Server change need atention

I made this post to talk about the server exchange and we are all aware that there are many characters stopped, it is something necessary and that should already be being studied among the DEVS. Drakensang game a few years ago and in the course of my story I ended up creating new characters on another server along with some friends, however, we stopped to observe the waste of having a full character on a server in which we do not play anymore, then comes the idea of server change (add the characters of another server to your current characters on the server to which we are active) OBS: Same account is obvious. The idea would be the possibility of permanent exchange or a fixed time (every 2 years, for example). If we analyze in the forum itself there are many posts with the subject and I as well as these other players would like this exchange to be possible.

 

I think they should make something for those servers to come alive rather than giving them the final blow and closing them.

 

You need to know that many already have characters on another server, but would like to have all the characters together on the current server

 

If I had my dk from agathon on Heredur it would be so awesome :/

Who said anything about closing servers?
I have 100% better latency on Heredur but if needed I will take my agathon dk on any euro server if not on heredur but need better latency although I do have prem for the next 3 months on heredur.
EDIT:
well not any euro server I have friends on grimmag heredur and agathon xD but only 2 of them is euro servers xD

 

If they added the option to move one's character, all or almost all those who are still active on the american servers and on balor would probably move out, the servers would be completly empty

and then only one thing would remain to do with those servers, if they're not used at all:

Big NO from me.

 

Well you stand to be kind of corrected in that regard,
all Tegan players would move to Agathon, that = logic
All balor players could be moved to Werian
1 or 2 players that have better latency on heredur would move their builds to heredur

 

Umm, maybe but not me (or others with a decent enough connection and a bit of foresight.) Why move from a dead server to a dying server? Since this option would likely mean the impending doom of both NA servers I would move my accts to an EU server.

Also, this idea might have similar consequences for other EU servers besides Balor.

 

dead server has some players correct?
dying server gets new strong players it will woo others to not leave
if balor has 100 players and they are moved to werian and werian has 100 more active players it will have the same effect.
but whatever the option has to be there to some extent atleast for some players atleast
all other games have this option atleast once

 

Correct. And it needs more. What you suggest would result in closing AT THE VERY LEAST two servers: Balor and Tegan.

Now, I seriously think (as Mikey does I think) that it would go on and Agathon and Werian would get empty and closed too. Both are considered dying.

From six servers to two... great idea! Server amount decreased three times.

Do you realise that it's easier to fill back dead existing servers than open a completly new server?

NO, NO & NO AGAIN!!!

 

well if its so easy to refill a server why is it not happeneing?
Either way I dont need my build on agathon on a server where I get 380ms
I need it on a server where I get 192-237 ms

 

No discussions please, just opinions on the idea

 

Because they're doing the wrong stuff.

They should go by my plan (or by any other good suggestion we've got):
set rebalancing -> new good uniques -> new skills + subclasses/new classes/both -> content expansion(s) + large ad campaign (+ perhaps something like "Dance of Blades" of the old times)
Somewhere along the way fix the pvp.

This would refill the "dead" servers.

 

Mybe you should try building on a server where you have 380ms for 2 years and then have to do all that all over again on another server

 

If the prime motivation for switching servers is the ISP connection, hardware or other user issues; those are not really the game's problem.

Okie Dokie. Now, I cannot possibly play every game out there (lord knows I try ) but, no game I have ever played allows players to decide when or where to switch servers. The reason for this, as already noted here, is that would leave to the server's population at the mercy of player's whims.

 

yes its the isp
yes its this and that
or maybe just maybe the difference is Agathon is 14000 kilometers away from me and heredur is 7000 kilometers away from me
oh hey let me switch isps for that
oh wait 4g has the same latency and rubber banding my 8mbps line gives

Say that again and I will literally get banned for mentioning the arpgs that allow this
the one arpg and its name starts with P allows this any time
The other arpg starts with D allows this once per year
Do you want some screenshots
or do you take my word for it @MikeyMetro

 

I try not to make apples and oranges comparisons.
The second game you hint at is from a triple-A publisher. They have a huge market advantage and don't really compete with games of this class. Heck, they started the whole online PC ARPG thing back in 1995. That game also went cross-platform as well so shifting server populations is hardly a concern for them at all.

As for the other game you hinted at... not trip-A but also cross-platform... and the reason they allow this is they have continuously added servers globally as the game grew since its launch in 2013. It's actually a tool they use... add servers as the player base grows in a geographic location to reduce latency then allow players to switch to help fill the new servers up and reduce the load on the previous servers. (btw, did they ever get around to putting a server in your country? I know it was being discussed once.)

So I will amend my previous statement to ' I do not know of any game that is not an apples to oranges comparison.'

8000 km from me with a little over 100ms last time I checked

hmm, a mobile or DSL connection... yeah I stand by what I said earlier... not the game's problem. But I do have some sympathy that those are your only choices.

 

Well I do live at the Southern most country in Africa so latency issues aside Heredur is where my build belongs