111868-megaserver-feedback-thread

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Hi all,
 
Please share with us your thoughts regarding the information posted here;	
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It is cool that you finally did this, it is a drag that I just paid $20 less then 2 weeks ago, before any of this was thought of.
So props, but I feel like I've had a large bird fly over be, and now I have a messy head  :(	
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Yeah, I'm gone. Thanks for everything but my community is now being dissolved.
 
Well done. Every choice this team makes is the wrong one for me. I am sorry my sub renewed this weekend.	
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I'm hoping I'm reading things wrong...but as a person on Evindra I am deeply saddened...
genuinely saddened...
 
Would it not have been better to merge all the RP realms into one on the EU side and on the NA side just have the one RP server? Even going forward with this mega server you've presented an RP channel seems awkward to me as it is sounding. It basically is a zone/region wide channel if I'm  reading right, which isn't good for RP beyond organizing massive events...
 
If I'm reading how this RP channel works wrong, please correct me. However from what I've read it does not help make a friendly RP environment and instead stacks on to the /say range issue, where there is just so much clutter and interference it can make RP unfriendly...	
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Personally I hate the idea of a megaserver.
 
 
I much prefer the 3-4 servers that you guys are pushing to now.  I support that decision, I don't support just having one giant server everyone is on.
 
 
I think if you did a poll you would see an overwhelming majority of people favor 4 servers to one giant one.	
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			As a casual roleplayer, I do NOT want this to happen. I know us roleplayers are not the big money audience, but we do keep games alive past their death dates. Come on.. :(	
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I ask why the RPers feel bad about it? I was told most of the people on that server don't RP anyways? I mean guilds can still be guilds...?
 
(but i do agree, the RP realms should have stayed their own.)	
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I ask why the RPers feel bad about it? I was told most of the people on that server don't RP anyways? I mean guilds can still be guilds...?
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Yeah, I'm gone. Thanks for everything but my community is now being dissolved.
 
Well done. Every choice this team makes is the wrong one for me. I am sorry my sub renewed this weekend.
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So now those people who were toxic and jumped to a different server will be back with the original player base again with the mega servers. I'm ... I'm really not sure how I feel about knowing the jerks that left, because progression wasn't "fast" enough for them, will be back. Much less that guilds with the same names are going to be forced to give up their name if they don't have seniority. And new server firsts? How do you suppose you do that for cooking and other crafts? Remake everything again?
 
I am just... confused by this. 
 
Edit:
 
TL;DR Megaserver Feedback Consolidation Post - Here	
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For all that is holy, please do NOT merge Evindra with a PvP server or even a normal PvE server.
 
There's a reason people rolled on Evindra, and that's for RP. If you're just going to make it like every other server, than what's the point? People will get harassed and laughed at when they were just trying to enjoy the game, and it'd be a lie if anyone said that there wouldn't be griefers. That, and I have a feeling that the people who were trying to avoid RP will now have it shoved in their faces.
 
Either make an RP-PvP server and merge us with that, or just keep Evindra completely seperated. Otherwise, this is just going to end in disaster for all those involved.
 
 
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I ask why the RPers feel bad about it? I was told most of the people on that server don't RP anyways? I mean guilds can still be guilds...?
 
(but i do agree, the RP realms should have stayed their own.)
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For all that is holy, please do NOT merge Evindra with a PvP server or even a normal PvE server.
 
There's a reason people rolled on Evindra, and that's for RP. If you're just going to make it like every other server, than what's the point? People will get harassed and laughed at when they were just trying to enjoy the game, and it'd be a lie if anyone said that there wouldn't be griefers. That, and I have a feeling that the people who were trying to avoid RP will now have it shoved in their faces.
 
Either make an RP-PvP server and merge us with that, or just keep Evindra completely seperated. Otherwise, this is just going to end in disaster for all those involved.
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Since everyone here is being a naysayer and complaining that their community of 15 roleplayers is going to have less people to play with, I implore you to band together with your tight knit community and take advantage of the free transfers to increase the community you've been wanting for so long on another server.
 
I for one am extremely excited to finally be able to play with people again.  Many of my friends have transferred away, and now those of us that stayed will be able to play with them again.  A few of my friends will certainly be returning to the game, as now their playtimes will be full of interaction with other players instead of by themselves.
 
I do find it annoying that they kept it secret this long, milking people for transfer money, as paid transfers should never be to find a functioning population.
 
Cheers for a much needed (although a month too late) bit of server transferring.
 
All in all a good thing I guess.
 
itt: the only people that RP in wildstar	
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Yeah, I'm gone. Thanks for everything but my community is now being dissolved.
 
Well done. Every choice this team makes is the wrong one for me. I am sorry my sub renewed this weekend.
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Ah crud, that means my storyline of Kael on Evindra and Stormtalon is wrecked, doesn't it. This is making my head hurt.
 
Where is Evindra going to go when it gets merged?	
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Awesome!
 
BUT, I HATE the idea of forcing us to have last names.
 
HATE HATE HATE, get rid of this and I'm fine!	
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I agree. I think they're all over-reacting.
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I ask why the RPers feel bad about it? I was told most of the people on that server don't RP anyways? I mean guilds can still be guilds...?
 
(but i do agree, the RP realms should have stayed their own.)
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			I really do not get the RP melodrama. You are being given a UNIQUE channel to do your RP in, region wide so you don't miss people who happen to be in a different shard than you. And people that DONT want to hear it, DONT have to join it. It's a really ideal compromise. Yes, I'm sure you would prefer to have your own server and keep all the "riff raff" away from you, but is it REALLY a game breaker that you RP in /rp instead of /say?	
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For the RP crew,
 
I'm going to paint the target on my back here and say that, the very, VERY sad truth is that we couldn't justify a megaserver JUST for RP.
 
Believe me, I'm gutted. I play on Lightspire myself and have always championed RP communities in MMOs, I've played on them in my personal and professional time and always found them to be wonderful places.
 
We will introduce a new RP Chat Channel, and combined with Circles, Guilds, and Housing I still *genuinely* feel WildStar has a lot to offer an RP Community. But I know many won't see it that way, will be fearful of sharing a realm with normal gamer folk and this will be upsetting news for them.
 
I can only apologise and say we did try to consider it, but in the end the cruel math of logistics won out.	
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I hope the RP community (even if I never RP'd) stick around and don't take this in hastily, as they have been an overall positive influence in relating information through these forums to the devs and community.
 
Personally I think this is a step in the right direction, now please open up paid transfers from PvE to PvP please!	
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Awesome!
 
BUT, I HATE the idea of forcing us to have last names.
 
HATE HATE HATE, get rid of this and I'm fine!
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because for RPers, the most important thing ever is immersion. and having Non-RPers drive their hoverboard through you, dance around you and spam stuff during your RP pretty much destroys that. 
 
This is a REALLY bad move for Roleplay.
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I really want to know how this affects the people who already have a last name in game with like JohnnyMcMayon and so. What's going to happen to their names now? JohnnyMcMayon III?
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RP actually happens. It's a thing. It'll make public RPing that much harder, and will probably end up confined to housing at this rate if at all.
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Can we get something that allows us to also transfer over guilds completely, so that we don't end up in a barren wasteland for a month? Or have to level *again*
 
Thanks in advance	
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PLEASE DON'T MAKE SURNAMES A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CHARACTERS.
 
My handle has been "Baelix" since 2004, and always hated surnames - please make them optional! :)	
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So, what you're saying is that there are no non-RPers on Evindra currently. Don't be silly. As Tex has said before. It's not about the RP, it's about the general vibe of the server. You won't have that server vibe any more, but you can certainly make up for it in Guild vibe.
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I have 3 characters on one server, and I am seeing free transfer(s) being offered. Is it for all 3 on that same server?
 
edit: don't really know what to say about megaservers. seems fine to me. I don't RP, so I can't address that aspect of it.	
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I am fine with the megaserver.
 
