108052-why-are-there-no-server-merges

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			So first off, I'm not sure if this is the right section to post this thread... if not please let me know. Now lets get straight to it.I've only started the game a few days ago but I've managed to get myself to level 38... and while doing this I've only met a handful of players in the open world (not counting Thayd, Dungeons, Adventures or Battlegrounds). I've also noticed that most EU servers are "low" population with one or two exceptions of "medium" population.On my server "Ravenous EU" I've only seen a handful of Exile guilds, even fewer Dominion ones and I have barely been able to complete a single group quest in the open world. The ones i've completed are mostly high level players helping me out.Now to my point:There are multiple low population servers and almost any player i meet says the population is declining rather than increasing. This is leaving new players like me feeling very scared of putting time into this game because we might just end up playing a "single player" game when we signed up for a" massive multiplayer online"  game. It is also making higher leveled players feel that it's hard to find equally minded players or open world pvp.Wouldn't it be better for everyone if instead of having lots of low pop realms, we could have a few mid-high pop realms? I know that i would much rather sit 10 minutes in queue to play in a world where i dont feel alone rather than instantly connect to a world where i grind for 50 levels on my own.The only downside to merging servers would be that somehow all servers get full and new people are scared away because they dont want to sit in queue connecting to a server their entire life... My easy solution would be to simply open one of the old servers back up again once we cross this bridge and let people transfer to said server for free untill it has gained a decent amount of players.It is just silly that we have 3 low pop and 1 mid pop EU-PvP servers instead of 2 mid-high pop servers (same thing with PvE servers probably) and i cant be the only one to feel this way.It's impossible that Carbine has not considered this option because it seems like an obvious solution to lots of problems. Costs of running more servers, people leaving because the population is declining, people not buying the game because the trial period scares them away because the world is empty etcetera.So Carbine, what is your reasoning for not doing this?Regards,Juddy	
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Well said.
 
While leveling I was never able to do a single zone quest, let alone get a 5 man group together for the normal group quests on Contagion.
 
Also no way I'm paying that amount of money to simply transfer to another server that might suffer the same fate later on.
 
Merge most of the servers and get it over with please. No need in delaying the inevitable at the cost of losing even more subbed players...
 
I've leveled to 50 and want to enjoy the end-game, not roll another char on a new server.	
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			 that they havent done this yet is very perplexing. it cuts their costs in the long run and provides more med-high pop servers. its really a no brainer. 	
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			More people than the entire server of Warbringer.	
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 that they havent done this yet is very perplexing. it cuts their costs in the long run and provides more med-high pop servers. its really a no brainer. 
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			Should probably merge servers, once the game picks up again then just add more of them. BUT leave the oceanic server alone as this is the only server for oceanic players.	
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			Should prolly "merge this thread" with the other long thread on this subject. ;)	
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Will not happen soon, merging servers would mean that the game is dieing...already...
 
1- Players leaving the game.
 
2- Game dieing.
 
3- Server merging.
 
4- No more players to have a healthy server population.
 
5- Arent we already at step 2?	
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Should prolly "merge this thread" with the other long thread on this subject. ;)
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So first off, I'm not sure if this is the right section to post this thread... if not please let me know. Now lets get straight to it.
 
I've only started the game a few days ago but I've managed to get myself to level 38... and while doing this I've only met a handful of players in the open world (not counting Thayd, Dungeons, Adventures or Battlegrounds). I've also noticed that most EU servers are "low" population with one or two exceptions of "medium" population.
 
On my server "Ravenous EU" I've only seen a handful of Exile guilds, even fewer Dominion ones and I have barely been able to complete a single group quest in the open world. The ones i've completed are mostly high level players helping me out.
 
Now to my point:
 
There are multiple low population servers and almost any player i meet says the population is declining rather than increasing. This is leaving new players like me feeling very scared of putting time into this game because we might just end up playing a "single player" game when we signed up for a" massive multiplayer online"  game. It is also making higher leveled players feel that it's hard to find equally minded players or open world pvp.
 
Wouldn't it be better for everyone if instead of having lots of low pop realms, we could have a few mid-high pop realms? I know that i would much rather sit 10 minutes in queue to play in a world where i dont feel alone rather than instantly connect to a world where i grind for 50 levels on my own.
 
