Is my server list broken or coincidence?

(doxjq) #1

Here in Aus we don’t get as many servers as USA and Europe but where the hell has everyone gone?

Even last week during the week we would have 15-20 servers running at night and they were all full. This is usually pretty standard for peak times. During the day we would usually have around 10 servers running.

This week we’ve had 2-5 servers running, even during peak times.

I’m not sure whether my list isn’t updating properly or what, but it’s concerning. I would say Overwatch hype has killed the player base, but it’s only been happening this week and Overwatch was released last month.

Starting to wonder if my server list just isn’t updating properly and showing me all the servers?

Anyone else in this region having similar issues?

(ImSploosh) #2

I have had issues previously with U.S. servers. At one point, there was only about 20 people online in total, playing Objective (for all U.S. Servers). This was according to the server list.

There were 0 games for me to join because there was 2 or 3 full servers and a server with 1 person in it. I waited like 30 minutes, hopped on again, and there were a lot more servers with people.

Not sure what happened or if everyone just decided not to play at that time. My guess was that maybe servers crashed simultaneously or something?

(BananaSlug) #3

yup, i had that problem few times too

(doxjq) #4

It’s just weird, 2-3 days now we all of a sudden seem to have like 50-75% of the player base, it’s really confusing me haha. If it happened the same day OW came out I would understand, but I dunno. Frustrating! I’m partially convinced I’m just not seeing the full server list.

(Ardez1) #5

@Dox

What filters?

(Amerika) #6

What’s funny is DB not only didn’t take a hit from OW’s release but has gained players.

I have an idea of what could be causing it. I’ll see what I can find out and get back to you. You can always ping me on steam/discord too.

(neverplayseriou) #7

What’s funny is DB not only didn’t take a hit from OW’s release but has gained players.

I have an idea of what could be causing it. I’ll see what I can find out and get back to you. You can always ping me on steam/discord too.[/quote]

Db doesn’t need to gain more players, it needs to keep it’s older players.

Would be cool if we could see how many of those left when ow got released.

(Ardez1) #8

What’s funny is DB not only didn’t take a hit from OW’s release but has gained players.

I have an idea of what could be causing it. I’ll see what I can find out and get back to you. You can always ping me on steam/discord too.[/quote]

Db doesn’t need to gain more players, it needs to keep it’s older players.

Would be cool if we could see how many of those left when ow got released.[/quote]

Not really possible to track those numbers, although it would be interesting. Just don’t make assumptions before you have data. :slight_smile:

(Amerika) #9

What’s funny is DB not only didn’t take a hit from OW’s release but has gained players.

I have an idea of what could be causing it. I’ll see what I can find out and get back to you. You can always ping me on steam/discord too.[/quote]

Db doesn’t need to gain more players, it needs to keep it’s older players.

Would be cool if we could see how many of those left when ow got released.[/quote]

People change games all the time. It’s pretty natural. I’ve gone through streaks where I don’t play DB for quite a while and then come back to it. I do that with virtually all games. I still play Q3 and CS to this day…just not as often. I do this to keep the game fresh for me and not ever over play it like some people tend to do (and then a lot of them turn into cynical sh*t posters). It would be interesting to see who all has left but most likely a lot of people didn’t flat out leave. They just spread time between multiple games. I’m currently spreading time between a lot of games. One of which I can finally talk about this weekend \o/

(doxjq) #10

Yeah that’s what I was getting at Amerika. I don’t think it’s anything to do with OW, but I couldn’t think of anything else it could have been either haha.

@Ardez, same filters as always. Just “has players” and set to objective/stopwatch. All the servers are there it’s just like the players vanished, but I’ve had phases before where my server list would never properly update so it always made the player base appear smaller than it was. Probably happening again. No biggy really.

(neverplayseriou) #11

What’s funny is DB not only didn’t take a hit from OW’s release but has gained players.

I have an idea of what could be causing it. I’ll see what I can find out and get back to you. You can always ping me on steam/discord too.[/quote]

Db doesn’t need to gain more players, it needs to keep it’s older players.

Would be cool if we could see how many of those left when ow got released.[/quote]

People change games all the time. It’s pretty natural. I’ve gone through streaks where I don’t play DB for quite a while and then come back to it. I do that with virtually all games. I still play Q3 and CS to this day…just not as often. I do this to keep the game fresh for me and not ever over play it like some people tend to do (and then a lot of them turn into cynical sh*t posters). It would be interesting to see who all has left but most likely a lot of people didn’t flat out leave. They just spread time between multiple games. I’m currently spreading time between a lot of games. One of which I can finally talk about this weekend \o/[/quote]

well I do actually think a lot of the older players left to ow simply because ow is a well developed/polished game and db development is doing well uh quite terrible the last few months tbh.