I am less fine with forcing me to have a last name.  Do what other games do, append an X if there's a duplicate, and offer a one-time rename for free.  Surnames are a human problem and while it is true Aurins seem to have them, there are many that may choose to not have a surname.  I am one of those.  My surname is part of my name.  Imukai.  Kirukai.  Torukai.  Can you guess my surname?
 
I won't quit over it, or sling poo.. I'm just disappointed that this is being forced on me.	
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For the RP crew,
 
I'm going to paint the target on my back here and say that, the very, VERY sad truth is that we just couldn't justify a megaserver JUST for RP.
 
Believe me, I'm gutted. I play on Lightspire myself and have always championed RP communities in MMOs, I've played on them in my personal and professional time and always found them to be wonderful places.
 
We will introduce a new RP Chat Channel, and combined with Circles, Guilds, and Housing I still *genuinely* feel WildStar has a lot to offer an RP Community. But I know many won't see it that way, will be fearful of sharing a realm with normal gamer folk and this will be upsetting news for them.
 
I can only apologise and say we did try to consider it, but in the end the cruel math of logistics won out.
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Hi all,
 
Please share with us your thoughts regarding the information posted here;
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			Awesome news; I can imagine this will be a little rough on the RPers, but overall I think this is an important direction for the game's long-term health.	
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			Thank you Carbine!!! You made my day!!	
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So I know it's a long shot but...
 
 
<Voodoo> transferred last night to Pergo because we had no answers on the new "tech" that was coming and Pago had very low recruitment pool.   It was a tough decision, but we probably ended up spending $600+ in transfers because of this decision.  Literally 12 hours before free transfers were opened up...
 
Is it possible for some sort of refund to be enacted or are we dead in the water?	
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			Forced last names is kinda lame.  But the rest of it is great, individual servers is such an outdated concept and, considering how much was already cross realm, it was baffling that Wildstar didn't launch with this.  Knowing that its something they've wanted from the start and couldn't implement until now explains a fair amount.	
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PLEASE DON'T MAKE SURNAMES A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CHARACTERS.
 
My handle has been "Baelix" since 2004, and always hated surnames - please make them optional! :)
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For the RP crew,
 
I'm going to paint the target on my back here and say that, the very, VERY sad truth is that we couldn't justify a megaserver JUST for RP.
 
Believe me, I'm gutted. I play on Lightspire myself and have always championed RP communities in MMOs, I've played on them in my personal and professional time and always found them to be wonderful places.
 
We will introduce a new RP Chat Channel, and combined with Circles, Guilds, and Housing I still *genuinely* feel WildStar has a lot to offer an RP Community. But I know many won't see it that way, will be fearful of sharing a realm with normal gamer folk and this will be upsetting news for them.
 
I can only apologise and say we did try to consider it, but in the end the cruel math of logistics won out.
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Soooooooooo
 
everyone going to Hazzak EU in the meantime then?
 
Cant understand people bitching about this. Everyone is moaning that their servers are dead, Carbine are sorting it by having everyone on the same server (pvp/pve). Great move. Last names so people cant *cupcake* about losing their names (although i note someone above is ALREADY bitching about having a last name....jebus)
 
Roleplayers are literally the only people who can have a SMALL gripe and if getting laughed at for roleplaying is that big a deal then i dont know what to tell you. Roleplay a happy person who doesnt get annoyed at being laughed at by jerks.
 
This is EXACTLY what wildstar needs right now. Lets hope it isnt too late, and we can manage to get all the lost guildies back into the game.	
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So I know it's a long shot but...
 
 
<Voodoo> transferred last night to Pergo because we had no answers on the new "tech" that was coming and Pago had very low recruitment pool.   It was a tough decision, but we probably ended up spending $600+ in transfers because of this decision.  Literally 12 hours before free transfers were opened up...
 
Is it possible for some sort of refund to be enacted or are we dead in the water?
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			Are last names optional or mandatory. 	
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I'm not completely 100% sure the surname is mandatory, it read like it was only for name duplicates, but then again, I read pretty fast, so I'm sorry if I missed it. 
 
 
I think the RP community wouldn't like the hashtag anymore than they like the immersion being ruined.
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Could someone answer me? Can I transfer all my characters for free right now?
 
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For the RP crew,
 
I'm going to paint the target on my back here and say that, the very, VERY sad truth is that we couldn't justify a megaserver JUST for RP.
 
Believe me, I'm gutted. I play on Lightspire myself and have always championed RP communities in MMOs, I've played on them in my personal and professional time and always found them to be wonderful places.
 
We will introduce a new RP Chat Channel, and combined with Circles, Guilds, and Housing I still *genuinely* feel WildStar has a lot to offer an RP Community. But I know many won't see it that way, will be fearful of sharing a realm with normal gamer folk and this will be upsetting news for them.
 
I can only apologise and say we did try to consider it, but in the end the cruel math of logistics won out.
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How I feel:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE
 
 
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Are last names optional or mandatory. 
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PLEASE DON'T MAKE SURNAMES A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CHARACTERS.
 
My handle has been "Baelix" since 2004, and always hated surnames - please make them optional! :)
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So I know it's a long shot but...
 
 
<Voodoo> transferred last night to Pergo because we had no answers on the new "tech" that was coming and Pago had very low recruitment pool.   It was a tough decision, but we probably ended up spending $600+ in transfers because of this decision.  Literally 12 hours before free transfers were opened up...
 
Is it possible for some sort of refund to be enacted or are we dead in the water?
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might be to little to late for me :(
time will tell, if this and patches happen befor my sub ends.	
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I am happy, overall. More people! More PvP, more dungeons, more world bosses, ee!
 
The last name stuff is kinda lame...especially since some of us sat painstakingly through the whole name-reservation fiasco (I got very lucky -- I got my name on my 10th-ish try).
 
Where my name is probably across several servers, I'm bummed 	
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			Great news, more people around, more people to group with, looking forward to the change.	
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Could someone answer me? Can I transfer all my characters for free right now?
 
edit: :(
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I took my name after Mandy from 24 (http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Mandy)
 
She has no last name (it is unknown).
 
This is why FORCED last names absolutely BLOWS. I just want to be Mandy.	
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Rather than merging the RP realms into one megaserver, is it a viable option to just leave them alone as they currently are?
 
Sure we might not be the most populated servers out there, but if we're going to die out anyway, I'd rather be left to die slowly than be put to death by this move.	
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			Mandatory surnames? No thanks.	
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If we are going to have to have 2 names, does that mean we are getting free name changes to?
Because one of my names will just not work with a surname.	
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			I've gotten into good RP guilds, so I won't be directly hit too hard, but this WILL destroy the casual RP crowd. For the folks that rolled on RP servers, that's a really low blow...	
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^
 
This Looks like Blizzard is getting my money from here out
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			Need to know something. One of my characters have its first and last name together, so I am wondering if I can edit the name when we are required to apply a last name. 	
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My guess is yes. I don't see any sort of listed restrictions on the free transfers.
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			i bought a credd, so i can comeback when. this and a few other changes go live.  this is a good change. no complaints from me.	
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Surname question
 
Will you give an option to show or hide your surname?  Similar to Guild, titles, and circle tags?
 
and thanks for the continued pop in to help clarify this big move.	
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For the RP crew,
 
I'm going to paint the target on my back here and say that, the very, VERY sad truth is that we couldn't justify a megaserver JUST for RP.
 
Believe me, I'm gutted. I play on Lightspire myself and have always championed RP communities in MMOs, I've played on them in my personal and professional time and always found them to be wonderful places.
 
We will introduce a new RP Chat Channel, and combined with Circles, Guilds, and Housing I still *genuinely* feel WildStar has a lot to offer an RP Community. But I know many won't see it that way, will be fearful of sharing a realm with normal gamer folk and this will be upsetting news for them.
 
