53076-realms-list

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Hello WildStar fans!
 
We know you’ve been waiting on a full Realm List to prepare for headstart and launch, we’ve been poking Cougar every day to get the final list to us as soon as he could and finally it’s paid off!
 
Below is the list of Realms we will have for headstart. Cougar and the Live Team will be keeping a close eye on the realms and we have the ability to add more if necessary. Keep an eye on this thread for any updates/information.
 
Here’s the list for both North America & Europe;
 
North America
 
Avatus (PvE)Caretaker (PvE)Mikros (PvE)Orias (PvE)Stormtalon (PvE)Thunderfoot (PvE)
 
Pago (PvP)Pergo (PvP)Widow (PvP)
 
Evindra (Roleplaying)
 
Myrcalus (Oceanic PvE)
 
Europe
 
EN
Ascendancy (PvE)Eko (PvE)
 
Hazak (PvP)
 
Lightspire (Roleplaying)
 
DE
Kazor (PvE)Ikthia (PvE)
 
Progenitor (PvP)
 
Toria (Roleplaying)
 
FR
Stormfather (PvE)
 
Treespaker (PvP)
 
Triton (Roleplaying)
 
We know that some players will be disappointed that there are no RP-PvP Realms included in this list; however after extensive data collection the decision was made that there was simply not enough demand to justify having this realm type and keep a healthy population number.
 
That isn’t to say we will never have this realm type however, if we see a large increase in player population overall, and especially on the RP and PvP Realms it is something we can re-evaluate.
 
So there we have it! Thanks for supporting WildStar and we look forward to hearing/seeing everybody planning their realms for launch!
 
Please let us know if you have any questions and we will do our best to answer them.	
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			Good luck to everyone and Carbine. Hopefully this is a smooth launch! 	
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			EU obviously needs a second PvP server if you don't want to give EU players a horrible head start experience.	
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http://wildstar.guildex.org/servers/eu?sort=guilds&order=desc
 
hazak:
 
not hazak:	
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			We are heading to Stormtalon! More Dominion guilds should join us! 	
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			which are located on east/west coast for NA? or are they all in the same area?	
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which are located on east/west coast for NA? or are they all in the same area?
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			Evindra here I come!	
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			Thanks.	
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			Is the Realms section of the forums going to be revised to reflect the new server names by May 31st?	
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			What are the Timezones for the Servers? Where are they located for the NA servers?	
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			lol	
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			Copied from Facebook: WildStar Our NA Datacenter is located in Dallas, we do not have East/West split realms. 	
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			Could we get an exacting breakdown of the differences between PvE, PvP, and RP server types?  And can you make it simple enough for someone who's never played WoW or its clones to understand please?	
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PvP: Some people there will occasionally kill you while you are questing. Generally a younger crowd (late teens / early twenties).PvE: The only thing that can kill you outside of structured PvP is NPCs. Generally a more casual crowd (early teens / young adults / grandparents)
RP: Some people there will occasionally behave as if they are their character. Generally a more adult/mature crowd. (Uses same ruleset as PvE, just tagged this way to help people find each other)	
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PvP: Some people there will occasionally kill you while you are questing. Generally a younger crowd (late teens / early twenties).
PvE: The only thing that can kill you outside of structured PvP is NPCs. Generally a more casual crowd (early teens / young adults / grandparents)
RP: Some people there will occasionally behave as if they are their character. Generally a more adult/mature crowd. (Uses same ruleset as PvE, just tagged this way to help people find each other)
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			On pvp anyone on the opposite faction can attack you at anytime.	
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PvP: Some people there will occasionally kill you while you are questing. Generally a younger crowd (late teens / early twenties).
PvE: The only thing that can kill you outside of structured PvP is NPCs. Generally a more casual crowd (early teens / young adults / grandparents)
RP: Some people there will occasionally behave as if they are their character. Generally a more adult/mature crowd. (Uses same ruleset as PvE, just tagged this way to help people find each other)
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On pvp anyone on the opposite faction can attack you at anytime.
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By more adult/mature you mean all the ERP that will take place on RP servers?
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			No Oceanic PvP labeled server. Good bye to organized oceanic PvP.	
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Are there set 'open zones' that this can only occur in, or is it anywhere but the capital cities?
 
edit: clarity
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I will definitely roll on Mikros. Draken are awesome.
 
I'm kind of jealous of the EU for having an server called Ascendancy, though.	
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What a bad, premature decision to remove the oceanic tag from Widow... Clearly the devs are not listening.
 
