This isn't a flame post just seriously this game is so quiet i love the game but I'm thinking of quiting for one reason it seems so dead to me might as well be a single player game plus the fact all the people my level are alts and i find it very hard to team with them as there usle all in the same organization all re rolled together with a full group with there mains helping them. anyone else think this game is very quiet?

I have to go hide to get away from all the people, don't know where you are hanging out.  Yes, a lot of the lowbies are alts, but a lot of them are not...just watch the neutral newcomers OOC channel from the starter island to get an idea.

yes but then yesterday i rerolled a NT and there was 3 ppl talking on newbi nute channel for a good 3 hours with no one eles talkin what so ever p.s im in RK1

Yeah, it's pretty dead nowadays, especially if you're trying to level a lowbie toon in the Shadowlands. The best advice I can give you is to try and find an active org to join, it might help some with finding people to team with.

is omni more active? cos atm im clan

I play as clan on RK1. And I've see people in OA all the time (EST).  SL seems less populated in nascence. The lowbie hangout spots seem to be becoming less populated. Making harder for those returing to the game with no org (like me). But its far from dead.

I just did my annual unsub.

It is hard to explain but the hangouts have shifted. I have a 213 doc that can't find a team. Only kite teams in Ely and all are expected to pay for team invite. I'm now past that part of the game, I don't want to see another kite team again.

But when I stopped logging in, it was when the new titles came out so everyone was title farming on BSs. Not actually playing to win but just there to drag out the fight to get title points, so I got tired of it.

I can't see how anyone can get to 220 in a timely manner anymore, everyone is a T5 twink now. I think they should make it so you HAVE to lvl to 220 for the good stuff.

I'll probably be back next year like usual. My org is falling apart so I doubt I'll have a city when I get back, not that my org was worth a shit the last time I played.

its just such a shame to see a grate game like this die.

today for example i was in clan ooc i said "anyone about want to team for totw" no replys about 2 years back  i wouldent need to ask for a team just go there and there was 30 odd ppl waiting out side for teams.

I play on rimor and the game (while not dead) has lost a fair amount of players.  I wonder if it is basically cyclical as AO players wonder what else is out there and try out new games, discover other games lack AO's compelling nature, and then return a year later after having gone thru numerous other MMO's.  Thats basically what happened with me.  One thing I learned though, never play a korean MMO. 

I started playing around 4/5 days ago and I was actually surprised to see so many people. I was expecting to see very few buy to my shock there wasn't. The newbie channel had a good few people chatting in it. Plus, I'm sure the majority of new players aren't chatting while playing anyway. Though people may read the chat channel, they don't necessarily type in it ;)

It depends on alot of things: there are more European players than North American, mainly because it's a European ( at least I think Norway is in the EU, someone correct me if not ) company and more known there. So you'll find more players at EU times usually. A lot of U.K. players, as well. Also, a great number of players have jobs or are students, so it can get especially quiet during the week.

As far as finding out how many players are on, that's what OOC is for. Alot of people, as Lydon pointed out, watch the channels but don't always get involved. it's all about making conversation. hell, I've had convos in OOC on topics ranging from which ugly woman would be prettiest after a six-pack, to discussing the theories of applying quantum physics to cheese sauce.

I've also used the looking for team menu to find players and send them a tell saying "Hey, wanna do some missions or something while you're waiting for your (whatever ) team?" and had them say "Sure, no prob.".

You also have to remember that many people like to grind out some of their token in the early levels, and after level 50, getting missions close to home ( either Athens or Rome ) rarely happens. So you have players spread out all over the world doing missions, quests, and whatnot.

The Ao population is nowhere near huge, but it's not tiny either. The trick is just finding them.

The low ebb for AO was back right after WoW started and before the free account program. You could spend hours in West Athens and not see anyone. Now, there are people running about there 24/7 and the population has been steady for some years.  OOC activity is not an indicator of anything other than hom many motor mouths are logged in at the moment as most people either don't watch OOC or stay silent in it.

Havent played the game in over 2 years, it's sad to see the game population going down, AO is such a great game.  I remmeber back then, at the Omni-Ent BB it was always full of peoples hanging around, there and at the Trade Grid Point.

Originally posted by Aguitha

Havent played the game in over 2 years, it's sad to see the game population going down, AO is such a great game.  I remmeber back then, at the Omni-Ent BB it was always full of peoples hanging around, there and at the Trade Grid Point.

You'll find the same crowds of Omnis' at Rome Blue Basic  and at the Borealis grid. Still some who hang at the Trade grid, as well.