I can only apologise and say we did try to consider it, but in the end the cruel math of logistics won out.
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For the RP crew,
 
I'm going to paint the target on my back here and say that, the very, VERY sad truth is that we couldn't justify a megaserver JUST for RP.
 
Believe me, I'm gutted. I play on Lightspire myself and have always championed RP communities in MMOs, I've played on them in my personal and professional time and always found them to be wonderful places.
 
We will introduce a new RP Chat Channel, and combined with Circles, Guilds, and Housing I still *genuinely* feel WildStar has a lot to offer an RP Community. But I know many won't see it that way, will be fearful of sharing a realm with normal gamer folk and this will be upsetting news for them.
 
I can only apologise and say we did try to consider it, but in the end the cruel math of logistics won out.
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			Please can we get an FAQ on how to use the Free Transfers. Also where are the Free Trasfers trying to get people to congregate on?	
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Any chance we can have a full name change ?
 
As we couldn't have a first and second originally, I coupled them together.	
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Good: Addressing the population issue and eliminating future population issues going forward, with glorious consolidation.
 
Bad: Some servers losing their identities (RP, for example) and any guild-name conflicts that may emerge.
 
Yes, RPers do want more than simply a chat channel. That only softens a pretty heavy blow to their community.
 
Unfortunately I do not think they're a large enough voice to make a huge change in the megaserver layout. What Carbine is doing really is the best for the entire game overall, and even though I am a RPer, I can support their efforts. They want to make the most of their infrastructure and give all players as much of a living world as is possible. A RP-only megaserver runs the risk of having low-pop problems (either right now or in the future).	
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Surname question
 
Will you give an option to show or hide your surname?  Similar to Guild, titles, and circle tags?
 
and thanks for the continued pop in to help clarify this big move.
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I'm still trying to figure out why people think an RP chat channel is such a godsend or will "fix the problem".
 
What makes you think it'll be super popular and used, and not just spammed like some Trade and Zone chats are? I'm geniunely puzzled and disappointed right now.	
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I like to RP, but I've never tried to RP in an MMO before, and I don't understand why someone would want to...  There's just way too many things that could go wrong with all the other players around.  If you want to PVE, you play a PVE-centric game, if you want to PVP, you play a PVP-centric game, if you want to RP, you play a game that was designed with that in mind and that lends itself well to the environment (space station 13, minecraft custom servers, etc).  MMOs sound like the worst possible environment to RP.  It would be like trying to LARP in the middle of a packed shopping mall.
 
Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed RP on occasion, but I seek out environments where it works, rather than trying to fit the environment to my RP...  I'm not trying to be harsh and saying you should go RP somewhere else, but you can't really complain when people start playing soccer in the middle of your RP session that you were having on a soccer field.  If you're insistent on using this environment, then obviously there will be obnoxious people that you can't really avoid, but sometimes you just need to grow some thicker skin and /ignore them.  At the end of the day its YOU who gets to decide whether or not YOU are having fun, not anybody else.	
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Too little too late. Your mega server is really just a server merge. It is sorta cute you call it a Mega Server.... but be honest it is just a beefed up server that can support the merging of all your dead servers into one.
 
With that being said..... completely stupid idea to merge RP into PVP into PVE .... that is just asking for community fallout.
 
Most people I know gave up on this game already and have moved back to their prior MMO or are waiting for new things to come..... the sad part is I did enjoy what this game was brining at first..... but now the novelty of your combat system is gone, I see the serious glaring issues that make me second guess why I still bother to even log in.
 
Standard MMO fallout I know, I know. But the point is valid..... your community is so small and daily they are leaving for other things..... your retension rate for your community is horrible and this game will be F2P in 6 months with a pay option to give your more goodies and crap....... pretty much just like SWTOR.
 
 	
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+1 for Megaserver (well I don't are about megaserver or any other way, but more player together is good)
 
-1 for RP guys. I don't RP but i feel bad for them
-1 for last name. Really... Last name??? I hate that. (especially with title... Feldyn IHateLastName The Hobo... REALLY?!?!)	
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Mandatory surnames? No thanks.
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Big. Headache. Last Names.
 
So now... the people who I have loosely made a char to RP as family with, who are away from the game atm, will come back to realize they need a last name and I have no way outside of game to collaborate on a last name with them so we match. .-. Can we keep the temporary last name for a few weeks, after returning to the game, while this all gets sorted out and then opt to change our temporary last name? Or at least make it an account setting where we can keep the temporary nameplace holder until we decide to change it. Please?	
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			Can't this be like a rapture for the RP community?  You guys are all swooped into a new planet very similar to your own with all kinds of new people / things to interact with?  You could totally put a positive spin on this.  I'll be your new guide, you can call me Eclips leader of the Roleplayers!	
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I'll ask Cougar/Dev, but LOCALLY I don't see it being an issue. But you would still need the full name for whispers etc (I think).
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Well, you'd already quit, so.............
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I'd really rather Evindra remain on its own.  But, since that's out of the question, and I understand, I'm not ever going to be the unconstructive one.  I will always be constructive.
 
So, could there be a way to "reserve" a shard?  So that the RP community can sort of check out a standalone shard for Wilderrun that could be run by a player (if that's an option) the way an instance raid is?  That way, we can throw a party in Wilderrun for a bunch of us without being trolled?  We can put together the organization, but we'd like to be able to avoid trolls.  Checking a zone out for ourselves and essentially running it like an instance (being able to invite people in and eject them) would be almost as good.	
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Eugh, another Evindra player here. None too excited about this megaserver thing. I mean, I get the idea of downsizing after the initial launch rush, but I don't know. I came to Evindra to RP and to get away from the general 'hardcore' PvE populace, not to mention PvPers in general (both of which tend to enjoy trolling the former). But its more than RP, its just... dunno, the sort of people the server attracts, and I don't think a 'special' channel will alleviate that.
 
On the brightside, I like the ability to make 12 characters. Not to mention last names. I was going to be absolutely FURIOUS if the name I paid for my main after reservation unlocked was taken.	
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			Im sorry for the rp people who feel so bad but guys, this is a good thing overall. I don't know much about the rp folks but you do dungeons and pvp too, right? then you will have more people to play. If you really like the game you can make it work! You can create guild or circles! look the bright side	
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			Okay what will happen to the RP servers being they are PVE are we going to merge with a regular  PVE server , Also Have you all consider making a worldwide and Nationwide Commercial to promote the game and get your name out like Rift Did and has World of Warcraft does? This might help the game of getting the name out to the public and get new subscribers	
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Ok, so here is where I'm going to differ from my fellow roleplayers on Evindra.
 
I believe that our community can survive the megaserver merge.
 
For those not on Evindra, what Tex, Scott, and others are worried about losing is not the RP - it's the accepting and friendly nature of the community.  Evindra and Lightspire have communities that support roleplaying but that more importantly work.  They work because players are not focused on just one aspect of the game.  They work because we talk to each other and help each other out.  Because we'll all go see someone's new house when they announce it, or because we'll all go descend on an NPC bar for some random silliness and fun.
 
It's not the game that makes this work, it's the players.  The merger is a threat to our community because it's adding a bunch of people who care more about the playing the game than they do about each other - at least, that's the fear anyway.
 
But like I said, I believe that our community can survive the merge.  It won't be easy.  It will require all of us Evindra/Lightspire folks to step up and be ambassadors.  We'll have to put up with idiots trying to disrupt our roleplaying.  We'll have to put up with stupid conversations in public channels.  We'll have to put up with a lot of people who simply don't understand why a community matters.  And we'll have to try to change their minds.
 
I'd like to challenge every other guild leader on Evindra - if you enjoy Wildstar, if you like the community we've built, then stick around and give it two months after the merge happens.  Keep doing the exact same things you've been doing.  Keep contributing to the community just like you have been when we were just the RP server.  Keep trying to show everyone just how awesome we were.
 