The oceanic population and myself included were not going to REROLL on a new server in BETA when we already have established characters on other realms that were going to be deleted. Should a oceanic tagged server been created earlier then YES i and many others would have moved but not when we are a month from release with several hours already invested knowing our characters would be deleted.
 
Not only do we have to compete with terrible ping we now have to deal with this terrible decision that will now ultimately split the oceanic community because no one knows where to "officially" create characters.	
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I don't have a list, but generally its any zones other than the starting ones. I believe there are a few sanctuaries here and there but largely the open world will let players of the other faction kill you (you can't kill your own faction). Usually important locations like major cities and quest hubs will have guards to make them somewhat safe (ie, level 30 guards in a level 20 zone) but it is not out of the question that a group of players may decide to harass a zone and destroy npcs of the other faction.
 
Basically, if you want to play a game where you will always be at risk of being ganked (PvP in these games is rarely fair) then you should pick PvP. If you want to play a game where your character is nearly never at risk then PvE is for you. Both rule sets have access to all the same organized PvP (arenas, battlegrounds, warplots) but one rule set lets you fight people of the other faction in the open world as well.
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NO RP PVP, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE THE ULTIMATE BADASS OF BADASSITUDE IF I CANNOT RP PVP?!?!?!?!
 
THIS IS UNNACCEPTABLE CUPCAKE!!!!!!	
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Coming from WoW, the server timezones in the US made a difference as far as the raid times you could expect.  I'm on the west coast, but wound up on an east coast server because of a friend and hated it because raids started at 5pm my time, which was before I could get home from work.  There should be some kind of general suggestion for where east coasters vs west coasters should conglomerate.
 
Maybe something like alphabetical from west to east:
 
West: Avatus (PvE)West: Caretaker (PvE)Mid: Mikros (PvE)Mid: Orias (PvE)East: Stormtalon (PvE)East: Thunderfoot (PvE)
 
West: Pago (PvP)Mid: Pergo (PvP)East: Widow (PvP)	
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			Really random question: What is the correct way to pronounce Orias? TIA!	
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			No RP-PvP just plain old sucks, Carbine.  No way around it. :(	
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			Hazak will be filled like Hell on doomsday...	
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			I find it rather unacceptable that there is no oceanic pvp realm. Come on guys dont leave us hanging. This is making me seriously distressed.	
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I agree with everyone about the Oceanic PVP. Which server should we join?
 
If you can't get a new Oceanic server up for launch, at least label one of the existing PVP servers as the 'preferred' server for Oceanic players.	
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Widow is the Unofficial Oceanic PvP Server, suspicion is it wasn't labelled Oceanic because if it were then not many people from North America would roll there and as a result it would be much lower pop than Pago and Pergo.
 
Btw which joker thought naming two PvP servers Pago and Pergo was a good idea? I forsee many people accidentally rolling on the wrong server because they misheard their friends over Skype/TS/Mumble/Vent.	
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What a bad, premature decision to remove the oceanic tag from Widow... Clearly the devs are not listening.
 
The oceanic population and myself included were not going to REROLL on a new server in BETA when we already have established characters on other realms that were going to be deleted. Should a oceanic tagged server been created earlier then YES i and many others would have moved but not when we are a month from release with several hours already invested knowing our characters would be deleted.
 
Not only do we have to compete with terrible ping we now have to deal with this terrible decision that will now ultimately split the oceanic community because no one knows where to "officially" create characters.
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I have a feeling they made the same mistake with EU PvP servers. They said there was not enough interest in EU for PvP servers so they will only start with 1, based on what? on Beta where nobody wanted to reroll? whereas in reality here is what it looks like as of right now:
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If you look closely you will find that the EU has not 1 but 3 PVP servers. All the Germans and French will probably go to their launguage server so the EN server will have more 'room' for players.
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EN players are the majority, we do not mix with the French and Germans as they mostly never speak english... 2 servers are required, as you can see based on the picture provided.
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You make it sound like you know how large the servers are and what they can handle. For all you know 70+ guilds is still peanuts. Not to mention how many of those guilds will have 5-10 members? The amount of guilds is a bad way to view whether another one is needed or not
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A worse way to figure out if a second one is needed would be letting people suffer through launch, break the server, then say oh ok lets open a second one where they can reroll and start over, which is a lot of wasted time for players wanting to race to 50 and start raiding and whatnot.
 
