The Great PoE Monster Count!

With the implementation of Incubators in the Legion League, we have been given an unprecedented opportunity to easily gain accurate monster counts on a per-map basis. This is very useful information to have as we can use it to empirically determine monster density in each map as well as how various sextants and prophecies affect this density. At first I thought I could do this myself and with maybe a few friends, but I quickly realized how many potential factors can affect monster counts and decided to try and get the community involved so we can develop a very large data set.



HOW TO PARTICIPATE: I have whipped up a Google survey form here: https://forms.gle/zW6sYW6EbxLJjP8D6



Follow the instructions on what information to fill in when and submit a response for each map you run. There is no need to alter your normal patterns of play in terms of using sextants or prophecies as every data point is useful in the long run as long as they are accurately recorded and we get enough of them. If anything, "clean" maps with no sextants/prophecies/Masters will be most useful in establishing a baseline, though with how many different league mechanics can spawn nowadays that significantly affect monster counts, I realize that may be hard to achieve. Nevertheless, I think if we get enough data points we should be able to analyze the average value of each mechanic to get accurate baselines for each map. If this seems like it's taking off I will make the response spreadsheet available to everyone to peruse.

This will require thousands of responses at the very minimum to allow for detailed analysis of each map, so everyone please consider participating at least a little bit! Also, is it possible to request the mods to sticky this post? I also welcome suggestions on ways to improve the survey form as I just whipped it up last night and may have missed some prophecies or whatever.