Are you sure? I see four. Do I need to move to make my two easier to see?
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Well, no, when you get right down to it, I'm not at all sure.
My vague memory is that you are the two that I noticed. There are definitely people I remember - 1 Ton Hammer, for instance, has been there I believe every time I have checked.
The author of these surveys makes no promises of their accuracy. He is dependent on the data provided by his field crew, the 15 heroes who actually risk their lives and go check the live servers. They log on, spin around, and sometimes if I remember jump up to where you are standing in addition to checking the steps. Unless I get distracted by a hot looking hero. Or a tell. Or trying to figure out if someone standing there is just standing there or standing vigil. Or someone says something in SaveCOH channel. Or the phone rings.
Ignoring entirely the distraction factor, whether I see you is heavily influenced by when I have/make time to relog around looking for people. NCsoft has been making my life difficult with all these extra maintenance events. As a complete aside, one computer professional to another, just what the hell do these guys in the MMO industry DO with that much time for a maintenance event? I've built entire server rooms in less time than they get for maintenance events. Maintenance windows in my industry are measured in minutes and seconds per month, not hours per week. SHeesh, nice work if you can get it I guess. But I digress.
I look at the figures I am recording as a minimum, and have no illusions I'm seeing everyone who is there. The main reason I see the numbers as worth posting in the forum here (besides some recognition for the people contributing their time) is to give people a guide to which servers need more coverage. This becomes especially apparent if you look at the spreadsheet I linked somewhere above, and should again
Vigil sampling spreadsheet All times given are whatever time zone this forum is running taken from the forum post, which I consider my official record. The spreadsheet is simply a handy compilation.
Notice that there are servers which almost never have anyone standing vigil. What I usually do is run around and do my survey as quickly as I can manage, then park a few of my own heroes in the gaping holes in that night's coverage. Verizon wireless has been pretty shoddy the past few days, and I keep getting them all dumped while I'm asleep, but at least there's somebody there for a while.