The guild numbers currently shown are not the full picture, this is only guilds that are aware of the site and part of beta i guess, and even with that its looking bad in comparison to the other EU servers. However having only 1 PvP EN server means any future PvPer from beta or out of beta, will be heading this way, there's no other option, overload this server because its the only one, which is very disturbing.
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EU obviously needs a second PvP server if you don't want to give EU players a horrible head start experience.
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Please no... just no.
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What names do the new NA PVE realms correspond to? I understand not wanting to have everyone decide to roll on the renamed "Nexus" but the EU version of Nexus (Ascendancy) wasn't renamed, and in the interest of keeping people who want to play with the same communities together, it would be good to let NA PVE players know where to go to if they want to meet up with some of the same folks they've played with before. 
 
That being said, it seems like a lot of guilds have decided on Stormtalon because it's the name with the most recognition (and, let's face it, it sounds pretty cool), so I really hope Stormtalon doesn't turn out to be what Nexus was renamed to, otherwise it's going to be doubly attractive.	
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I have a feeling they made the same mistake with EU PvP servers. They said there was not enough interest in EU for PvP servers so they will only start with 1, based on what? on Beta where nobody wanted to reroll? whereas in reality here is what it looks like as of right now: 
 
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			Crazy that there is only 1 EN/EU-PvP server, was not expecting this at all.	
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What's the source of the image? I tend to agree with you but strong evidence is needed to make the point hit home.
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			While Guildex is only indicative it is the only evidence I have seen to make any assessment on what the server populations could be at launch. I am not panicking yet though, hopefully another EN PVP server will be made available. If not my guild and I may have a tough choice to make to ensure we are all on the same server, and do a server move post launch.	
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http://wildstar.guildex.org/servers/eu?sort=guilds&order=desc
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I don't see why the need to have as many DE as EN servers, I understand it's a big mmo market but a lot of them will not roll on German designated servers.(if not the majority)
As it is now, I think one of the DE PVE servers will end up more or less empty, or both will have low/mediocre populations. With the same thing happening to the FR-RP-PVE and DE-RP-PVE servers.
It would have been much more sensible to have a EN PVP realm instead of the DE PVE one, and one more EN-RP-PVE server instead of the French and German RP-PVE servers. And then there's still room for another PVE server as well.
 
But then again I have no metrics to back this up (apart from http://wildstar.guildex.org), just past experience.	
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Please let us know if you have any questions and we will do our best to answer them.
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1. since you say that you might open rp-pvp later, will there be possiblities of server transfer?
 
2. how about making the RP server (Lightspire) PvP instead of PvE to start with? ;)
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As long as the numbers are not so bad on Saturday we are unable to quest / level or have huge queues then the numbers will reflect the need for another En-PvP server. I'm told they have built everything in Amazon EC2 so adding servers is a very quick and painless task.
 
If the numbers don't reflect it then we have nothing to worry about.
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It may be quick and easy for them to add the server, but it wont be quick and easy for guilds to start over, unless they offer server transfer the same time they open the other server, not say some day in the future we will allow transfers.
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1. They have said that they have the frame work for realm transfers but are unsure when it will be added in
 
2. NO! Seriously...just NO! On a PvE server ALL types of players CAN play, even if it means perma flagging yourself. On a PvP server you HAVE to be flagged and PvE players HATE to be ganked...why do you think we choose PvE servers in the first place? O.o
 
I do hope that was a joke...
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1. good.
 
2. I wasn't entirely serious (and I'm happy enough with RP-PvE). But it seems pvp is pretty light anyway, only forced in contested zones?
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Carbine. I love you but one English speaking PVP server? Seriously?
 
Me and my guild are begging you to add at least one more. I was so excited about launch.. now i'm dreading it :(	
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Thanks, I've registered our guild on there too. Up to 80 guilds now. But what does this mean? We have 25 members for launch and will be recruiting more as we go. How many players is 80 guilds?
 
As Graymane has said, this might be OK for the headstart. As long as the numbers are not so bad on Saturday we are unable to quest / level or have huge queues then the numbers will reflect the need for another En-PvP server. I'm told they have built everything in Amazon EC2 so adding servers is a very quick and painless task.
 
If the numbers don't reflect it then we have nothing to worry about.
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			So, which NA servers are East Coast, and which ones are West Coast? :unsure:	
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			If i installed the game through beta invite and installed every patch will i be ready for launch? or should i uninstall the game and re-install from my pre-order  purchase.	
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Coming from WoW, the server timezones in the US made a difference as far as the raid times you could expect.  I'm on the west coast, but wound up on an east coast server because of a friend and hated it because raids started at 5pm my time, which was before I could get home from work.  There should be some kind of general suggestion for where east coasters vs west coasters should conglomerate.
 
