Grouping really sucks to play if you are not in NA

[pegrad]

so you rambled through a small novel to tell us what can be said in one sentence: There are more active NA Players than those of other time zones. So what do you suggest SSG should do, Sherlock, force NA players to stay up all night?

[simo0208]

Try building a character or two in some other servers. Some servers have better non-NA player bases than others.

[MaximumCharisma]

Sarlona has an active Chinese population. They play during the times that you seem to find most convenient. They also tend to host a lot of groups and join them as well. Everything from R8+ rxp dailies to en daily runs to raids and such. Because of my schedule here in NA, my play times are more compatible with when Chinese players are online and I would probably have re-quit this game if it were not for the ability to group with them.

You should try Sarlona and see what you think.

[Enoach]

One of the things about the DDO servers is that each server seems to have different demographics.

While it may seem difficult right now, it is actually a valuable idea to check out the other servers to see if they have populations that match your time of play.

[BoBoDaClown]

One of the things about the DDO servers is that each server seems to have different demographics.

While it may seem difficult right now, it is actually a valuable idea to check out the other servers to see if they have populations that match your time of play.

I did this when I returned to the game. All the servers were pretty anemic in the early hours. The only one that seemed livelier was the default at the time.

Perhaps things are different now or I got a non representative result.

[BoBoDaClown]

so you rambled through a small novel to tell us what can be said in one sentence: There are more active NA Players than those of other time zones. So what do you suggest SSG should do, Sherlock, force NA players to stay up all night?

Love the empathy

To the OP: yes, late night play in DDO can be frustrating. I think there was a snowball effect of people leaving the game once the population reached a certain lack of size: people left because there was no one to group with. This is why there is such a discrepancy between NA and other populations. This has plateaued (or actually, may have even improved - I used to see 65ish in the who tab. It doesn't seem to get this low now).

An idea, which you might already do: Find someone to play with regularly during your time zone. Start Legendary TS on the difficulty you two can duo. Fill in progress - it normally fills if people can see it progressing. Finish TS. Then do Fire on Thunder. Probably half your raid will stick around, so it will fill fast. Make sure your characters can cover roles, stats needed etc. I'm a late night player and this works for me.

[boredGamer]

Love the empathy

I love the request for empathy when always asking everyone else to change for him. But literally starts off his post stating why he won't change for others.

Also - Cannith is way more active during NA daytime than any other time. By 9 or 10 MT it's mostly dead. 10am or noon is great. I guess this makes it european. Or just people not at normal 9-5s. Doesn't really help asia timezones.

OP - could try scheduling a raid at your time. It might even become a thing !

[Xanthrawl]

TL : DR

If I were to begin playing a Korean MMO, I would assume that the PuG scene would not be great during most of my free time. Idk why this needed a thread (as I didn't read your wall), but good luck with your grouping woes.

[BoBoDaClown]

TL : DR

If I were to begin playing a Korean MMO, I would assume that the PuG scene would not be great during most of my free time. Idk why this needed a thread (as I didn't read your wall), but good luck with your grouping woes.

Healthy MMOs have a robust grouping scene around the clock. I'm not in the DDO doomed camp. In fact, I think the game has improved, with perhaps a resulting small increase in population; however, DDO is, unfortunately, long past the easy grouping around the clock stage.

[Question2005]

Healthy MMOs have a robust grouping scene around the clock. I'm not in the DDO doomed camp. In fact, I think the game has improved, with perhaps a resulting small increase in population; however, DDO is, unfortunately, long past the easy grouping around the clock stage.

They do, yea. Even in Vindictus, which has NA and EU specific servers, I can get parties for most end game stuff very quickly. But with the way DDO handles raid timers, most people just wait for scheduled raids with the best group they can get to do the highest difficulty they can, because thats what the game tries to get you to do.

[BoBoDaClown]

I love the request for empathy when always asking everyone else to change for him. But literally starts off his post stating why he won't change for others.

I read the whole thing as probably bleary eyed frustration.

[Question2005]

Love the empathy

To the OP: yes, late night play in DDO can be frustrating. I think there was a snowball effect of people leaving the game once the population reached a certain lack of size: people left because there was no one to group with. This is why there is such a discrepancy between NA and other populations. This has plateaued (or actually, may have even improved - I used to see 65ish in the who tab. It doesn't seem to get this low now).

An idea, which you might already do: Find someone to play with regularly during your time zone. Start Legendary TS on the difficulty you two can duo. Fill in progress - it normally fills if people can see it progressing. Finish TS. Then do Fire on Thunder. Probably half your raid will stick around, so it will fill fast. Make sure your characters can cover roles, stats needed etc. I'm a late night player and this works for me.

My guild easily has 30-40 people on during NA peak times, especially if there are scheduled raids that day.

So far ive only found one other person who lives in a similar time zone as me in the guild.

One other perosn on my friend list has a similar timezone, but she plays very infrequently and we often cant group due to different level ranges. Infact, the last time we were able to group was more than 3 months ago.

I add people to my friend list as much as possible...but most of them are not online much, or am online when i am unable to play. A lot of the people i see online in the who tab are afking or about to go to sleep. My peak times are pretty much NA early morning...so while theres a few people whos staying up late, most people have already headed off to bed or am about to.