Which side is more populated?

I've been playing the game for a couple of weeks now and I am finding that I am usually the only person online on the Republic side. I know the release of the expac for ST:O probably impacted the number of players but, could someone tell me, on average, how many people on line when they are playing?

Thanks. :)

Most people play Republic side but I believe SWTOR playtime took a hit when the Romulan faction was released for STO. Many of our members are also Stonewall Fleet members and I knew this was going to be a bit of a problem when I saw the advert for the new faction. I, unfortunately, have not been able to log in to play because I have been house sitting for a friend that has satellite internet and it's done nothing but rain the entire time I've been here. Satellites don't work when it rains, the signal dies almost instantly. I will be home soon and will be able to log into play then. What time do you usually play? A lot of our members live in England or Europe so the timing can get a bit weird. I don't know what the reason our US players aren't logging in but that's probably the bunch that plays STO a lot. The Romulan furor should die down a bit as most of them will be at max level soon and hopefully returning to SWTOR. That's if the devs don't do something to piss everyone off again. They've been particularly good at doing that a lot lately.... :whistle:

Mac - I prefer the Republic side because I tend to equate myself as a good person. I have one toon that I am working on that is going dark side as little change of pace but I am not adverse to playing the Empire side if the majority decides to play it. :)

Iter - OMG! That has to suck! I would totally being having withdrawals. Since I am not in school right now, I play a lot during the week. I am a total gamer so I tend to play all day long. :) Right now, I am limited on the weekends to playing in the evening PST but my entire schedule could change once I am back in Houston. I figured that LoR pulled a lot of people from the game so I was just wondering, in general about the numbers. I am sure once the fervor of LoR dies down, more people will wander back in. I did see Mikial briefly last night as I was close to logging and was doing some space missions.

You're not kidding about withdrawals! :blink: :pinch: :blink: They started about day 3, I tried to log in to any of the games I play and the latency was so bad I couldn't do anything. >1000 on both home and world. I'd try to cast something and it would show up about 10 secs later. It was almost funny, except the npc monsters weren't suffering from the latency and were hitting me bigtime. I died several times in that attempt and finally gave up. I wanted my cable internet!! :angry:

I LOVE your little ferret hoodie! It's soooo cute! :)

Thanks! That's Marvin, Stuart Little's third cousin, twice removed. Hehe!