Maybe something like alphabetical from west to east:
 
West: Avatus (PvE)
West: Caretaker (PvE)
Mid: Mikros (PvE)
Mid: Orias (PvE)
East: Stormtalon (PvE)
East: Thunderfoot (PvE)
 
West: Pago (PvP)
Mid: Pergo (PvP)
East: Widow (PvP)
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Coming from WoW, the server timezones in the US made a difference as far as the raid times you could expect.  I'm on the west coast, but wound up on an east coast server because of a friend and hated it because raids started at 5pm my time, which was before I could get home from work.  There should be some kind of general suggestion for where east coasters vs west coasters should conglomerate.
 
Maybe something like alphabetical from west to east:
 
West: Avatus (PvE)
West: Caretaker (PvE)
Mid: Mikros (PvE)
Mid: Orias (PvE)
East: Stormtalon (PvE)
East: Thunderfoot (PvE)
 
West: Pago (PvP)
Mid: Pergo (PvP)
East: Widow (PvP)
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Why does this matter when all of the servers are located in the same place (Dallas Texas).  The only reason to suggest a server to a certain time zone is location of the server so latency is lower.
 
If you are looking to raid, you should be looking for guilds that will be fielding 40 man teams that have a set raid schedule that works with your play time.
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Why does this matter when all of the servers are located in the same place (Dallas Texas).  The only reason to suggest a server to a certain time zone is location of the server so latency is lower.
 
If you are looking to raid, you should be looking for guilds that will be fielding 40 man teams that have a set raid schedule that works with your play time.
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			What does the LEGACY mean infront of Nexus on the guild forums?	
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			FYI, I added "Legacy" to the old Realm Forums as these will be retired once folks have had a chance to get mods to move their threads across.	
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			What time will the servers open?	
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Hello cats and kittens!
 
I am an Oceanic player (from New Zealand). Am I locked in to playing on Myrcalus, or can I play on other servers (eg the NA servers)? Are the servers physically located in the same place (meaning that trans-Pacific lag is the same despite being labelled Oceanic or NA)?
 
I'm picking up the monitor for my new computer (yes, I bought a new machine in part because I want to play this game!) today, and probably won't be able to download the client until off-peak data hours this evening, so I'm unable to test any of this empirically.
 
Looking forward to playing!	
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			Confirmed Storm Talon is the Renamed Nexus Server... Ruh Roh	
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Confirmed Storm Talon is the Renamed Nexus Server... Ruh Roh
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I noticed that Stormtalon seemed to have a lot more forum activity than the other servers - but can you explain why this is a bad thing? I'm not familiar with WildStar's server history.
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1 English European pvp server..?
 
Almost as good of a decision as keeping sliding around in game	
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Dearest Devs,
 
Thanks for the realm list.  Any chance we can get time zones for the US Servers?  It's always a little sad to end up on a West Coast dominated server being from the East Coast.
 
(Bonus free internet cookies if you have an answer!)
 
Thanks  :wub: 	
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http://wildstar.guildex.org/servers/eu?sort=guilds&order=desc
 
hazak:
 
not hazak:
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FYI, I added "Legacy" to the old Realm Forums as these will be retired once folks have had a chance to get mods to move their threads across.
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Im super excited for the game and everything but honestly...one EN - PVP server?
 
I have read through the thread and people keep bashing on about the German and the french servers. But from a scandinavian point of view, and the REST OF EUROPE (excluding france and germany) we all want to play on EN servers. And I really don't think one PvP server will cut it. Sure, we don't know the capacity of the actual hardware but assuming the North Americas need that many servers one could only assume that they are capable of handling so much traffic...
 
And as some people already have stated, many from Germany and France will play on the English server(s) anyway.
 
 
For people arguing that its easier to start up a new server once (not if) people realize that one just wont do, there are already so many players that have started investing time and effort into their character on that specific realm.
 
Hope they do decide to get another one or two EN-PVP servers up before launch, otherwise ill see you all on Hazak...
 
