"Daishi;c-2111971" wrote:
I admit I am curious if CG merged 10 shards and the split them back out while keeping the top 50 of each shard together and just randomly shuffling the rest, how many in each newly shuffled shard would rise? The top 50 is usually the most active and devoted to that fleet or arena, they're mostly in the shard chat and working together to help everyone get the best payout possible.
If the bottom 51+ were shuffled I'm not sure how many would rise into the top. Yes there would be some shard that became more or less competitive based on how that shuffle went, and it might be worth exploring as a test.
To those who want a FULL shuffle, or a split, it's just not reasonable.
I think when CG talks about the size of the shard it is only counting active players.
I don't think it actually had more players in it than other shards, just more active players. My buddy who has long since quit was in that shard. He would complain about falling into the high thousands in one day after climbing below 1000. The shard had everyone active, not just the ones at the top like most other shards.