We know from these forums that the communities on Evindra and Lightspire have rescued subscriptions.  They've renewed players' interest in the game.  That's powerful.  It wasn't the 'RP' tag on the server that did that.  It was us.
 
We don't have to let it end.
 
The Black Dagger Society is going to keep doing everything we can to make our server community awesome - whether that's on Evindra, or on the newly merged megaserver when it happens.  It won't be easy, but worthwhile things usually aren't.  I hope that others will stick around and do the same.	
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By the Pale Tree, I see some major overreactions in this thread.
 
People say they want a fix for low population servers. They try to deliver something to alleviate the problem.
 
The RP community, which is lauded as more friendly and open-minded than 'those douchebags' on the PvP/PvE servers, is throwing a *cupcake* fit and closing the gates.
 
And for what? Scared of a few new faces? Some meaniefaces gonna muscle in on your open world rp?
 
It's not that big a deal, people. It happens. You learn to ignore it. Even if there are 'trolls' who would purposely try and screw up your rp, they're likely only doing it because they see such a fuss being thrown over it and will likely get bored within a week.
 
And with literally everywhere else in the world you can rp, it's not gonna bug you that much, I promise.
 
It's just...It strikes me as hypocritical is all.
 
Hell, how do you know some of the folks on these other servers won't jump into the rp themselves?
 
And that's ignoring the obvious boons a population spike will do for a server. I highly doubt that Evindra is going to turn itself inside out due to an influx of players from other servers.
 
Just give it a chance, jeeze.	
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Need to know something. One of my characters have its first and last name together, so I am wondering if I can edit the name when we are required to apply a last name. 
 
I would really like to know about this. :P	
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Hi, this has probably been expressed a lot, but I've been chatting with caydiem in twitch chat, and it was suggested I express my concern here after my points were made.I'm a roleplayer, and I feel like the megaservers would obliterate roleplay. Why? Let's take a look to PVP servers that had some RP-PVP fanatics go to them at launch for a moment. Sure, the game has those RP channels, but that never did stop from people trolling/griefing, what ever you'd like to call it, those RPers over on the PVP servers got pretty spat upon, and maybe even to this day they're getting jabbed at simply for enjoying that they do. Now imagine that, but on a massive scale thanks to your megaserver models.Plus, have you taken a look at your chat screen UI? I mean no offense, but posts absolutely fly by the screen even on Evindra alone. Megaservers? Good. Luck. Keeping. Up. With. RP.
 
I know, it sounds kind of silly, having a special Megaserver just for people like me, but it's really that extra step that you took in the first place that made us smile. You gave us one RP server, and even that obliterated the RP-PVP section of the Roleplaying community, spanning Pergo or Pago, I forget. Widow, and Evindra. With Megaservers we'd be closer together, but it would be so much harder to find each other, by abolishing the RP tag to servers entirely.Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of the megaservers, but.... I'm also looking at how wrong it can go with the examples I've provided.I hope this is considered.	
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I'm still trying to figure out why people think an RP chat channel is such a godsend or will "fix the problem".
 
What makes you think it'll be super popular and used, and not just spammed like some Trade and Zone chats are? I'm geniunely puzzled and disappointed right now.
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Okay, good thing on the whole megaservers. Should have been implemented from the start, same as the last names if you were going to go for them.
 
However.
 
Now that they are going to become mandatory, are we going to receive a character rename, if we so choose? I already have a last name added in my name and it will look utterly moronic to have two. Or should I dish out some cash and pay to have my character renamed, which doesn't really sit well with me at all?	
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Too little too late. Blablablabla
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I like to RP, but I've never tried to RP in an MMO before, and I don't understand why someone would want to...  There's just way too many things that could go wrong with all the other players around.  If you want to PVE, you play a PVE-centric game, if you want to PVP, you play a PVP-centric game, if you want to RP, you play a game that was designed with that in mind and that lends itself well to the environment (space station 13, minecraft custom servers, etc).  MMOs sound like the worst possible environment to RP.  It would be like trying to LARP in the middle of a packed shopping mall.
 
Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed RP on occasion, but I seek out environments where it works, rather than trying to fit the environment to my RP...  I'm not trying to be harsh and saying you should go RP somewhere else, but you can't really complain when people start playing soccer in the middle of your RP session that you were having on a soccer field.  If you're insistent on using this environment, then obviously there will be obnoxious people that you can't really avoid, but sometimes you just need to grow some thicker skin and /ignore them.  At the end of the day its YOU who gets to decide whether or not YOU are having fun, not anybody else.
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			Yeah, I think the majority of players will be against the surnames, they're a huge nuisance.	
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I ask why the RPers feel bad about it? I was told most of the people on that server don't RP anyways? I mean guilds can still be guilds...?
 
(but i do agree, the RP realms should have stayed their own.)
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I really want to know how this affects the people who already have a last name in game with like JohnnyMcMayon and so. What's going to happen to their names now? JohnnyMcMayon III?
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			Anyway i can just put a space between my name? right now its Pikeasey.. can i just make it Pik Easey?	
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Surnames will be forced if there's another "Baelix" (in your case) on another Realm. Surnames are applied to all, in this case so it's unavoidable.
 
Sorry!
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Can't this be like a rapture for the RP community?  You guys are all swooped into a new planet very similar to your own with all kinds of new people / things to interact with?  You could totally put a positive spin on this.  I'll be your new guide, you can call me Eclips leader of the Roleplayers!
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			If you're going to add a space for surnames, can you just go crazy and let us have 2 or 3 spaces?   "Abn the Dissatisfied"  "Abn the Complainer"	
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AS a roleplayer... I would rather there were NO designated RP Channels, because a regional RP channel sounds TERRIBLE (why do I want to sift through the things people are saying 20 miles away in order to see what the people I'M next to and interacting with are doing?) unless you plan on making an RP specific /say, /yell, etc, it's a terrible idea. An old, used bandaid and shoving roleplayers into a corner where, if they would like to turn off regional/global channels (like I do, since I can't stand them), you have potential for being harassed and griefed for using /say and /emotes in the vicinity of the people you're interacting with unless you're locked into your housing plot?
 
Yeaaaah... No thanks.	
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Plus, have you taken a look at your chat screen UI? I mean no offense, but posts absolutely fly by the screen even on Evindra alone. Megaservers? Good. Luck. Keeping. Up. With. RP.
 
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Don't devs know by now that RPers will stick with a game 'til the bitter end as long as you give them a place that's theirs.
 
Saying we can still RP is like having only a PVE server and telling PvPers they can still flag.	
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I'm still trying to figure out why people think an RP chat channel is such a godsend or will "fix the problem".
 
What makes you think it'll be super popular and used, and not just spammed like some Trade and Zone chats are? I'm geniunely puzzled and disappointed right now.
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So because it doesn't work for you, it doesn't work at all?
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Ok, so here is where I'm going to differ from my fellow roleplayers on Evindra.
 
I believe that our community can survive the megaserver merge.
 
For those not on Evindra, what Tex, Scott, and others are worried about losing is not the RP - it's the accepting and friendly nature of the community.  Evindra and Lightspire have communities that support roleplaying but that more importantly work.  They work because players are not focused on just one aspect of the game.  They work because we talk to each other and help each other out.  Because we'll all go see someone's new house when they announce it, or because we'll all go descend on an NPC bar for some random silliness and fun.
 
It's not the game that makes this work, it's the players.  The merger is a threat to our community because it's adding a bunch of people who care more about the playing the game than they do about each other - at least, that's the fear anyway.
 
But like I said, I believe that our community can survive the merge.  It won't be easy.  It will require all of us Evindra/Lightspire folks to step up and be ambassadors.  We'll have to put up with idiots trying to disrupt our roleplaying.  We'll have to put up with stupid conversations in public channels.  We'll have to put up with a lot of people who simply don't understand why a community matters.  And we'll have to try to change their minds.
 
