PvE server = removed content (but this also has some benefits)
Most private servers only have a single server so they are forced to choose, the answer is obvious.

Ahh, yes, of course, that makes sense

[PanTheSatyr]

You could sort of think of it like:
PvP server = all the content
PvE server = removed content (but this also has some benefits)
Most private servers only have a single server so they are forced to choose, the answer is obvious.

I tend to think of it as:

PvE Server = all the content
PvP Server = all the content plus bastards ganking you

We wouldn't want to upset all the e-peen-measuring gankers out there, would we?

[Crichton]

If it does or doesn't, I don't really care..as long as there's 1k minimum at peak, it's all good. The smaller community is kinda nice to be honest.

[konked]

If it does or doesn't, I don't really care..as long as there's 1k minimum at peak, it's all good. The smaller community is kinda nice to be honest.

It's funny, years ago before emerald dream released 1k+ populations on vanilla servers were just unheard of...