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Inkblack Puppy Farmer Vault WDA Offline _,\|,, Posts: 1553 Joined: Sep 10^th, 2009 Gender:	Some Numbers Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 9:23am	Print Post
	I got hold of some old numbers to estimate DDO's playerbase. This isn't from my usual source, it came in from a round about method. Khyber server: 85,000 accounts that play at least 4 hours per month Average playtime is about 25 hours per account per month in those accounts I'm not sure I buy it, but thought I'd share. I didn't think this belongs in VaultLeaks.


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Flint Stormreaver Piker Offline I'm a Halfling on the EDGE! Posts: 567 Location: New Jersey or Armpit of the US Joined: Jul 20^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #1 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 10:01am	Print Post
	Well at 25 hours per month that's less than a hour a day. So I wouldn't be shocked it that number is true. Remember I have 3 accounts and can triple box them. And I know a few other guildies that can do the same.


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Schmoe Epic Poster Offline One world, one soul Posts: 4219 Location: A chair Joined: Jun 9^th, 2010	Re: Some Numbers Reply #2 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 10:47am	Print Post
	Interesting. Last I saw, Khyber and Argo were the two most populated servers by a considerable margin. Going by those numbers, here is some more speculation: Assume the average account pays $4/month (even I do that, and I haven't purchased any points since February), that makes $340k/month from Khyber alone, or $4 million a year. With 6 servers, we can safely assume that Turbine is bringing in at least $20 million a year from DDO. At 85k accounts playing an average of roughly 1 hour/day, that means there are roughly 3500 accounts on at all times. Adjusting for peak/off times, there are probably 7k+ accounts on during peak times and maybe 1k during off hours. I'm not sure what sort of resource requirements an active player has on the server, but given the amount of lag we see during peak hours, I doubt the servers are specced to handle much more than an additional 30% of what we currently see, which would mean Khyber can probably support another 25k active monthly accounts. If we assume Khyber and Argo are the most populated, you can probably safely estimate that Turbine can support another 200k active monthly DDO accounts before we would see another server. All of this, of course, is purely based off my own speculation

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JDollar Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Swarthy as fuck Posts: 5380 Location: Uttering "death threats"! Joined: Jun 24^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #3 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 12:01pm	Print Post
	Schmoe wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 10:47am: Interesting.� Last I saw, Khyber and Argo were the two most populated servers by a considerable margin.� Going by those numbers, here is some more speculation: Assume the average account pays $4/month (even I do that, and I haven't purchased any points since February), that makes $340k/month from Khyber alone, or $4 million a year.� With 6 servers, we can safely assume that Turbine is bringing in at least $20 million a year from DDO.� At 85k accounts playing an average of roughly 1 hour/day, that means there are roughly 3500 accounts on at all times.� Adjusting for peak/off times, there are probably 7k+ accounts on during peak times and maybe 1k during off hours. I'm not sure what sort of resource requirements an active player has on the server, but given the amount of lag we see during peak hours, I doubt the servers are specced to handle much more than an additional 30% of what we currently see, which would mean Khyber can probably support another 25k active monthly accounts.� If we assume Khyber and Argo are the most populated, you can probably safely estimate that Turbine can support another 200k active monthly DDO accounts before we would see another server. All of this, of course, is purely based off my own speculation From my experience Khyber>>>>>>>>Argo>>>>>Thelanis>>>Sarlona/Ghallanda

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arkohighstar Ex Member	Re: Some Numbers Reply #4 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 1:42pm	Print Post
	JDollar wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 12:01pm: From my experience Khyber>>>>>>>>Argo>>>>>Thelanis>>>Sarlona/Ghallanda I would lower Argo on the list compared to Thelanis these days, the population there has definitely dipped in the last year.


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Asketes Puppy Farmer Offline Perma Posts: 1371 Location: California Joined: Aug 16^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #5 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 1:43pm	Print Post
	Quote: I would lower Argo on the list compared to Thelanis these days, the population there has definitely dipped in the last year. can we correlate Godh to this?


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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9985 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #6 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 2:09pm	Print Post
	And don't forget that G-Land received the European Refugees. ( even if it was just a jumping point for a not negligible number of them )

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Schmoe Epic Poster Offline One world, one soul Posts: 4219 Location: A chair Joined: Jun 9^th, 2010	Re: Some Numbers Reply #7 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 2:27pm	Print Post
	So what you are all trying to say is that: Khyber >>>>>>>>>>>> All Ok, thanks.

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Draz Korthos Resident Offline You need some drazinyourpants�. Posts: 61 Location: In your pants Joined: Jan 22^nd, 2010 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #8 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 2:41pm	Print Post
	Schmoe wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 2:27pm: So what you are all trying to say is that: Khyber >>>>>>>>>>>> All Ok, thanks. As it does in most ways. Draz

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flynnjsw Shroud Slacker Offline F U All!!!!!! Posts: 1216 Joined: May 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #9 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 4:16pm	Print Post
	Draz wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 2:41pm: As it does in ALL ways.� � Draz Fixed


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Belwaar Shroud Slacker Offline Posts: 1017 Location: With Hordo's Mom Joined: Jun 30^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #10 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 5:08pm	Print Post
	flynnjsw wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 4:16pm: Fixed A lot of wisdom in this post...

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JDollar Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Swarthy as fuck Posts: 5380 Location: Uttering "death threats"! Joined: Jun 24^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Some Numbers Reply #11 - Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 6:19pm	Print Post
	Schmoe wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2011 at 2:27pm: So what you are all trying to say is that: Khyber c=======8 All Ok, thanks. fixed

	Quote: J$ can take great pride that I think he's too revolting for words and will probably post "gtg cat on fire" if he joins a group I'm in. Quote: JD is easily the most genuinely mean person I've known Quote: SNAP!� Point for the Canadian! notajedi wrote on Mar 14^th, 2013 at 6:47pm: JonnyD has had way better exploits.
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