Peace	
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			Tough choice. I know I'll be going NA PvE. I hope to avoid Stormtalon because it sounds too much like Stonetalon which reminds me of WoW. Caretaker, eh, sounds like it might get pigeonholed as the most carebear server, just because it has 'care' in the name. Mikros sounds like a brand of Greek yogurt. Thunderfoot, great if I'm a hobbit or a tauren, though I guess that would be 'hoof' not 'foot.' Avatus sounds kinda cool, but it also just looks like 'Avatar' got spelled wrong. I guess that leaves Orias? Like a misspelled 'Orion' but not as bad as 'Avatus.' So, I guess Orias is least bad? Guess I'll go there. 	
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While opening more servers later might not be ideal, if you think about it, its actually better than the alternative.  Nobody really knows exactly how many people there is going to be or how it will play out, open too many servers up front and you end up with the population spread too thin and you end up with underpopulated servers that are no good for anyone.  Also consider that generally with an MMO, there'll be people who play the first month or two then get bored and move on (or start playing less) so there'll be a dip there too, you have to plan for what is going to be the average, sustained population, you can't roll out enough resources to meet the extraordinary peaks, because then for the other 90% of the time, you're going to be overcommitted.
 
A very busy server is SO much better than a half-empty server, hands down.  Not ideal sure, but by far the lesser of two evils (so to speak).  And I say this as an Oceanic player, so its not like I'm unaffected by the decisions either, but it is what it is.  If there really is too much demand and a population to support more servers, I'm sure more servers will be opened, and hopefully down the line the ability to transfer so you don't lose the work you've already put in.	
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You think they will do free transfers to low population realms from over populated realms?
Or free faction changes if the server becomes very imbalanced exile:dominion wise?
 
This is of course assuming the above problems will exist and carbine will add paid services such as realm changes.	
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			http://wildstar.guildex.org/servers/euSo uhhh.. Hazak's in trouble. 	
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			It's going to be a bloodbath with bits of dominion and exile spread about everywhere on hazak. 	
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Confirmed Storm Talon is the Renamed Nexus Server... Ruh Roh
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Coming from WoW, the server timezones in the US made a difference as far as the raid times you could expect.  I'm on the west coast, but wound up on an east coast server because of a friend and hated it because raids started at 5pm my time, which was before I could get home from work.  There should be some kind of general suggestion for where east coasters vs west coasters should conglomerate.
 
Maybe something like alphabetical from west to east:
 
West: Avatus (PvE)
West: Caretaker (PvE)
Mid: Mikros (PvE)
Mid: Orias (PvE)
East: Stormtalon (PvE)
East: Thunderfoot (PvE)
 
West: Pago (PvP)
Mid: Pergo (PvP)
East: Widow (PvP)
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Why exactly doesn't EU English have 2 PvP servers? Really bad oversight, fix it while you still can.
 
You can't rely on "data" from beta tests, because people didn't want to start over on different realms, especially on open beta, where everyone got moved to where they got moved, and not all of it made sense. I ended up on a French PvE realm - if I had been moving characters myself I would have picked English PvE - however for the release I'd like to play on English PvP (because that is where the best raiding guilds usually end up).
 
Hazak, the only English PvP realm we have available is going to be full to the brim, and heavily Dominion skewed, so I am probably going to end up on a PvE realm. Which is not my first choice. You can't split EU realms based on English/German/French language  equally -  vast majority of Europeans will be playing on English realms. There are only a small number of countries speaking German or French, everyone else needs to fit in the available English servers.
 
 
2 EU ENGLISH PvE and 1 EU ENGLISH PvP realms are BY FAR NOT ENOUGH.
 
 
And another matter, why are there no separate official RUSSIAN realms?
Please realize that language is a barrier in EU, we need more servers due to that. And the scale should tip heavily on the English speaking ones with as many additional languages as you can manage to support. (Russian being another major one). Whoever prefers speaking English in the game will choose English servers regardless, but those who can't or prefer not to need valid alternatives. Else it all has a potential of devolving into unpleasant server situations.	
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So... as an American player I'm stuck with a crappy name like Evindra to play on while the EU players get the badass name Lightspire.  I may need to consider either canceling my preorder and switching to the EU side or just sucking up that my server name just doesn't really matter.
 
Why oh why can't they just be identical names ?	
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While opening more servers later might not be ideal, if you think about it, its actually better than the alternative.  Nobody really knows exactly how many people there is going to be or how it will play out, open too many servers up front and you end up with the population spread too thin and you end up with underpopulated servers that are no good for anyone.  Also consider that generally with an MMO, there'll be people who play the first month or two then get bored and move on (or start playing less) so there'll be a dip there too, you have to plan for what is going to be the average, sustained population, you can't roll out enough resources to meet the extraordinary peaks, because then for the other 90% of the time, you're going to be overcommitted.
 
