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Pvp Real Numbers

emoejoeemoejoe Member Posts: 229 Arc User
edited June 2012 in PvP Gameplay
Well Its sad to me to hear people claim no one pvps. I only know pvpers, and i logged today mid afternoon, hardly peak time, with 60 people on my friends list online. And 180 in opvp chat. Surely I dont kwo everyone, and every pvper isnt in the opvp chat. I believe we are drastically underestimating the numbers of pvpers.

Im guessing at least 1000+ active players weekly.

The smallest minority is those pvpers who use the forums..... of those there are likely only a few hundred :/
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  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    when they say almost no one pvps, they have to be looking at only the ground numbers. there is constantly space games running, and as soon as a game ends and i que up again, theres usually only 1 of the same players from the last match present. i know the majority of the players are a bunch of pve only carebears, but there always seems to be plenty of people in the space ques
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  • husanakxhusanakx Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I understand PWE numbers are 20%... assuming 50k paying subs. (or 40k subs and 10k cstore spenders) that puts your estimate pretty close to bang on Mini. I would agree with that around 1k or so give or take a few hundred seems about right.

    Of course having said that in comparison to many other mmos that is an extremely small group.

    I think we are hard on ourselves a bit though... I believe (and it is just a belief) STO has one of the better paying groups of PvPers in MMO land. We are the ones that will spend $25 for a new ship when it dropps... we will (as much as I hate to admit it) throw our cash into the ship lottos. No one needs a Bug ship for PvE... people throw money at the chance to get one cause its a good pvp ship.

    I have no doubt that we (PvPers) in general likely account for for more then our 20% numbers in terms of revenue. PWE would be crazy to not try to exploit the market... lets also be honest the lock box idea... as much as we all moan... every single one of us has spent at least a few bucks... many of us have grabbed new carriers mvams ect... I don't even want to guess how much extra money I have spent on respecs in 2 years time.

    The fact that we are not that big a group isn't the bad thing most people seem to think... 20% in numbers perhaps but I doubt we are only 20% of the revenue.
  • dassemstodassemsto Member Posts: 792 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Participation should be counted in # of abilities fired, force applied to keyboard, curses flung at the screen and palm sweat produced! This is the true test of participation per quality! On this sscale, pvp accounts for at least 80% of the population! :biggrin:
  • thishorizonthishorizon Member Posts: 1,158
    edited June 2012
    this game's pvp has the ability to re-inact all of the great trek battles.

    except for "sacrifice of angels"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpLUbn4B0qk

    you are telling me you wouldnt want to be part of that battle?

    your nuts.

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  • aytanhiaytanhi Member Posts: 107 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    There are more PVPers than you realize, hell I was PVEr before I started PVP.
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  • captmack001captmack001 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I used to PVP alot but after 2 years of the same maps and not many other people doing the same i stopped if they make the changes i think they will make ill play pvp again
  • falloutx23falloutx23 Member Posts: 456
    edited June 2012
    sophlogimo wrote: »
    In the other thread someone claimed the PvP population was about 0.2 % of the playerbase. No source given there, though.

    Gozer is the source
  • radkipradkip Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    when they say almost no one pvps, they have to be looking at only the ground numbers.
    eh, ground can be fairly active. Granted, there's less people so you get into matches with the same people, but the queues are fairly quick. If there's 8-12 people running around, the queues are instant to a minute before they start. If there's 13 or more, it can take a bit of time to get things going.

    Unless you're a Klingon, it takes literally days to get a ground game going on that faction, because I seem to be the only KDF player who tries to do pug matches. Everyone else premades against Captain Kirks.
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  • marctraiderzmarctraiderz Member Posts: 539 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    emoejoe wrote: »
    Well Its sad to me to hear people claim no one pvps. I only know pvpers, and i logged today mid afternoon, hardly peak time, with 60 people on my friends list online. And 180 in opvp chat. Surely I dont kwo everyone, and every pvper isnt in the opvp chat. I believe we are drastically underestimating the numbers of pvpers.

    Im guessing at least 1000+ active players weekly.

    The smallest minority is those pvpers who use the forums..... of those there are likely only a few hundred :/

    I agree with mini here, cryptic lies!
  • ihaterickybobby1ihaterickybobby1 Member Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    marctraiderz wrote: »
    I agree with mini here, cryptic lies!

    Crtptic Lies? They would never do such a thing.:confused:
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