Continent Population Caps?

Professor Frink · 2012-06-20, 12:45 PM

I have little doubt there is another thread about this but I got tired of searching. Just back on this site after about a 4 year absence. I hear there will be a cap of 2000 players per continent. Any truth to this? I don't recall what it was on PS1. 1200? I look forward to massive battles.

willaguy · 2012-06-20, 12:46 PM

Wow you must have really been away from this site for 4 years, but yes, this is true.

Professor Frink · 2012-06-20, 12:48 PM

Hot damn!

basti · 2012-06-20, 12:55 PM

Really been away from Everything. Enjoy all the E3, GDC and whatever else stuff that popped up.

As for the poplock: 2000 per continent is the target, yes. Just as back in the day in Planetside, we do not know if we will reach it. May as well be lower, but expect 1000 at the very least.

Dougnifico · 2012-07-02, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by WildVS

I hope they do lower it to 1000. Instead of focusing effort to max out pop on a server then devise means to keep it spread out as to not overload a region, limit pops and let us have huge battles. Hell I would be all for smaller conts and smaller pop if it meant better more intense fights.

That almost seems to be against the entire point of planetside. lol. With all do respect.

The Kush · 2012-06-20, 12:53 PM

Haha there is hundreds of threads talking about this

Professor Frink · 2012-06-20, 12:56 PM

i know i know. this was faster. not a good first thread in 4 years.

basti · 2012-06-20, 01:02 PM

Yea man, gotta be careful. Mouse was already hovering over the ban button.

Naz The Eternal · 2012-06-20, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Professor Frink

I have little doubt there is another thread about this but I got tired of searching. Just back on this site after about a 4 year absence. I hear there will be a cap of 2000 players per continent. Any truth to this? I don't recall what it was on PS1. 1200? I look forward to massive battles.

From what I've heard in interviews and on forum posts is that is it currently 2000 per continent X 3 continents = 6000 per server

Now this is only current, who knows what release or beta will hold

Professor Frink · 2012-06-20, 01:18 PM

The old population caps were much lower though correct?

Mastachief · 2012-06-20, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Professor Frink

The old population caps were much lower though correct?

old pop caps were

510~
then
166vs166vs166
then
133vs133vs133

Professor Frink · 2012-06-20, 03:58 PM

Thats a huge increase. Shwing!

Nemeses · 2012-06-21, 07:36 AM

How many continents will there be per server? and will it be a multi instance once you hit a thousand it spawns a new instance?

Brambo · 2012-07-01, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by WildVS

I hope they do lower it to 1000. Instead of focusing effort to max out pop on a server then devise means to keep it spread out as to not overload a region, limit pops and let us have huge battles. Hell I would be all for smaller conts and smaller pop if it meant better more intense fights.

I agree with this. Of course it all depends on implementation, but it'd probably be more fun to have a 1000 people if they can all hang around a small area than having 2000+ people on a continent and then not being able to get everyone in the same battle because everything lags to death.

As for an answer to the OP's question, there is no answer yet. There's lots of fun numbers flying around, but we haven't even had a real Beta, so we'll have to wait and see how far the dev's can push it in practice.

IHateMMOs · 2012-06-21, 08:02 AM

I heard somewhere it was 2100 people per continent. To be honest, that's a much more reasonable number than 2000, its 700 people per faction, nice and simple.