Guild Wars 2

Blackgate has the highest capture volume and highest overall activity level this week. Either they are pushing or they have the highest overall population.

Sea of Sorrows did much better than I expected. For some reason they are fighting more than they did over the past month. I would love some insight to what changed there.

I will post my estimated activity levels vs the actual activity levels for this week when I get the chart together.

EDIT: Capture volume was down globally, -10%. Kills were up globally, +45%.

Very interesting. Was just looking at our new matchup and wondering about why we keep getting those servers much higher from us. Then I look at Kills per Server chart, and there we are practically nearby to our new enemies. Looks like kills are something new match setups rely a lot more now.

Then again, maybe its just GH. I don’t know about other servers much.

Torque, is there any way to check activity by account and location of that account over the last year (server wise)? I assume it’s only ANet that has this info.

One thing that really torques me (yes a pun) is that people assume “mass transfers, ET influencing BG a ton, etc.”

In short, from what I’ve seen is that people are just playing their accounts again. Our SEA guilds picked up (SEPH <3), our OCX picked up, more people on for NA. But it’s the same people that were here a year ago (with some small exceptions with people getting off JQ or YB and some ET people).

Any way to get that detail or not?

Naithe.4271:

Torque, is there any way to check activity by account and location of that account over the last year (server wise)? I assume it’s only ANet that has this info.

One thing that really torques me (yes a pun) is that people assume “mass transfers, ET influencing BG a ton, etc.”

In short, from what I’ve seen is that people are just playing their accounts again. Our SEA guilds picked up (SEPH <3), our OCX picked up, more people on for NA. But it’s the same people that were here a year ago (with some small exceptions with people getting off JQ or YB and some ET people).

Any way to get that detail or not?

I think you meant to post this here in the “how is population calculated” post: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/How-is-server-population-calculated

This thread just presents raw activity data. Try to keep up.

The sass is real! Ok fair enough, so we don’t know. But it’s not answering exactly what I’m asking. Basically activity by account over time (last year) so we can see what’s really going on.

It’s something that has always bugged me because it’s not just about balancing servers, it’s about how much ANet puts capital into keeping WvWvW a relevant game mode.

Thanks!

Next week’s activity chart is going to be rather interesting since the matches are all reset and several servers changed their position in tier.

Chaba.5410:

Next week’s activity chart is going to be rather interesting since the matches are all reset.

pfft. next weeks activity report may be currently probably broken. I think all the alpine stuff is in the objectives api so it may not matter for this report. I will have to check.

It does look like the score reset though. I wonder what is going to happen to the glicko this week.

Chaba.5410:

several servers changed their position in tier.

The matchup colors aren’t the same throughout the week? doh!

I should be able to correct for that.

Each API pull is internally consistent … I hope.

Hi TorquedSoul,

I’m not sure if you can do this, but I would imagine this takes into account the server merge i.e DH representing both DH and FC?

I was wondering if you have the data for the weeks prior to the merge?

Reason I’m asking:-

1) I would expect that the server merge, if people enjoyed the server merge, the activity for the merged servers would increase vastly.

If…however, it is the contrary, I would expect only a small increase in contribution…if at all.

Whilst I’m aware that the current data will show both efforts of both FC and DH, I hope you understand the reasons I’m asking

A PM or instructions as to how to get these data myself is appreciated

Thanks

TorquedSoul.8097:

Chaba.5410:

several servers changed their position in tier.

The matchup colors aren’t the same throughout the week? doh!

I should be able to correct for that.

Each API pull is internally consistent … I hope.

I am guessing you haven’t looked at the match-ups.

Chaba.5410:

TorquedSoul.8097:

Chaba.5410:

several servers changed their position in tier.

The matchup colors aren’t the same throughout the week? doh!

I should be able to correct for that.

Each API pull is internally consistent … I hope.

I am guessing you haven’t looked at the match-ups.

I haven’t checked who was what color. I thought that was what you meant when you said the switched positions in the tier.

The API is treating this was the same match that is all I know at this point.

smashie.3074:

Hi TorquedSoul,

I’m not sure if you can do this, but I would imagine this takes into account the server merge i.e DH representing both DH and FC?

I was wondering if you have the data for the weeks prior to the merge?

Reason I’m asking:-

1) I would expect that the server merge, if people enjoyed the server merge, the activity for the merged servers would increase vastly.

If…however, it is the contrary, I would expect only a small increase in contribution…if at all.

Whilst I’m aware that the current data will show both efforts of both FC and DH, I hope you understand the reasons I’m asking

A PM or instructions as to how to get these data myself is appreciated

Thanks

Overall activity did increase after the linking but this was the result of fight activity. Capture activity went down.

I think the kill activity went up as a result of maps being more crowded. The shift to Alpine maps should see this trend continue.

As far as DH + FC, their changes followed this same trend. Capture volume dropped by about 10% and fight activity increased by 43%.

TorquedSoul.8097:

Sea of Sorrows did much better than I expected. For some reason they are fighting more than they did over the past month. I would love some insight to what changed there.

Thanks for noticing, but honestly I can’t say why, as I am on GoM and just started working with SoS since the server link. Perhaps just the return of WvW players with the recent changes, as seen elsewhere.

Why do you keep posting these?

They have no real relevance on anything! Not on activity, not on population.

The Ventari Ele.5812:

Why do you keep posting these?

They have no real relevance on anything! Not on activity, not on population.

Feel free to disregard the one I post on Monday.