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Alliance / Horde Ratio Over Time
28 July 2006 | PlayOn authors archive
We were also interested in looking at the Alliance vs. Horde ratio over time. For example, are there incentives to reach parity or do imbalances create increased skews? What we found was surprising in that no significant shifts over time were seen. The ratio of Alliance and Horde appeared incredibly stable over time.
Of note, while there was a severe Alliance imbalance on the PvE and RP servers, there was a matched equilibrium on the PvP server. Again, neither changed over time.
Server Sample: RP (High), PvE (High), PvP (High)
Sampling Period: July 2005 – January 2006
Sampling Resolution: ~12 minutes
Parsing Method: The sample unit is each unique character in each 2 week period.
Data Filter: Characters above level 1 and who spent less than 95% of their time in a main city.
Sample Size: ~100k characters in each 2 week period
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July 31st, 2006 at 4:34pm
Posted by Kotaku
Horde/Alliance Ratios Stable Over Time
Weary Kotaku Scout, rest your pink-and-chartreuse-seared eyes by laying them on this tasteful graph. There, there. At right are the charted results of a study conducted by PlayOn, who reports that the ratio of Horde to Alliance players is actually…