The only downside to merging servers would be that somehow all servers get full and new people are scared away because they dont want to sit in queue connecting to a server their entire life... My easy solution would be to simply open one of the old servers back up again once we cross this bridge and let people transfer to said server for free untill it has gained a decent amount of players.
 
It is just silly that we have 3 low pop and 1 mid pop EU-PvP servers instead of 2 mid-high pop servers (same thing with PvE servers probably) and i cant be the only one to feel this way.
 
It's impossible that Carbine has not considered this option because it seems like an obvious solution to lots of problems. Costs of running more servers, people leaving because the population is declining, people not buying the game because the trial period scares them away because the world is empty etcetera.
 
So Carbine, what is your reasoning for not doing this?
 
Regards,
Juddy
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			Well, beyond all the gloom and doom, there is likely a huge logistical issue with the player name system that Carbine went with. If they merged two servers, which server would be forced to rename their characters?	
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Well, beyond all the gloom and doom, there is likely a huge logistical issue with the player name system that Carbine went with. If they merged two servers, which server would be forced to rename their characters?
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This is exactly how many people on Pago Dom side. More and more people leaving, guess I might have to pay for an Xfer before server mergers actually happen.	
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I don't think it's really up to Carbine, I believe NCsoft has the say when it comes down to the business side of the game.  It wouldn't surprise me if they already have a plan ready whether it's mega servers or merges but are following some time line to get the most out of paid server transfers.
 
Kinda the same method as character customization we see in this game and others, instead of release a full paid character change that includes race, gender, name, etc...they will first release name change, some time passes and they allow gender & stylist/full customization, than down the road sometime we see race change, this way they can milk the most of it.	
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This is exactly how many people on Pago Dom side. More and more people leaving, guess I might have to pay for an Xfer before server mergers actually happen.
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It brings forth a couple of problems that can remove your character "identity" or name and that's what mmo's are generally very careful about doing. Seeing names are server and not realm unique.
 
They generally have a first come first served policy regarding that and if several people had to name change this wouldn't go down well.	
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			Well i see this a lot and i am sure they will merge servers but its a huge deal and a very complex thing so its not like they can do it just like that. It takes planning and a lot of coding. Once they made up which to merge and so on it will probably take at least another month or two more to actually make it happen. I think there will be mergers before the end of the year but i dont expect them to happen tomorrow.	
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Because on launch, people asked for more servers so they added more server, Now people ask them too remove(as in merge it with others) those servers
Basiclly You can't please everyone	
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While i do agree that server's need to be consolidated (same rulesets into each other on lowest of the pop's), i would like to point out:
 
 
the /who function is, and always has been, completely and utterly broken beyond hell in this game. (as such it cannot be relied to tell you who's really there or not)
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while this devs are thinking of what to do and not, my server is dead now (zhur eu pvp), major PVE guild has disbanded and all went back to wow apparently, there are no pvp guilds, ppl is raging in /zone from time to time and ive just unsubbed due to an exagerate amount of bugs still unresolved, witch i wont go over here, cos apparently they are REALLY BUISY not fixing the game, but shutting down and deleting threads about gamebreaking shit.
I am really angry at the moment so apologies for the writing, but i had a lot of expectations on this game and i tought about playing it for YEARS with my buddyes, ive never been so let down in an MMORPG in 10 years of gaming, not even swtor did fail so bad.correct me if im wrong.
that being said, still having 20 days of playing, i wont even log in, im going to gift them this 20 days of gameplay, i refuse to play.
just wanted to point my reasons and unleash some anger since im majorly frustrated, sorry.	
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Oh I know. But just wandering around illum by myself gets rather lonely that I'd at least have some sort of confirmation that there's actual people playing this game other than myself. If the eyeball test can't help me from seeing nothing but a Ghost Town.
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So if there's a server merger what will happen to my name if someone else has it?
 
What about all my "first" achievements?
 
No Server mergers are not the answer. Maybe leveling zones (IE Galaras, Grimvault etc) could be cross realm
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What annoys me is even on low pop, they like to creates more then 1 instance copy. The moment more then 3 people get within 40 feet of each other, a 2nd+ copy spawns and if the world looks empty, chances are you're in it. (with the 1st one having 30+ peeps)
 
They need to either nail it, or let us pick which one we stay in. At least show us the players around us, would help with the ghost town feeling.
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			everyone just come to Stormtalon. Always medium status at peak while all other servers at LOW	
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everyone just come to Stormtalon. Always medium status at peak while all other servers at LOW
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