Possible future EU/US Server Merge!
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Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2009-08-02 10:04 in The European Lounge
A thought hit me. When they shut down 'City of Hero' over in Korea, we absorbed them. Opening up the server lists to everyone wouldn't be much different than that, would it?
It is kinda neat seeing their language in broadcast.
Also it would mean just having one single client. It might be that the german and frog servers cause a bit more work, but I see no real reason not to merge. When EU is laggy, I could go play on a US server! 
We shall merge once you bloody yanks admit EU ownership over your colonies. And reimburse us for that bloody tea already.
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Originally Posted by poptart_fairy
We shall merge once you bloody yanks admit EU ownership over your colonies. And reimburse us for that bloody tea already.
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We didn't like the tea anyway
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AH, smurfy plan forming in my head:
Let's just take the american servers!
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That would be cool, sorta like the DC/Marvel cross-overs where the heros duke it out over ideological differences, except this time its a turf war.
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Originally Posted by SingStar
AH, smurfy plan forming in my head:
Let's just take the american servers! |
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This I would agree with as well.|
Originally Posted by ArcticFahx
To be perfectly frank, I wouldn't mind all you crazy European types coming over to our humble servers. But not as a server merge, but a client merge. Basically, adding the 4 Euro servers to the same list us US players can pick, and adding the 11 US servers to the same list you Europeans can pick from.
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It would be something different.
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It would be cool, but just how would they deal with global name conflicts?
A game is not supposed to be some kind of... place where people enjoy themselves!
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Probably the same way they're dealing with the forum: people would get non-unique temporary global names, and then work with support to get it worked out.
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Originally Posted by ChaosExMachina
It would be cool, but just how would they deal with global name conflicts?
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I could write a post here on the many reasons a server merge would be a good thing, stating how Defiant is vastly underpopulated due to Union's DXP event last year, but that probarly would get me going again and a ban from the boards.
Soooo im just leaving it at this by saying: if it ever comes to a server merge, I would be a very happy panda.
As a european playing on the american servers, I honestly have never understod the reasoning for separate clients, I get the idea of separate european servers:
- Easier to get teams for europeans (due to the time difference, this can sometimes be difficult)
- Less lag
But, separate clients, it just doesn't make sense to me, which by the way is also the reason I have stuck with the american servers, even when we could transfer for free to the european: How in the world would I ever be able to make due with only 2 servers, when I have about 4 filled to capacity?
(I disregard the german and french server due to language difficulties, no offense).
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Gods, you're not STILL carping on about that are you?|
Originally Posted by rpgguy
Defiant is vastly underpopulated due to Union's DXP event last year, but that probarly would get me going again and a ban from the boards.
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Are you ever actually going to bring some proof of your claims to the boards, or are you just gonna carry on making unjustified claims that Defiant died thanks to a technical problem that gave Union a DXP weekend?
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Can we also stop claiming the defiant has died unless we're also going to claim that all non English Language servers are also long dead
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Yeah but then I can see loads of Americans just quoting braveheart:|
Originally Posted by SingStar
AH, smurfy plan forming in my head:
Let's just take the american servers! |
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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The American servers are getting a second 2XP weekend after I16 comes out, to make up for the technical problems some of them have had this weekend.
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Oh noes! It's the doom of the EU servers!! |
Originally Posted by Golden_Girl_EU
The American servers are getting a second 2XP weekend after I16 comes out, to make up for the technical problems some of them have had this weekend.
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Of course he is. Why bring logic and proof of fact to a forum when clearly he knows for a "fact" that's what happened? |
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
Gods, you're not STILL carping on about that are you?
Are you ever actually going to bring some proof of your claims to the boards, or are you just gonna carry on making unjustified claims that Defiant died thanks to a technical problem that gave Union a DXP weekend? |
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I also know for a "fact" that Deviant isn't dead or dying. It's very much alive and kicking. It just has a more discerning and older population than Onion.
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That makes me wonder if I16 is quite a bit closer than we thought - i.e. a shorter beta is expected.
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Originally Posted by Golden_Girl_EU
The American servers are getting a second 2XP weekend after I16 comes out, to make up for the technical problems some of them have had this weekend.
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Well, as I16 is msotly about visuals, I think any bugs will be spotted pretty quickly, so I don't think it'll have anywhere near the beta period that I14 had - maybe not even the I15 beta period.
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Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave
That makes me wonder if I16 is quite a bit closer than we thought - i.e. a shorter beta is expected.
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Oh it's obvious that people thinking every colour needs testing with every power are overcomplicating things and that's not the case. But there are the proliferated sets to consider.|
Originally Posted by Golden_Girl_EU
Well, as I16 is msotly about visuals, I think any bugs will be spotted pretty quickly, so I don't think it'll have anywhere near the beta period that I14 had - maybe not even the I15 beta period.
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And it also does seem to suggest that there may not be anything major (or arc/TF/story content) left to announce for I16.
I didn't really think it likely that there would be, but until the devs state that there's not or reveal the beta (or final feature list) it's still a possibility.
And even if GR is coming soon(ish), I'd hoped that there might be some small progress made in the story. To help set-up GR and the next major story-issue if nothing else.
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Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave
And even if GR is coming soon(ish), I'd hoped that there might be some small progress made in the story. To help set-up GR and the next major story-issue if nothing else. |
And thats not until November.
http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/news/a...thick_and_thin
Although it doesn't state whether thats closed beta or not.
And I would assume that if the 'Coming Storm' is not related to the GR expansion then there would be some sort of story in I16
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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I think the "to be announced" part of the preview is more likely to cover them being able to squeeze in an extra proliferated set or something, rather than an actual storyarc.
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Y'know... Just a couple of months ago, right after i15 launched, you were CONVINCED that the promised story progression would be in i16. Before that, you were saying there'd be some in i15.|
Originally Posted by Golden_Girl_EU
I think the "to be announced" part of the preview is more likely to cover them being able to squeeze in an extra proliferated set or something, rather than an actual storyarc.
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I see you've changed your mind... again.
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Completely agree here, not just because of the idea of having access to both lists and more characters etc but i know a lot of US players that i'd love to catch up with. I think doing something like this though makes it a gift as it doesn't really benefit them in anyway. There would be tremendous work planning and execution to be done and no gain on their side, apart from maybe better spread of population. (perhaps after GR's done and they have extra staff lying about >.>
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