Servers 30 and 21 merger discussion

[Jewels]

Oh! forgot about 1-10 having more realms and also only fighting gw's in each realm vs server - what a dif game there huh?

[Morgan le Fay]

I disagree with this. s1-10 have 4 times the npc's to control than the newer servers 11-infinity

There are several factors why any MMOs merge their servers.

• Daily log in activity
• Amount of revenue
• PvP interaction
• Lesser criteria which determines which servers are chosen for merging known only to the devs

Since s1-10 have steady income and are in general very active means you could be looking at merging in 12-18 months time, depending on the merge roll outs. And having realm GWs tend to keep these servers active since more guilds are able to have the buffs rather than a single uber guild.

[Andy]

Since s1-10 have steady income and are in general very active means you could be looking at merging in 12-18 months time, depending on the merge roll outs. And having realm GWs tend to keep these servers active since more guilds are able to have the buffs rather than a single uber guild.

In server 7 there is no competition within a realm. There is one dominant Guild in each Realm that owns all the cities. That Guild has a deal with at least another Guild to challenge in GW every day so that we can get the GW rewards, but there is no real battles. The dominant defending Guild garrisons B and it is either done on the first round by attacking A or it runs the 30 rounds. In Light we let it run the 30 rounds so that if some one is late they can still join and get the rewards.

[mattp169]

In server 7 there is no competition within a realm. There is one dominant Guild in each Realm that owns all the cities. That Guild has a deal with at least another Guild to challenge in GW every day so that we can get the GW rewards, but there is no real battles. The dominant defending Guild garrisons B and it is either done on the first round by attacking A or it runs the 30 rounds. In Light we let it run the 30 rounds so that if some one is late they can still join and get the rewards.

exactly the issue - gwf is a chore not something fun to do. time to scrap it. Its broke. It never worked the way it was intended except for a few limited servers and on a few occasions. Everyone flocks to the uber guild. WHY? because the rewards are so valuable. SO instead of taking away the rewards, just give all guilds the buffs based on guild level. This will allow for players to grow and change guilds and realign servers if wanted by the players. Make gwf fights over coins/credits/rep/exp not these massive buffs, but dont take away the buffs

[hjam_8879649]

Their biggest determining factor has always been server population and consistent play. They look at daily logs, spending patterns, etc. but the biggest factor is population not spending. I look for about 30-40 servers to be merged.

Sure it is population lol .....then you woke up...its revenue plain and simple, if one players is spending thousands of dollars every week on a server that is low populated do you really think they would mess with that? Nope wont happen. Now if the spending drops off then ya they might think about merging it then.

[Jewels]

Prob revenue for sure - but... you don't think that same person won't keep spending if he's put in with say a server with vip2 & 3's - still a good merge imo

*eta: but hope pussyriot doesn't land in our server - we broke*

[Dawnseeker]

There are several factors why any MMOs merge their servers.

• Daily log in activity
• Amount of revenue
• PvP interaction
• Lesser criteria which determines which servers are chosen for merging known only to the devs

Since s1-10 have steady income and are in general very active means you could be looking at merging in 12-18 months time, depending on the merge roll outs. And having realm GWs tend to keep these servers active since more guilds are able to have the buffs rather than a single uber guild.

Those are a few of the criteria for server mergers, but your time frame is a wild guess. You have no idea when any server might be merging. Since you're a forum moderator and some people might mistake your guesses for information from the company, please don't guess.

[DrthCaedus]

Those are a few of the criteria for server mergers, but your time frame is a wild guess. You have no idea when any server might be merging. Since you're a forum moderator and some people might mistake your guesses for information from the company, please don't guess.

Then perhaps Ucool should communicate an actual timeframe??? That seems to be the smart thing to do rather than admonish an extremely helpful person speaking from past experience when working with your company.

[Andy]

Then perhaps Ucool should communicate an actual timeframe??? That seems to be the smart thing to do rather than admonish an extremely helpful person speaking from past experience when working with your company.

This is what happens when we have discussions in multiple threads. This tread is supposed to be about the Server 30 and 21 discussion. Dawnseeker already answered the question here http://bbs.tynon.com/showthread.php?...-Mergers-Begin

We don't make any of that data public, but there is a plan. From now on, when a merger is pending, we'll announce it in advance.

We can bellyache all we want, but that is the official position.

[Nooberix]

exactly the issue - gwf is a chore not something fun to do. time to scrap it. Its broke. It never worked the way it was intended except for a few limited servers and on a few occasions. Everyone flocks to the uber guild. WHY? because the rewards are so valuable. SO instead of taking away the rewards, just give all guilds the buffs based on guild level. This will allow for players to grow and change guilds and realign servers if wanted by the players. Make gwf fights over coins/credits/rep/exp not these massive buffs, but dont take away the buffs

Giving buffs as per guild level it the worst idea ever. In our server ( whole server) number of active players 6 max 10 so we will never get the buffs and eventually we all quit and another dead server.