A very busy server is SO much better than a half-empty server, hands down.  Not ideal sure, but by far the lesser of two evils (so to speak).  And I say this as an Oceanic player, so its not like I'm unaffected by the decisions either, but it is what it is.  If there really is too much demand and a population to support more servers, I'm sure more servers will be opened, and hopefully down the line the ability to transfer so you don't lose the work you've already put in.
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So... as an American player I'm stuck with a crappy name like Evindra to play on while the EU players get the badass name Lightspire.  I may need to consider either canceling my preorder and switching to the EU side or just sucking up that my server name just doesn't really matter.
 
Why oh why can't they just be identical names ?
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			I dont know why, but I think these are not enough servers for launch	
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			Please Carbine. Dont mess the Headstart up with only 1 EN PVP server. We are gonna end up with all the Russians, and they ONLY speak russian in chat. Give us at least 1 more option. 	
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I speak mostly English in general chat (plus that might be enforced by GM's), plus since there's no Russian localisation, it'll limit the audience a bit I imagine. ;) Though you do have a point. At least stuff like recruiting spam will likely be in Russian.
 
Plus I think Russians will be the least of the problems with the server, since it's looking to be quite overpopulated any way.	
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When we are asked to forgive for the *cupcake*ing mess that name reservation was/is.
 
It comes from a lessons learned experience.
 
But have you completely screwed up again with 1 EN-PvP, I am no techie, but at the very best, you are going to have massive queues and at worse, the server will not handle it.
 
And I understand the infrastructure is there for new servers, but the admin takes time to get it up and running and also, adding a server then merging later is a big MMO no no.
 
However, it is too late, you are not going to get guilds to hedge on that new PvP server now, everyone wants to play on a busy server, just not a broken one.
 
So come on, dont leave us hanging, explain how you intend to deal with the shit storm tomorrow?
 
Napkin math:
 
I read 500k pre orders.
 
All below extreme conservatism.
 
200k EU
100k EU-PvP (Hazak)
 
Halved again just for luck, 50k.
 
And again for mercy, 25k?
 
Are your metrics really covering that kind of server player base?
 
Even if we calculate 104 signed guilds on guildex rolling on hazak, with a roster of 25 players (yeah rite!) that is 2.5k players, the documented average for MMO servers is 4-7k, you have already stated your servers can handle double that amount, 14k, say 15k max?
Being realistic, without a single other player rolling above what guildex shows and agreeing that a 30 player roster is more like the average, that is 3k players.
 
When we factor in not everyone uses guildex and solo players and the fact that guilds do not have 25 players, I really wonder what will happen to Hazak tomorrow?
 
It strikes me that you have used the same formula as name reservation in assigning server assets...that is to say, "band aid"
 
Both "guild" name & server reservation systems cannot be labeled as triple A, not a chance.	
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			In my opinion 1 EU PvP server will be epic fail. Hope im wrong.	
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			I'd really be more worried about the login server(s) not the actual realms. There was some 11th hour account maintenance activity and this is generally the bottleneck on launch days anyways.	
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			The one pvp server...at what time will it be online :)?...tell me....TELL ME!!!              .....mwuhahahaa              ...pls?	
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Im super excited for the game and everything but honestly...one EN - PVP server?
 
I have read through the thread and people keep bashing on about the German and the french servers. But from a scandinavian point of view, and the REST OF EUROPE (excluding france and germany) we all want to play on EN servers. And I really don't think one PvP server will cut it. Sure, we don't know the capacity of the actual hardware but assuming the North Americas need that many servers one could only assume that they are capable of handling so much traffic...
 
And as some people already have stated, many from Germany and France will play on the English server(s) anyway.
 
 
For people arguing that its easier to start up a new server once (not if) people realize that one just wont do, there are already so many players that have started investing time and effort into their character on that specific realm.
 
Hope they do decide to get another one or two EN-PVP servers up before launch, otherwise ill see you all on Hazak...
 
Peace
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The one pvp server...at what time will it be online :)?...tell me....TELL ME!!!              .....mwuhahahaa              ...pls?
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Um...aren't you forgetting Myrcalus (PVE)?
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			Eko for me then! :D	
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			due to hazak hazard, i started to learn zzgerman! is it das german or die german :P	
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What time is the server will be up today for my head start leveling ..I getting errors that patch server is down?
 	
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your lucky all I get is no realms at this time
 
it starts at 8 am on the 31th in the UK I think	
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Any1 know when Eu Servers will up????
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mess with the bull,deal whith the horns	
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So... as an American player I'm stuck with a crappy name like Evindra to play on while the EU players get the badass name Lightspire.  I may need to consider either canceling my preorder and switching to the EU side or just sucking up that my server name just doesn't really matter.
 
