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July 28, 2006
Alliance / Horde Ratio Over Time
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
Posted at July 28, 2006 01:31 PM
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