I'd like to challenge every other guild leader on Evindra - if you enjoy Wildstar, if you like the community we've built, then stick around and give it two months after the merge happens.  Keep doing the exact same things you've been doing.  Keep contributing to the community just like you have been when we were just the RP server.  Keep trying to show everyone just how awesome we were.
 
We know from these forums that the communities on Evindra and Lightspire have rescued subscriptions.  They've renewed players' interest in the game.  That's powerful.  It wasn't the 'RP' tag on the server that did that.  It was us.
 
We don't have to let it end.
 
The Black Dagger Society is going to keep doing everything we can to make our server community awesome - whether that's on Evindra, or on the newly merged megaserver when it happens.  It won't be easy, but worthwhile things usually aren't.  I hope that others will stick around and do the same.
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As another Evindra player I was a bit saddened to see that Evindra and the other RP server would be lumped in collectively with other people that either will snub us away or tolerate us but ride through our RP out in the public game areas. BUT I don't see it as being the death of RP as we all know it on this game (the roleplay chat thing sounds a bit wonky and while they said they pretty much 'gutted' RP I'm still optimistic).
 
It'd be nice to run around a zone and hopefully get the group quests done and maybe even lessen dungeon, BG, adventure and other instance queue times down but as someone who plays on an RP server, its kind of disheartening but I'm used to playing with non-RPers on RP servers. The 12 character slots are a nice thing as someone who loves making alts and the last name being mandatory for those who share your current name is okay but I think another option for those who don't want to do that would also help.
 
Like someone mentioned before, I'm optimistic the community will last but also disheartened that RP has been put on the wayside.	
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Alright, I've been a huge cheerleader for this game for a long time, now, but I have to say this:
 
For a bunch who have claimed to be big proponents of the RP community, you guys are doing a hell of a lot to put RPers off with this megaserver business.  Personally, one of my biggest reasons for playing this game at all has been the fact that an RP server exists, where I can wander around the world and find other people who are similarly interested.
 
"But most RP happens on housing plots!" is a popular excuse that's tossed around.  Sure, that may be, and I greatly enjoy having my own little piece of Nexus where I can do whatever I want.  But I still enjoy being able to be out in the world with the reasonable expectation that the people I run into will at the very least be accepting of RP.  I don't meet new people just sitting and playing around at my own house.
 
"But there are already trolls on Evindra!"  Sure, that's true, but not nearly to the extent that I saw them in Beta.  I remember trying to RP with friends out in public in Illium, and immediately being targeted by trolls.  Ignoring them doesn't do anything, because they're still there.  I still see them and that in and of itself adds a level of discomfort that makes my experience far less enjoyable.  But that issue has been almost nonexistent since the game went live and I rolled on Evindra.  There have been one or two here and there, but nowhere near the numbers I'd seen them before.
 
"But there's going to be an RP channel!"  That's the lamest excuse of all.  That's tantamount to slapping a big, ugly band-aid on an extremely valid concern and telling everyone to shut up about it.  We already use channels to find each other on Evindra, but you offer this like it's supposed to be some solution to keep the trolls away.  But you know what?  The trolls're gonna know that channel exists, and they're gonna go there first to start trouble.  It won't be a solution for harassment, it'll be a magnet for it.
 
I do appreciate the effort you guys have gone to in order to find this solution.  I really do, and it'll be fine for people on PvP and normal PvE realms.  But for those of us who rolled on Evindra specifically to avoid these crowds?  You're basically showing a lot of us the door, and telling us not to let it hit us on the way out.  I've put up with bugs, disconnects and every other thing because I've been so damned enthusiastic about this title, but none of that has had me this close to considering voting with my wallet and walking away altogether.
 
You guys say you're listening, so how about putting your money where your mouth is on this one?	
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			Do we know if there has been any talk yet about Carbine offering like a free come back week to all existing account that have gone inactive? This would be a great chance after they do the merge to do that and show players what has been changed since they left the game, especially if there reason was low population.	
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			One thing I'm really concerned about is only having 12 character slots. Are you kidding me. I already have 6 on Thunderfoot, 3 on Evindra, and 1 on Avatus. I was eventually going to have 6 on Avatus, so that now means I need to delete my 3 Evindra ones? Give me a break.	
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While I do feel for those RPers that feel this will rob them of their community, I would like to point out that when they announced the change to attunement (with bronze being required instead of silver for vet dungeons), I recall the "hardcore" crowd screaming about how this was a "nerf," and many responded to this (including some of the RPers I see voicing their displeasure now) by pointing out that this change was necessary for the health of Wildstar as a whole - to retain current players and bring others back. This change is no different; it's just affecting (albeit negatively) a different subset of players. Not everyone may agree with it, but if you are truly rooting for this game for everyone who enjoys it, I believe your community can survive!
 
To those who are considering leaving the game due to this change to megaservers, I ask you to please consider how this change is also for the betterment of the game as a whole. If you truly want Wildstar to succeed, think of how necessary consolidating servers is at this point. 
 
NOTE: I have nothing against RP and would love to see it thrive in the game! I hope you all stick around and continue to make Nexus a better place :)	
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Ok.. hmm.. this is just my thoughts..
 
I am grateful for the merge and the fact that it will help gather the population. I trully really am.
 
What I am not happy with is the time it will take for us RPers to adapt and also I am not exactly thrilled about the forced surnames. Maybe the name of the characters should be handled in a similar fashion to the guild names? Or perhaps there should be an account 'name' that all characters have in common but you get to show the name you want (similar to other popular games).
 
Hope this works out.	
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			Yeah I guess it could be an opportunity to try RP without having to reroll somewhere where I don't have friends playing haha ;)	
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If as a guild we server transfer to a new, higher pop server and leave an alt behind to save the guild's progression. How do we know that our guild back on Mikros will merge with the new higher pop server during the 4 megaserver release. i.e Does it matter which server, Stormtalon, Caretaker, or Avatus we choose to server transfer to during the 3-6 weeks before Megaservers are released to guarantee that we end up on the same realm as our guild so we can keep progression.
 
~Thanks, Ghenesis	
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I'm on Evindra and I approve this change.
 
I enjoy RPing but I play MMOs for a reason. If there aren't enough people to do in-game activities such as raiding then I might as well join an IRC and do my role-playing there. Form a circle, organize a neighbors list. The "community" won't die just because you can't circlejerk on the Illiad garden with two other people anymore. 	
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			If community is what you're worried about just roll everything in except Avatus. Most servers have decent community, but that's a cesspit. NO REASON OF COURSE.	
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What makes you think it WON'T be? It's really up to the RP community to make it work, isn't it? The RP channel perhaps could be used to coordinate events, get people to show up (sometimes, people who otherwise wouldn't!) instead of to actually RP in, or it can be used to RP in, and those that don't want to see it can turn it off. It's really up to the playerbase to make the channel work however the RP community feels it's best.
 
Sure, you'll have more jerks who spam annoying emotes now, but /ignore and move on. There are plenty of annoying people in the world, in and out of game. If you struggle to deal with them to the point that you would rather be on a dead server by yourself rather than deal with them, the problem is bigger than a megaserver...
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I am EXTREMELY upset about having required surnames.
 
I went out of my way to reserve the name "Allie" on every server except Thunderfoot, and I play on Pergo normally.  Since my server is PvP and Thunderfoot is PvE, we will not be interacting, and so I know there won't be any conflicts.  Do I still have to have a surname in this case?  I would be extremely disappointed if so.  I love having just my short, simple name, and would be very sad if I had to give that up.
 
On a lighter note, I am very much in favor of megaservers -- I know that it will breathe a ton of life into the game and always having people around will be very nice.  Just please find a way around surnames :(	
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			Surnames is absolutely AWFUL. Please add this to be optional.	
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Heh.. hehehe...
 