(doxjq) #12

Developed? Since their update I can’t use 75% of the heroes because the update removed all my “all heroes” controls and if I try to change any controls for any hero specifically or the all heroes ones, it comes up with “connection to server lost” and logs me out.

So basically right now I’m limited to using 3 characters because if I select any of the ones I don’t have controls set to, I can’t even move.

No, going back to default is not an option for me. I use bizarre layouts with invert mouse and all sorts of crap.

The most annoying part is due to the size of the game, I made a bug thread about it and within 12 hours it was already on page 9 in the bugs section :expressionless: So no response, not entirely sure what to do about it.

Sorry for the rant, but that game is just as buggy as this one hah. Tonnes of friends having full screen problems, input lag problems, resolution problems etc.

(neverplayseriou) #13

[quote=“Dox;189083”]Developed? Since their update I can’t use 75% of the heroes because the update removed all my “all heroes” controls and if I try to change any controls for any hero specifically or the all heroes ones, it comes up with “connection to server lost” and logs me out.

So basically right now I’m limited to using 3 characters because if I select any of the ones I don’t have controls set to, I can’t even move.

No, going back to default is not an option for me. I use bizarre layouts with invert mouse and all sorts of crap.

The most annoying part is due to the size of the game, I made a bug thread about it and within 12 hours it was already on page 9 in the bugs section :expressionless: So no response, not entirely sure what to do about it.

Sorry for the rant, but that game is just as buggy as this one hah. Tonnes of friends having full screen problems, input lag problems, resolution problems etc. [/quote]

well that’s something that doesn’t affect everyone, I’ve not heard anyone complain about smthn like that. In db everyone gets affected by a patch which they already cancelled a week before seeing that there was smthn wrong with it.

(neverplayseriou) #14

yea, I would like to request a permanent ban from these forums @Amerika no point in being on a forum on which I can’t even voice my opinion.

(Amerika) #15

Heh, I can’t play it in fullscreen or any party invite gets totally borked. If I try to chat the text screws up for about 30 seconds and no inputs are registered. If I go borderless fullscreen it fixes all of those issues but then the game randomly drops me down to 60hz instead of 144hz and I have to go back to full screen again. I also randomly record at below 1080p because of the resolution scaler being dynamic and no way to shut it off entirely and sometimes it will set a video record to below what it should be which makes creating any content a nightmare.

The point is all games have issues sometimes. CS:GO is plagued with all kinds of issues pretty consistently too.

Back to the topic…there are some people looking into it shortly @Dox

(Amerika) #16

I don’t ban people unless they violate forum rules pretty heavily/consistently and Raziel has been consulted and gives the OK. Which has always been the policy on this forum.

A lot of people report problems on this forum I have never witnessed. I do what I can to help them identify the actual problem though because it produces results and gives resolutions. A lot of times their issues has nothing to do with the game or is a very easily fixed problem. Which is much better than going around and spamming how awful something is and treating every thing that is reported as if it’s ammunition for that person to use to get their GAMER ANGER out there for reasons I’ll never understand.

(neverplayseriou) #17

So I gotta offend/harass people to get a ban, lol

anyone happens to have the post jesus got banned for? ^^

(classyRequiem) #18

No one denied you voicing your opinion, you made a false statement and were countered with logic.

(neverplayseriou) #19

No one denied you voicing your opinion, you made a false statement and were countered with logic.[/quote]

? Its not even about anything in this thread or anything connected to amerika…

not to mention where did I exactly get countered by logic?

(arcaneCanvas) #20

No one denied you voicing your opinion, you made a false statement and were countered with logic.[/quote]

? Its not even about anything in this thread or anything connected to amerika…

not to mention where did I exactly get countered by logic?[/quote]

not by logic, but by user experience.
and by the way, OW is not a very good game.
some people got their processor overworked while playing OW and they have to buy another.

just because it has that “HIP, COOL, WOW” artwork doesnt mean that the game is graphically good.

i got bored right after the 10th hour i played OW, its just not a better subtitute for the cocain-i mean Rage filled game like DB.

you cant just get the same satisfaction like skillfully throw Stoker Molotov and burned the whole team and be proud.

in OW i can just play XxXEdgyHeroXxX (reaper) and walk to enemies then i win.
i can play bastion then win.

comparing it to DB is just isnt the same and isnt as cocai-i mean Rage induced as DB

PS. if you want to get banned go apeshid.