Online Players?

[DarkThroat]

I really miss playing MGO2, and MGO3 hasn't launched on PC yet. I got the sudden hankering for some good ol' MGO2 and I was wondering how many players are usually online at a given time? I don't really want to hack my primary PS3 so I was thinking of buying a secondary PS3 specifically to play MGO2 on, but before I do that I just want to know if there's a fair number of players that play on a daily basis.

[SolidSnake93]

I'd say it's an average of 40-45 people online. I've seen it in the upper 50s.

It also depends on the time of day. It seems the majority of players are European, so take their time zone into account.

[DarkThroat]

How long does it usually take to get into a match? Do the players stick to one game mode or do they keep it fresh and varied?

[SolidSnake93]

Not long at all. I rarely find myself waiting to join a room. For example, right now there are seven different rooms up, some of them are Knife rooms, others are RES or TSNE, some CAP and TDM. This tends to be the norm. Some hosts use Unique Characters (e.g. Liquid, Mei Ling, etc.), others don't.

You'll find yourself in rooms with a variety of maps, similar to how MGO games used to be; C.C, U.U, F.F, A.A, W.W and S.S seem to be the most popular.

It's a shame but you never see Sneaking or Stealth Deathmatch games really. I think part of that is because it's always the same people hosting. Not many people can host since they haven't Demilitarized their router, presumably.

[RAGE_09]