Anyone know the cutoff for "There are few players remaining on this map..."

[Druitt.7629]

How low does the population of a map have to go before you get the message ("There are few players remaining on this map...") and offer of reward? How few is "few"?

 

I've read somewhere that the maximum number of players on a particular map is 150. Is that true?

 

When we say "map" I assume we mean a particular process on a particular (real world) region's server? So if there is a max limit of 150 and there are 15,000 players running a particular map, there are at least 100 similar map processes running. They cover the same area of Tyria, but the state of events, patrols, spawns, etc, are different, correct? (At least when I take them up on the reward for leaving a sparse map, I end up in the same place but usually with a a different state of affairs.)

 

On a sided note, I've been burned a couple of times when switching to a new map in ways that are logical but that might initially be unexpected: 1) your in-flight status is not preserved so if you were hovering over a spot on your Skyscale, you'll end up on the surface below, which might be a bad place to spawn, and 2) since the state of events is different you might end up spawning right on top of the Champion who wasn't there on the previous map.

[Krzysztof.5973]

I love when the map I just joined with 40-50 people is closing during HP runs. The criteria is more than just numbers of players on that one map.

[Healix.5819]

The maximum number of players varies by map. A normal map is around 80 and a portion of that is reserved for people that join groups. Volunteering doesn't mean your map is empty, it means the map that overflowed to create your map has emptied.