Why oh why can't they just be identical names ?
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Any1 know when Eu Servers will up????
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mess with the bull,deal whith the horns
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I like how your complaint is about how the server name sounds..   did you seriously just post a reply because it doesnt sound cool enough to you?    my lord.  Just play the game and enjoy it. 
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Server name is a very important part of the game and It's a more legitimate complaint then some of the BS threads I see around here.  
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			That's strange... it's the first MMO that I know of... to create the same amount of German and Fench servers as English-speaking only servers lol Don't they know France and German are two single countries? Europe has way more countries than those two come on... Hazak will be really over-populated...	
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EL OH EL
Welp..  complaining about their server names won't do you any good.  they are already named.  Maybe you can put a piece of tape over your screen where the server name is, so when you log in you won't see what it says?  I don't know what to tell you. Good luck in finding a server that has a cool enough name for you. I hope you find one.
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I'm in the forum to discuss the realm names.  I have a complaint that I dislike all the names on the American side but love quite a few on the EU side.  Stop being an *cupcake* to someone for using the proper forum and thread to discuss something.
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I'm in the forum to discuss the realm names.  I have a complaint that I dislike all the names on the American side but love quite a few on the EU side.  Stop being an *cupcake* to someone for using the proper forum and thread to discuss something.
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So, which NA servers are East Coast, and which ones are West Coast? :unsure:
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Dearest Devs,
 
Thanks for the realm list.  Any chance we can get time zones for the US Servers?  It's always a little sad to end up on a West Coast dominated server being from the East Coast.
 
(Bonus free internet cookies if you have an answer!)
 
Thanks  :wub: 
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So, uh... what NA server's gonna have the most hardcore raiding guilds =S
 
edit: Yes I agree server names don't seem... balanced.	
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			Since Myrcalus is Oceanic PVE does that mean its a server for AUS/NZ players?	
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			Whole community told you those servers will not be enough. I got 154 hour queue time for Eu Hazzak server. GG Carbin. DEV's dont listen at all.	
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			Whole community told you those servers will not be enough. I got 154 hour queue time for Eu Hazzak server. GG Carbin. DEV's dont listen at all.	
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Both Eu realms are saying full.
 
And is anybody else not able to make more characters because it says your account is full? Trying to make third char but its having none of it lol.	
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			I can't believe that.....	
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			There are new realms added.. i've just seen a new European EN pvp realm.. correct me if i'm wrong	
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Infinite loading of realm list :( Tried to get into a different less populated realm but the list has been loading for the past half an our lol. 
Pointless trying to play early I guess ...
 
Lame	
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Infinite loading of realm list :( Tried to get into a different less populated realm but the list has been loading for the past half an our lol. 
Pointless trying to play early I guess ...
 
Lame	
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Infinite loading of realm list :( Tried to get into a different less populated realm but the list has been loading for the past half an our lol. 
Pointless trying to play early I guess ...
 
Lame	
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Infinite loading of realm list :( Tried to get into a different less populated realm but the list has been loading for the past half an our lol. 
Pointless trying to play early I guess ...
 
Lame	
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			Both Europe EN PVE servers full with a 2 hours queue. Will they never learn to have enough servers at launch...	
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			Both EN PVE full, when new PVE server will be up?	
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			Both EN PVE full, when new PVE server will be up?	
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			I bet that every EU realm is full of Russians and they'll talk in russian in the chats, because there aren't any russian realms and the aren't even in the EU!!! 	
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			Only 2 PVE servers for English and you expect people to hang around for 5 hours in queues to wait? Sorry really disappointed. Surely you knew how many pre orders you had and yet only 2 servers. Is there a way I can get a refund?	
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I had to go on the English RP one and it was slow hard to move delays on hitting the button's to the move stopping and starting had to come out not been able to get back in & its only now I got on to the web site.
and I been up out of bed 6am to go on did not get on till 10.30 am	
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			Please bring up a second DE-PVP Server. Progenitor has a huge queue.	
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			None of the english servers are available to me.. Minimum 2 hour wait no matter which one i pick.. So, there goes the headstart..	
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I refuse to create a character on a realm which already has a queue of 2hours, so I wont be playing until they add more servers.
 
I cant believe how many times companies have messed up MMO launches, they KNOW how many pre-orders they have, they've seen the mistakes of other companies, and yet, EVERY SINGLE TIME, the same problems arise.  Is no-one taking notes? No-one learning from other people's mistakes?	
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Damn it!
 