I see you haven't been witness to the authentic dead server experience yourself yet.  -_-
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Maybe the Rp'ers can band together and ask for an alternate subscription option - pay 5x the normal monthly sub fee to support an "official" RP server?  Or idk, maybe make some RP circles? You know, use the in game tools to play the game your way?  I get the "community" thing, but I also know through many years of MMO experience (and being on plenty of RP servers) that a very small minority of players on an RP server actually RP.  You are basically asking carbine for a "private community server,"  so that should cost a lot more than a standard sub, not that they would be willing to support such a thing (nor should it be expected.)
 
P.S. Surnames SUCK, please somehow make them hidden.	
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			I'm on Dominion side Mikros and I wanted to know,If as a guild we server transfer to a new, higher pop server and leave an alt behind to save the guild's progression. How do we know that our guild back on Mikros will merge with the new higher pop server during the 4 megaserver release. i.e Does it matter which server, Stormtalon, Caretaker, or Avatus we choose to server transfer to during the 3-6 weeks before Megaservers are released to guarantee that we end up on the same realm as our guild so we can keep progression?	
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Well atm, if you want to go from a PvP server to a PvE you are out of luck, and now stuck permanently.  You can not do that with the free realm transfer, and they have taken down the Paid Transfer service. https://shop.wildstar-online.com/product/prt
 
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Just confirmed with Couger on twitter.  All toons are now permanently stuck on PvP or PvE. No warning was given.	
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I had a bad experience in SWTOR when they did server mergers and lost my character's name to a level 17 alt, so I went and parked my name on all the servers while I had it locked down from the name reservation.  If I want to avoid a last name do I need to delete those characters before the megaserver merge, or will I have to get a last name regardless?
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Read my last two sentences...
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I do not Rp, but I play on an RP server. Why do I do this?
 
Firstly I find the community as a whole more helpful and talkative. People here are more respectful and actually have manners which is generally lacking on regular servers. Its a place where people can escape from the toxic players that always seem to escape any real punishment. (Too many companies refuse to actually say no to asshats. =/)
 
Secondly their world events. Whilst I don’t RP I will admit their events are rather fun and entertaining. I honestly don’t see how they will be able to hold these without attracting griefers on a regular server.
 
I can’t explain properly how positive and up-lifting the RP community is as a whole. While it might be a small minority of the populace it is a very important part IMO.
 
So my questions to Carbine is this… How can you as a company keep this population safe from griefers in the open world and in the channel?  Why can you not just leave the RP servers as is?
While I appreciate you all trying to keep the masses happy, I do think you should take a proper look into keeping the RP community safe and happy. They make the game so much more enjoyable. Will be sad to see them go “underground” just to be safe.	
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Sad day for RP'ers. Those "dedicated" RP channels are going to be abused and subsequently ignored. Unless they're heavily moderated, which seems unlikely. No possible way around that. It's also too bad for the people that roll toons on RP servers specifically to avoid the typical MMO crowd. Nowhere to hide anymore. Ugh.
 
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I'd really rather Evindra remain on its own.  But, since that's out of the question, and I understand, I'm not ever going to be the unconstructive one.  I will always be constructive.
 
So, could there be a way to "reserve" a shard?  So that the RP community can sort of check out a standalone shard for Wilderrun that could be run by a player (if that's an option) the way an instance raid is?  That way, we can throw a party in Wilderrun for a bunch of us without being trolled?  We can put together the organization, but we'd like to be able to avoid trolls.  Checking a zone out for ourselves and essentially running it like an instance (being able to invite people in and eject them) would be almost as good.
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For the RP crew,
 
I'm going to paint the target on my back here and say that, the very, VERY sad truth is that we couldn't justify a megaserver JUST for RP.
 
Believe me, I'm gutted. I play on Lightspire myself and have always championed RP communities in MMOs, I've played on them in my personal and professional time and always found them to be wonderful places.
 
We will introduce a new RP Chat Channel, and combined with Circles, Guilds, and Housing I still *genuinely* feel WildStar has a lot to offer an RP Community. But I know many won't see it that way, will be fearful of sharing a realm with normal gamer folk and this will be upsetting news for them.
 
I can only apologise and say we did try to consider it, but in the end the cruel math of logistics won out.
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For the RP community, for the Evindra community, I'll say this:
 
I will stay for a time. I will not jump ship until I see how it plays out. If I see it going as I've seen it go in other games, I will leave. But how can I know that's how it will go? How do any of us know if this will wind up being a good thing or a bad thing? Our housing RP community if very tight knit. For the most part (on Exile, sorry I don't know Dominion) we are very kind to each other. We can keep this going, there's no reason this should stop. We have a chance to bring in more people to RP, show them how fun it can be.
 
I understand we are the RPers of the game. And in other games we are crapped on over and over again. We're harassed, we're ignored, and to use a term mentioned before we are thrown under the bus. From other players and from developers. We're gun shy, every one of us is in some way nervous. And we have every single right to be. History has shown us how bad it can get. And it's not getting better in other games. Our faith is in low supply.
 
And that part is on you fine people at Carbine. The devs say they are listening, they have shown they are listening. Well for our community, to the Carbine staff, this is when we will really be testing this. I believe you will listen, but like the rest of our RP community I am simply scared for our future in this game. I hope, and I have faith, that you will show us you will remain there for us as well as the rest of the player base.
 
As for the game as a whole, not just our little community, I think this is a great choice for the future of the game. And no matter if it works out for us on Evindra or not, I am sure this will really help the game with a bright future.
 
(Disclaimer: All views expressed in this post are opinion. I do not claim to speak for ALL the RP community.)	
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I'm really worried about the dropping of the RP server distinction. I feel like it's going to dramatically decrease the number of people RPing. A region-wide RP chat will help a bit, but it's not enough to combat the problems of harassment, comfort, and discoverability. I would suggest in addition:
 
1) Some kind of RP flag. Make non-RPers aware of it by a tutorial pop up so that they know RP is a thing that Wildstar supports and encourages. This is huge, any kind of official acknowledgment really pushes people our way.
 
2) RPsay. You can't use the region-wide channel to RP or there will be a flood of messages coming from different spatial points out of earshot of each other. If you just RP in say, you invite trolls to harass you (which currently isn't an issue since RP-server is an opt-in thing). Roleplayers need their own in character say channel.	
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Sure, you'll have more jerks who spam annoying emotes now, but /ignore and move on. There are plenty of annoying people in the world, in and out of game. If you struggle to deal with them to the point that you would rather be on a dead server by yourself rather than deal with them, the problem is bigger than a megaserver...
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This is awesome.  I don't really want the last name thing to take place though, so I hope some other option can be taken into consideration.  Appending an x at the end of duplicate names after the xfer, and allowing people 1 free name change is a better solution.  There will still be naming issues if the population grows again, so I hope a better solution is found.
 
For the RP community, you guys need to grow up a bit.  I understand this is frustrating for you, just as much as it has been for the rest of the games population.  RP will still happen, and in fact the RP population will likely over double in size when this takes place.  I know a ton of RP'ers that do not roll on RP servers, because they are notorious for being dead servers quickly after release.
 
Great step in the right direction CRB, and I hope you can get this running without bugs.  The free server xfers will suffice for now, but DO NOT RELEASE this tech until ALL of the bugs are dealt with.  A smooth transition will gain for more subs than you currently have, but a buggy release of this megaserver could also kill you.  The true community isn't here B****ing at you to fix things.  We are here cheering you on to do them correctly, and in a timely manner.  Keep it going!	
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I'll ask Cougar/Dev, but LOCALLY I don't see it being an issue. But you would still need the full name for whispers etc (I think).
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			Someone give us some hard numbers on the amount of people in the RP community relative to the rest of the population.  It obviously isn't enough to warrant its own megaserver, but this is reality.  I think from a business perspective, you cater to the 98% of the population having a shitty experience rather than the 2% of roleplayers that are going to have a less than ideal experience, (especially when it comes along with the trade.)	
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			Thank you for killing our RP servers with this stupid megaserver crap, Carbine. Your channel for RP won't be enough to keep it from being drowned out. If RP dies, I'm going to leave this game for good.	
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Please reconsider having a seperate RP server. It will please your community, and help in the long run.
 
