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Does Population Algorithm Miss Boycotts?
Checked the World statuses just a few minutes ago and NSP has opened.
As I understand things, this means the Population Algorithm has responded to WvW activity on NSP dropping below the benchmark, but I’m not sure its been able to discern why.
NSP currently has two links, and they were able to push up into T2, but now is open.
Made me think about players boycotting a matchup, and whether servers will open because there is new content to play and activity will possibly wane for a bit.
Anyone with insight on this and whether the algorithm would be affected by a boycott to playing in a particular matchup?
Based on previous threads the algorithm should be multi-week and account for things like this unless it is sustained population decreases.
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I have zero idea on NSP geodemographic.
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BlackGate has been gaming the pop algorithm for years. And the devs always fall for it.
Gamers are very good at figuring out how to exploit systems. That is to be expected. But the devs in this game have never understood that basic truth when it comes to keeping WvW competitive.
Boycotting may be irrelevant in this context. The links are ANET’s way to match manipulate (ironic really). So between DB’s pop and its links…they might overwhelm the other two servers.
BlackGate has been gaming the pop algorithm for years. And the devs always fall for it.
Gamers are very good at figuring out how to exploit systems. That is to be expected. But the devs in this game have never understood that basic truth when it comes to keeping WvW competitive.
Moment to the moment the game might feel competitive, but WvW will never be competitive simply because population coverage wins matches that exceed 15minutes to 2 hours. Semi-persistent pvp sounds nice, but it won’t be “fair” forever. Maybe the Devs understand that basic truth.
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I have zero idea on NSP geodemographic.
So why did you bother saying anything in this thread? :p
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I have zero idea on NSP geodemographic.
So why did you bother saying anything in this thread? :p
It is like a “in before assumption” thingy
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I have zero idea on NSP geodemographic.
So why did you bother saying anything in this thread? :p
It is like a “in before assumption” thingy
IKR? We wouldn’t want to waste bandwidth.
Checked the World statuses just a few minutes ago and NSP has opened.
As I understand things, this means the Population Algorithm has responded to WvW activity on NSP dropping below the benchmark, but I’m not sure its been able to discern why.
NSP currently has two links, and they were able to push up into T2, but now is open.
Made me think about players boycotting a matchup, and whether servers will open because there is new content to play and activity will possibly wane for a bit.
Anyone with insight on this and whether the algorithm would be affected by a boycott to playing in a particular matchup?
Based on previous threads the algorithm should be multi-week and account for things like this unless it is sustained population decreases.
I cannot quote the thread , but I was under the impression it is not a one week process. That is was more of a multi week rolling average.
I also do not think we have seen Arena net ever give the details. Most likely because with details, it becomes easier to game it.
Blackgate has been the most effective at it, but other servers have done it some too.
Regardless of the system, people will game it. (There is a whole thread about someone likely killing their own alt over and over to keep participation up)