I was playing a minute ago....now I have a 2 hour wait
 
I love you Carbine but please sort the realms out.	
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			Please, just fix the bugg that says; "Retrieving realm list".	
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			Too Much Erp Already	
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And this is why we were trying to get your attention to avoid exactly this kind of mess.
 
Adding more servers too late causes confusion and panic, and people have to re-think their whole plans (especially if you're playing with friends, guild, or a larger community. Guess I'll wait and see a couple days for the situation to stabilize before making any final decisions.
 
There goes our headstart.
 
SIGH.	
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			Here goes headstart indeed. I was supposed to play with friends, like so many others, but I can't. This could have been prevented so easily. Damn...	
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			More servers are needed ASAP!	
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I refuse to create a character on a realm which already has a queue of 2hours, so I wont be playing until they add more servers.
 
I cant believe how many times companies have messed up MMO launches, they KNOW how many pre-orders they have, they've seen the mistakes of other companies, and yet, EVERY SINGLE TIME, the same problems arise.  Is no-one taking notes? No-one learning from other people's mistakes?
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			Sorry Carbine but you really screwed it up with the servers. Clearly not enough servers for launch and in EU we need more country specific servers. Even if you only translated the game to french and german,there are lot of players from other countries,who are forced to play in mixed servers with messages in chat in italian,spanish,russian,etc. It´s something that doesn´t help with the sense of community. That lack of planification also lead to the communities of good few of countries choosing the same server and bottlenecking it. Hope that this situation is resolved quickly because i´ts ruining the beginnings of a promising game.	
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			me and my brother also tried to switch realms to play with our friends, "retrieving realm list" forever now, no way to get out of the realm we last logged in to... Any1 know if it's possble to change log in realm outside of the game? as in offline?	
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			Cant access any realm - "network status retrieving realm list" - all day. This is ridiculous.	
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Pergo que really is Pergatory!!
More PVP servers  plz!	
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			these queues are a killer... are there any plans to open up more slots?	
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			Hey guys, I less than three your faces and all. but not makeing a toon until you get more pvp servers.... k thx bye :unsure:	
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			This is atrocious, the realm capacity is god awful. The worst launch i have been a part of. How about give free character transfer to people who are already level 20+ on a high pop realm and open more pvp EU realms so guilds can move and play without queues? How about as a fix to every single que problem?	
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I bought the game (preorder) with friends, and what ?
nothing !
all EN PvE (non RP) are full since first day !,
If you want to play - then you need to go to RP server !? wtf ??
tell me NC soft - when you will start to kick players from RP serwers ?
this is outrageous you exactly know how much you sold copies of the game (pre order) and today no additional servers are up, no more slots on them so people are forced to play on RP servers or PvP, or non english PvE - tell me WHY ???
We pay for this game , so weI demand give us more EN PvE non RP servers, or give more slots on existing ones, or in future give us free character move to different servers, 
(Sorry for my terrible english but it is far more better then german :) btw why NC is silent ?	
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So 5 pvp servers on EU, which are all full with nearly 24h queue time
 
Nice NCsoft, you never learn	
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I bought the game (preorder) with friends, and what ?
nothing !
all EN PvE (non RP) are full since first day !,
If you want to play - then you need to go to RP server !? wtf ??
tell me NC soft - when you will start to kick players from RP serwers ?
this is outrageous you exactly know how much you sold copies of the game (pre order) and today no additional servers are up, no more slots on them so people are forced to play on RP servers or PvP, or non english PvE - tell me WHY ???
We pay for this game , so weI demand give us more EN PvE non RP servers, or give more slots on existing ones, or in future give us free character move to different servers, 
(Sorry for my terrible english but it is far more better then german :) btw why NC is silent ?
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			Im hoping they think about new servers and transfrers, I rolled on a server the minute it was up, got lvls in used my cool bag and costume items but since then I havenet been able to get back on that server since its now full, I dont mind re lvling the game is super fun but I dont want to lose those items.	
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If you are going to introduce new realms after launch, then you really need to have a realm transfer system in place to allow current players to move to the new realms. This would also help balance out the player base across all realms, reducing the overstacked realms we currently have. Nobody wants to queue for 1-2 hours to logon, but also nobody really wants to move and start afresh if it means they lose everything they've done in the game so far.
 
TL;DR - we need a realm transfer system asap.	
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			Which server has the Exlies more...and Dominions more..i'm neutral type player	
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Bah. as far as i can see there is no way to switch server sides, which sucks since all my friends are in the US servers. :/
 
im honestly surprised in this day and age there are no cross region servers or the ability to jump between sides.	
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			Can somoene tell me where is option for Free Char Transfer	
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