If you can manage the amount of servers you currently have now, you can manage one additional RP server.
 
Our community is everything to us, and taking that away is just a slap in the face.
 
Please Devs, Listen to us. This is important to us. You made a game that is an RP'ers paradise. Don't kill it off.	
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			With the implementation of mega-servers, will there be any guild functionality added? Perhaps in game ways for un-guilded players to find an active guild or for guilds to find un-guilded players that are looking for a guild home? Will circle, friend, neighbor and guild membership numbers allowed be increased?	
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With Surnames coming, i want to change my first name now...can we do that? can we pay for it?
 
Can we have all free name changes to fit our Last Names?
 
Oh and this announcement reminded me of this:
 
Semi Pro -Mega Bowl! 	
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I understand the logistics, I really do. But there's no way this doesn't harm the RP community on Evindra. Mixing in a ton more people who don't RP (some of whom will inevitably react to RP by trolling it) has never been good for RP in any game, ever. This type of thing has happened before in other games, after all.
 
So if I can offer up a suggestion? Can you reduce the radius of /say and /e? They are *huge*. It doesn't matter on Evindra right now a whole lot (except that it can result in some mixed up conversations), but in this new environment it's going to make it a lot harder to RP (outside of housing) without being interrupted.
 
Also, if there's going to be an RP region chat channel, will there be enforcement of people trolling it? It's going to likely be useless if not.
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Kay, I never post, for reasons based on the general populace's reaction to anything Carbine does dissolving down to nit picking and, as someone earlier put it, complaining the cookie they were given was not large enough.
 
I am an RPer. I have been since launch. The RP speciific channel is not forcing a rule onto you to use it exclusively. Public rp is handled mostly over Say and emote chat anyway, which can be range filtered out with addons such as killroy. 
 
Also, big news flash to those who are scared to have normal gamers in your rp locations, Evindra and ALL OF THE PvP rp zones have been filled with normal gamers since launch. A wide variety of "normal gamers" choose to join rp servers not for the sake of roleplaying, but for the low server population. Nothing will change. Normal gamers will not hang out in Luminous Gardens or the Black Hoods bar, or any of those other rp locales. They don't wanna see it, you don't wanna see them. Normal gamers will (And probably already do) just shut off the say and emote channels. They have no reason to see or use them. 
 
This will not change ANYTHING for the rp community, and if anything, will probably bring some new people into roleplay.
 
Also if you're an rper, and your character didn't already have a surname, then you're a bad rper.	
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			Spending most of my time RPing.. I dunno how this is going to go.. But.. I'm not going anywhere. And I'm pretty bummed out by all the other RPers who are just gonna ragequit. If anything we need you guys to stick around. If anything.. I see this being something that could bring people back, and bring new people in. So if it's for the good of the game, I don;t mind some mild inconveniences. I'll keep playing, and I'll keep RPing, and who knows, maybe I'll make some new friends. Y'all need some *cupcake*ing positivity in your lives.	
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My two cents:  1) RP should continue to be acknowledged as a different playstyle, just as PvE and PvP are recognized as playstyles, and should have a designated server for play.  
                        2)  There should be a toggle for display of the last name.  I have toons I have made baaed upon your limitations at launch (i.e. Presto and Kaboom) that would look silly with a last name.  Presto is cool, Presto Chango is hellalame.  Kaboom is meh but Kaboom Kerbluey is hellalame...	
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			I do think they need to rethink ways of pleasing the RP community, region wide RP chat probably won't please anyone nor will surnames in the end.	
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And I'm pretty bummed out by all the other RPers who are just gonna ragequit.
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Devs, please reconsider keeping a third server for RP. The whole Mega-Server thing is great for the community as a whole, but it's a terrible idea for roleplay. If you don't roleplay, you probably don't get why, and you honestly don't care, but it's a huge thing for the people who do. A dozen other people have pointed out how this will affect us, and why we have a problem with it.
 
Wildstar is an MMORPG, yeah? Don't take out the RP.	
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			TBH I played on a RP server in WoW and I never saw any RPing at all, never really cared in any game though unless it was really distracting and then I just walk away lol.	
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Kay, I never post, for reasons based on the general populace's reaction to anything Carbine does dissolving down to nit picking and, as someone earlier put it, complaining the cookie they were given was not large enough.
 
I am an RPer. I have been since launch. The RP speciific channel is not forcing a rule onto you to use it exclusively. Public rp is handled mostly over Say and emote chat anyway, which can be range filtered out with addons such as killroy. 
 
Also, big news flash to those who are scared to have normal gamers in your rp locations, Evindra and ALL OF THE PvP rp zones have been filled with normal gamers since launch. A wide variety of "normal gamers" choose to join rp servers not for the sake of roleplaying, but for the low server population. Nothing will change. Normal gamers will not hang out in Luminous Gardens or the Black Hoods bar, or any of those other rp locales. They don't wanna see it, you don't wanna see them. Normal gamers will (And probably already do) just shut off the say and emote channels. They have no reason to see or use them. 
 
This will not change ANYTHING for the rp community, and if anything, will probably bring some new people into roleplay.
 
Also if you're an rper, and your character didn't already have a surname, then you're a bad rper.
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			Sigh....so much for the name reservations.....	
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			I can't take any one seriously who says RP is going to die, as GW2 has megaservers and the RP community is doing just fine. We had no issues, we got more people rping, and we still have our guilds and personal bastions (and in this game, housing, circles, etc). I find it very close minded that as a community nothing I see on the forums is anything but SERVERS SERVERS LOW POPS SERVERS. And when the company genuinely creates a resolution to the problem, it's met with this much anger and hatred and the exact same extremism that I hate about the PVP community. "UNPLAYABLE" "BROKEN" "KILLING THE RP COMMUNITY" When will people stop being so dramatic and realize that having more people to play content with will NOT kill the RP community, and there are FUNCTIONS IN PLACE (i.e. ignore....) to keep the trolls at Bay and solve these issues, and anyone on your ignore list I believe can't even get into your housing. Sooo....we still have plenty of locks in place.As someone who spends a lot of time on Evindra, it sucks that the only time I really see a lot of people is in Thayd. So I'm all for seeing more people in more places so I can do more content. I've tried hunting for guilds and stuff and ultimately find nothing that really helps me tackle more content so I'm happy for this.We as a community can all promote RP and invite more people who hadn't tried it before, and maybe show people how fun it can be playing the parts of your character in this crazy world of Nexus. GW2 did it, no reason Wildstar can't either.	
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I'll agree that region wide RP is going to end up being almost-useless.  It's just too big.  In any channel that large, chatter will naturally end up OOC-ish.
 
How about adding a /ooc channel instead, and approach it from the opposite angle? :)	
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			My suggestion to help the surname haters is for Carbine to please please please do something like the following:Force people to pick a name. Don't force them to display it ingame unless you're grouped or in close proximity to someone with a matching first name.If there's an option to make it invisible unless its needed, I think most of the problems people have with a surname will be alleviated.I'd also suggest that you come up with some kind of verification system, to prevent abuses. Maybe consider locking the number of times someone can change their Account Handle, and making them unique.	
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2. .... Draken and Mechari don't usually have surnames.
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Cross posting from my Tumblr:
 
WHY. Why would you force PvEers to deal with people not wanting to do X event because they’re in a scene? Why would you force RPers to question whether that guy in the garden will accept an RP starter?
 
While a /rp channel would be nice, it is not enough. RPers use /e and /y as well, besides the fact that the whole point of having a dedicated server is that when you see another player, you know they’re expecting you to RP with them, and even if they’re not currently in character they’re not going to say “lol wut gtfo nerd”.
 
