Currently I have been looking into all the claims of Mid has to many people but let me tell you my experience as of today for past 3 days I have done /who at both EU and US times. The results show Mid with 1100 out of 3000 on during EU times and 900 out of 3000 on US times. I know if your in game all the mid have the keeps but that is also maybe due to mid being little more hardcore but the bulk of mid is in 38 avg lvl and growing. I would also say the same for Hib or Alb but most of us have not hit 50 to get a real indication of the balance in RVR.
I do know these new results could be a factor bc a few people left mid to help balance it out. Now its time to get a fresh perspective and regain the keeps back if your alb or hib! GL HF

Mids presently having all keeps is not a population issue.

Those numbers look more like "/who all" instead of "/who".

I've said this multiple times already in other threads but I've been checking hib numbers for week+ and haven't seen anything above 27%.

Does anyone have recent numbers for ALB?

so... are those numbers from "/who all" or "/who"?

Yes on mid side it is

t0jotv wrote:Yes on mid side it is

/who and /who all are different things. Which one was used for these numbers.

t0jotv wrote:Does anyone have recent numbers for ALB?

NUMBERS are fine on Alb, we're only slightly behind Mid.
We just have a terrible tank/mage ratio for 1.65.

Smilo wrote:

t0jotv wrote:Does anyone have recent numbers for ALB?

NUMBERS are fine on Alb, we're only slightly behind Mid.
We just have a terrible tank/mage ratio for 1.65.

QFT

Alb is having an impossible time having enough Pallys / Clerics to make legitimate xp groups. I spend literal hours daily just trying to put a group together, or replace a Pally that bailed 15 minutes in for a slightly better group etc. Such a small amount of time is spent actually XPing because we're lacking major fundamentals to be able to adequately do so. It's an incredible waste of time. Hours. Everyday.

I recommend offering an old fashioned to guild paladins in the hopes they will group.

There might be more balance if SI was in. There's not enough places to level from 40-50 that aren't camped (at least for Alb & Hib). Mids have the advantage of having 1 extra place to level- DF, which means they will dominate RvR for the time being.

I've been doing /who (not /who all) on Alb for the past week, it ranges between 33-38%.

Madix wrote:There might be more balance if SI was in. There's not enough places to level from 40-50 that aren't camped (at least for Alb & Hib). Mids have the advantage of having 1 extra place to level- DF, which means they will dominate RvR for the time being.

I've been doing /who (not /who all) on Alb for the past week, it ranges between 33-38%.

Some of my best exp has come from frontier zones.....i feel this hasnt been 'explored' to its full potential.

Having said that, having the poster complain about not having a pally/ cleric....why not roll one? I'd rather have a char at lvl 50 to help get gear for an alt (to become main) than grind up one char very slowly (probably quicker overall to have 1 great char that can create "you owe me"'s for some exp action).

When i played alb, it was a zerg fest at pygmys, and a good cabbie could pull the camp and level others extremely fast.

Madix wrote: Mids have the advantage of having 1 extra place to level- DF,

It's overcrowded. Terrible place to be in.

trolololsaurus wrote:

Madix wrote: Mids have the advantage of having 1 extra place to level- DF,

It's overcrowded. Terrible place to be in.

Sure- but that means your other zones have less people. I'd assume any extra options would help even if they're faster/slower than what you're used to simply because it spreads people out. Also, I have all green level 24 gear at level 41 and it's hard to find any spots in classic zones that don't drop crap gear. At least Df has some decent gear to look forward to.

As for frontier zones being decent- they're nothing special. I've explored them extensively and you only get a 10% exp bonus within sight distance of a keep (20% if guild owns). I did exp out in the frontiers but there really isn't much to choose from in decent sized camps- if you're solo or small man it's not bad but no, there is no real good spots that compare to Lyonesse that i've seen in the frontiers. On top of that, the frontier dungeons are buggy as hell and not fun (monster not in view). Maybe that's why I never see anybody there? I've searched everywhere in the Alb frontiers and it's not exactly bustling with people. The few times I did find decent spots I only ended up getting rolled by Mids- the exp is by far better in Lyonesse.

Sendnudes wrote:Alb is having an impossible time having enough Pallys / Clerics to make legitimate xp groups. I spend literal hours daily just trying to put a group together, or replace a Pally that bailed 15 minutes in for a slightly better group etc. Such a small amount of time is spent actually XPing because we're lacking major fundamentals to be able to adequately do so. It's an incredible waste of time. Hours. Everyday.

Why would folks play paly's when they won't get grouped for RvR once they are 50? Seems to be the main issue from what I keep hearing.