As always, I can't distinguish which server is doing what, because colourblind.  :/

Also: fuck epic rats.

Sim-Sala-Bim wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2014 at 3:01am:

The problem with an all-server total is it would compress the graph range, lowering the detail considerably.   Consider that the peak value for the combined would be, on the 3-ear graph, over 1 million, [those were the days!] which will compress the individual traffic into 1/5th the space.

I could break down and add a second axis to the graph for the all-server total, but honestly, that's going to confuse a lot of people.

Meursault wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2014 at 9:27am:

Server average on the other hand would work fine, in that it wouldn't disrupt the graph scale or data presentation. However even there, there's Wayfinder, which will single handedly pull it  wayyyy down towards zero.  Or Orien.  Whichever is lower.

And … can't everyone see the average with their eyes as it is?

itsmineisawitfirst wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2014 at 6:07am:

The card mechanic traffic burst is comical.  And was painfully easy to call in advance.

On a plus note, since the game API is long since broken, at least the Oracle's guild data numbers aren't being pulled low by the endless collection of level 4 alts. Making lemonade!

Meursault wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2014 at 9:27am:

The date the report was run is at the top of the page, if that helps?

AtomicMew wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2014 at 3:35pm:

It could be off, or it's a metaphorical statement about when Wayfinder will have a player base.

Persiflage wrote on Jun 24^th, 2014 at 7:06pm:

Sorry man.  Coming up with that many discernible colors at all was a trick.  Check the LotRO graph for a serious color fail.  [And yes, there was an attempt at line patterns.]

The Oracle wrote on Jun 24^th, 2014 at 5:35pm:


I'd be happy to have the average of all but Wayfinder. Actually, I'm happy to have whatever you are willing to do, I certainly don't mean to look a gift horse in the mouth!

But personally, I fairly often pull up a rectangle to get estimates of each server at a given point and add them for a total. I like to consider percentage drop between 2 points in time, and I have a hard time eyeballing that. An average line would be a nice addition.

and why is the X(close) button on the lower right, instead of upper right   

The Oracle wrote on Jun 26^th, 2014 at 1:34am:



Your handle is on the lower right side of your toilet tank? Weird. Mine is in the upper left. Are you in Europe? Do you have extra-fancy toilets?

The Oracle wrote on Jun 26^th, 2014 at 1:34am:


LOL, no, by no means do a "one off" for me!

I meant that I don't really care about wayfinder, so including or excluding it didn't matter and if you were inclined to add an average line but worried about Wayfinder dragging it down, then dropping Wayfinder might be a solution.

And I'm honored that even got a "maybe", thanks 

Persiflage wrote on Jun 27^th, 2014 at 5:05am:

I don't know how much work you're interested in putting into viewing them, but you could probably save a copy of the image and use an image editor to make a global color substitution - first replace one of the line colors for neon orange, then replace all of the other line colors with grey.

Do I recall you saying you use Linux? If I'm correct in that, you could set up a shell script to download the files with wget and then script the change (I think it's ImageMagick that's the scriptable image manipulation program, but maybe it's Gimp). Windows probably has something similar available, but I'm even less familiar with Windows image manipulation