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Development / Re: Retention Revisited
« on: August 14, 2011, 05:04:24 AM »So, I did the numbers.
Now then, methodology here is not compatible with my continent-by-continent data. That data is in three categories: registered, active in past 3 days, and active in last 24 hours. It has no measure whatsoever of "characters currently present and non-paused on continent." The noble counts that go realm-by-realm measure nobles, regardless of activity. So these numbers cannot be meaningfully compared to my other numbers.
Winners in EC: Perdan, Westmoor
Losers in EC: Caligus, Ibladesh, OI, Sirion, SoA
Break-Even: Fontan
Winners in Atamara: Barony of Makar, Caergoth, Coria, Minas Ithil
Losers in Atamara: Cagilan Empire, Carelia, Darka, Eston, Suville, Talerium
Break-Even: Hammarsett, Tara
Winners in the Colonies: Lukon, Outer Tilog
Losers in the Colonies: Assassins
Break-Even: Giblot, Minas Thalion, Oritolon
I see no correlation between hegemony and retention in the Colonies, but maybe I don't understand it well enough. I'm not familiar enough with EC's politics enough to comment meaningfully.
Atamara is interesting, though. The biggest losers are Carelia, Cagilan, and Eston: countries I regard as primary belligerents (or at least they were when I was last there). Other losers are "primary allies" of belligerents: Talerium, Suville, Darka. Winners SEEM to be the less heavily involved nations: Hammarsett, BoM, MI, Caergoth. Outliers may be Coria and Tara. I'm not super-familiar with present Atamara diplomacy, so maybe someone else can flesh this out.
It has occurred to me that big wars may result in hero deaths, deportations, and executions. I am curious how much of the decreased noble counts seen in belligerent nations is due to these effects.
Um, I have to disagree with these numbers if this means what I think it does. Does "winners" indicate realms that are gaining nobles? Because I know for sure that Coria has steadily lost nobles over the past year. A year ago we had around 40 nobles or more, now we are around 20. So Corai would definitely be in the "loser" category.