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June 13, 2005
Guild Involvement
Server Sample: RP (High), PvE (Medium), PvE (High)
Sampling Period: 6/2/2005 6:00 pm - 6/7/2005 3:00 am
Sampling Resolution: ~16 minutes
Parsing Method: The sample unit is each unique character. Each character was tracked across the server logs. Total playing time, lowest observed level, highest observed level, guild affiliation, and zones seen in were parsed.
Data Filter: None
Sample Size: 62,962 characters
Overall, 55% of characters are in a guild. If we exclude all level 1 characters, the overall average is 62%. As the graph below shows, about 90% of characters are in a guild after around level 43.
Posted at June 13, 2005 02:45 PM
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