Upcoming Server Mergers

[hjam_8879649]

While we wait - I want to share something we do to keep the game alive.

I am in the top guild on 101. to allow the other guilds to grow - we have implemented 2 simple measures.

1) no attacking boats below 4mil power
2) we let Tynon do the GW allocations

As the top guild in a server it is your responsibility to keep that server alive.

Right...and when the servers merge you get steam rolled if a bigger guild moves in.

[zogg.get.safe_7434468]

Right...and when the servers merge you get steam rolled if a bigger guild moves in.

Yes - but then it's their responsibility to keep the server alive.

I hope they'll take that responsibility seriously.

[Andy]

That is very responsible of you. We are the 2hd top guild in server 7 and Guild Wars does not apply because there is only one dominant Guild in each Realm. I could propose the boats restriction to the other guilds but I do not not think there are many active players in the server under 4 mil, let alone having a combined power of 4 mil in a boat. The top Guild will not even agree to power down for HP so I think it will be a moot point anyway.

[ed.dolley_3717642]

As the top guild in a server it is your responsibility to keep that server alive.

Surely it is the responsibility of Dev to keep the server alive? The players can't increase the activity in the server, and in cases such as in my server where we have maybe 20 active players I would welcome a merge with other servers with open arms. (I am in 19 and we are similar in power to 14)

What I propose is to go back to this; merge 5 servers together and make each server a realm. So, for example, all of server 78 (my server) would become Forest Realm when the servers merge. Go back to having 5 realms instead of 3 as well. This would keep Guild Wars as it is now -- we would be fighting the same people, but the seas would become much more interesting. It would also give players who dislike the super guild of their server the option of leaving the realm and joining another server's super guild, while still giving others the familiarity of faces/names in their own realm. Perhaps give everyone their free realm transfer back when the servers merge.

That is a great idea but you could have a situation where one realm is far superior to another based on how old the servers merged are. For example if a 2 month old server becomes fire realm and a 3 month old server becomes forest then the top fire players will switch realms, unless of course they bring back the old GW system on S1-10

[Joker]

The real problem is that the Guilds are not balanced in power. If there was a way to limit how much power a Guild can have it would lead to formation of several guilds that can compete with each other. Of course, then there would not be any way to prevent the top guilds to become allies, but at least it would be a step in the right direction.

Having said that, this can not be implemented on exiting servers (merged or not) because it would force the exiting guilds to break up.

Idk which server you play but after the first 10 servers GW is mainly fought between realms all the top players generally end up in 1 guild in each realm and then each realm fights agasint each other. Even if one of the guilds is stronger than the others they still lose cities cause they have to split theri forces to fight others so its not really a problem untill very late in the server when most end up quitting or so and theree is only 20 or so players left thats when we need to merge

[Wildflower]

It would be nice to get an update on how this plan is progressing.
Is this still in the cards?

[rl27_3335274]

I hope a merge comes, and soon. Server 58 Wisdom of Pallas, is practically dead. From what I can tell from Ragnarak and Boss Fights and Guild Wars, there are currenly only about 16 active players. Recently in Ragnarak the number 10 position at the end had one win streak, with quite a few two win streaks, I fought the same enemy at least 8 times in 47 fights. I even saw 8 people total in Rag. That tells you how bad things are.

[DarkSapphire]

Noticed names changing over in heroic realms to players ive never heard of. Am i right in assuming the merger is happening?
I play in a few different servers, so what happens if some of the servers i play in merge into the new server? How will i play both players in the same server? ( as i am using the same email and password for all the servers i play)

[Kruize]

No its just drawing replays from all servers rather than just your own.

[DarkSapphire]

anyone know why?