Similarly, the PvEers probably don’t want to deal with little clumps of people emoting and yelling, which they’ll see even if they have the RP channel blocked.
 
The only possible way I can see it being less of an issue is if there was some kind of mega circle/guild that every single RPer on the server could join, that would flag every member without them having to have the title active (by coloring their name, for instance). But even that wouldn’t work that well simply because not everyone would know about it (which is one reason reminding people to use PDA won’t work).
 
Leave Evindra and Lightspire out of it. RPers expect their servers to be less crowded. We don’t need whiny people trolling our RP. It’s bad enough partying cross realm for PvP and such and having to listen to the children whinge about everything, I don’t want them in my open world too. We get our group quests and attunements done just fine by ourselves, sometimes in-character.
 
And to everyone asking "Don't most people on the RP servers not actually RP?" No, most people do RP, and those few that don't still understand that they are on the RP server and must accept that most people are going to assume they have a character to play and anything in /say, /yell, or /emote is probably in-character. Since they're essentially guests, they generally respect the RP going on and ignore it, whereas the other servers have a higher concentration of people who want to be jerks and troll people.	
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			If/when we move does our bank etc. come with us as well?	
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			Trapped on PvE or PvP is pretty devastating to raiding guilds.  Restricting your playerbase for no real reason from the so called main reason to play this game just doesn't make any sense.	
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I'll agree that region wide RP is going to end up being almost-useless.  It's just too big.  In any channel that large, chatter will naturally end up OOC-ish.
 
How about adding a /ooc channel instead, and approach it from the opposite angle? :)
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			I subbed for six months recently only because of how it was in the RP server. I regret doing so now. I'm sorry, but I share the same view as many of the RP'ers in this game and I don't think I'll be re-subbing for another 6. Instead, I'll be trying to get a refund for my current sub, if possible (which I don't think I can... D:). Yes, the server merge is good for PvP'ers and PvE'ers, but I think the the RP community would have been happy even if our server had a small community. We may be the minority here, but our voices should count too. I have nothing against regular PvE'ers, I do think that this is a good thing for those servers, but I like the community I found within the RP server. Sure, not everyone RP'ed, but the majority of the players did and it wasn't all about doing the end-game stuff, or making sure that you're geared. They focused more on the community and making everyone in the server feel welcomed and that's going to disappear. I think giving us a 'channel' isn't going to cut it. Not for the amount of work that Tex, Scott, Norah and many other RP'ers had put into making the community what it is today. I'm sorry, that's just not enough in my opinion. Again, I don't have anything against the other servers, but the loss of the server I found a home in, is enough to make me stop playing.	
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			I play on Evindra, I enjoy RP... but I also enjoy playing the game too, waiting 90+ minutes for skullcano is sad.	
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Well, I'm having the same knee-jerk reaction that most RPers in this thread are having regarding the server merge.
 
Honestly... I'm worried. I'm REALLY worried. Having to deal with people that have little to no interest in RP is okay in small amounts, but with all majority of the PvE community being Non-RPers with the upcoming merges, it's going to be SO much harder to get my RP on in the open world, and Housing will end up being the only safe haven, which I don't like at all.
 
It seems that they took my suggestion regarding the whole RP chat channels awhile back, but after thinking about it a bit more, it's really not going to work out well for this situation.
 
Man, I feel like this whole merger thing is going to have me re-experiencing the whole drama and terror I had back in TERA with their RP community and when the game went F2P... RP became almost non-existant at that point. Not to mention that I keep hearing that GW2's RP community pretty much DIED when they had to merge serversI really don't want to experience that terror again...
Well... I'll still hang in there and see what happens to the community once the server merging happens, But my optimism isn't very high right now. RP is pretty much the one thing that makes MMORPGs enjoyable for me. I literally can't play any MMORPG anymore without it, but with all these upcoming changes and the possible future of the RP community... I just...
 
 
God freaking damn it. Now I'm going to have to play Wildstar LIKE A NORMAL PERSON WOULD.	
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One thing you have to learn about the Wildstar community, and most new MMO communities, is people threaten to quit, without actually doing it, because it makes them feel big and important, like the creators of the MMO are going to bow to their whim to get their monthly subscription back, and when their little hissy fit doesn't work, they don't do anything and resume playing.
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Trapped on PvE or PvP is pretty devastating to raiding guilds.  Restricting your playerbase for no real reason from the so called main reason to play this game just doesn't make any sense.
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If/when we move does our bank etc. come with us as well?
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I play on Evindra, I enjoy RP... but I also enjoy playing the game too, waiting 90+ minutes for skullcano is sad.
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			I hope you get this done quick, or I'll have to play something else. Glad you are, hope that some of the people that left will hear about it and come back. 	
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Pay attention. These hissy fits just worked in a major way.
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Names kind of hurt.
 
My characters matter to me the most. And I swore I won't go on if I lose any of their names. Now this is not entirely losing them, not really, but I do have lot to think about, including if I can make some sense of my names that I'm really fond of.
 
And yes, I know what the other possibility would be. But yes, lot to think about.	
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Well, I'm having the same knee-jerk reaction that most RPers in this thread are having regarding the server merge.
 
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I like to RP, but I've never tried to RP in an MMO before, and I don't understand why someone would want to...  There's just way too many things that could go wrong with all the other players around.  If you want to PVE, you play a PVE-centric game, if you want to PVP, you play a PVP-centric game, if you want to RP, you play a game that was designed with that in mind and that lends itself well to the environment (space station 13, minecraft custom servers, etc).  MMOs sound like the worst possible environment to RP.  It would be like trying to LARP in the middle of a packed shopping mall.
 
Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed RP on occasion, but I seek out environments where it works, rather than trying to fit the environment to my RP...  I'm not trying to be harsh and saying you should go RP somewhere else, but you can't really complain when people start playing soccer in the middle of your RP session that you were having on a soccer field.  If you're insistent on using this environment, then obviously there will be obnoxious people that you can't really avoid, but sometimes you just need to grow some thicker skin and /ignore them.  At the end of the day its YOU who gets to decide whether or not YOU are having fun, not anybody else.
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I play on Evindra, I enjoy RP... but I also enjoy playing the game too, waiting 90+ minutes for skullcano is sad.
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These days with so many games, and none of them that amazing, if there is a big problem with a game, and people say they are going to quit - they do. 
 
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Thanks but no thanks, sir. I do appreciate the sentiment, though.
 
I'll be frank here. We built a good thing on Evindra. We didn't complain. We didn't come screaming to the forums. We aren't the "hardcore crowd" this game wanted, but dammit, we made ourselves a home and we love it.
 
We all chose an RP server for a reason. We don't want any part of uber-leet raiders or ganking-ass PVPers. We want to be left along to tell our stories, have our dorky good times and do it with people we KNEW would NEVER troll us, harass us, mock us or taunt us. In the months I've been on Evindra, I have NEVER seen or heard of a single person being totally out of line with anyone else. Maybe it's not perfect. Maybe it's not what the rest of you want in this game ... but we made it what WE WANTED ... and now that's being completely destroyed.
 
There is no "look at it this way" or "how about this instead." Our server, our community, is going away forever and Carbine is now very clear that it didn't matter enough to them to give us a home of our own. That's a pretty clear sign that they don't want our community or our money.
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			I am EXTREMELY happy about having required surnames.but here is a question. So if they are mandatory are our first names still unquie? And once we pick a last name will there be an option to change it besides playing $20?	
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Sigh...god I hate when they lock threads and force you to post in a spammy feedback thread.
 
The surname is NOT going to appeal to lots of people.  I can't even think of a Surname to go with most of my characters, it would make no sense.  Reserved names for nothing.	
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			This is just a reaction to diminishing number of subscribers. I didn't think this would happen before but I am now starting to believe this game will go to F2P.	
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