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What the heck is this? Is this some kind of underhanded sleight at the Devs? You think they want to take instructions from people who talk about them this way?
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Originally Posted by Dr_Incredible
maybe those sitting around in the studios should
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If we are to die, let us die like men. -- Patrick Cleburne
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog
To find teams easily; don't watch the broadcast, gently ask people on the Find Member list directly if you can join them for a mission or two. Playing for less then a month now I already got a strong friends list containing several very social and nice persons who always let me team up with them. There's people everywhere around the streets on Virtue when I play .
And probably they haven't merged the servers because of the release of GR. If they are not merging now they are better prepared for server loads if GR should attract lots of new players.
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Originally Posted by Dr_Incredible
With the dwindling numbers of players and lack of teams available maybe those sitting around in the studios should merge their servers in to 1.
Yes, you may lose your toon name.. but teaming would be a LOT better. Your thoughts... |
I play almost exclusively on Virtue but whenever I go to another server (I have a couple rarely played toons on Victory which is VERY low pop) I have little issue finding a team.
Have you tried forming your own team? Did you do anything more than say in broadcast (random AT) lft?
Also, one other question that I don't think has been asked yet (yes I purposely repeated some that have already been pointed out for reiteration) what AT do you claim not be able to get a team on and what other MMOs have you played? I ask that because a lot of people coming from a "standard" MMO expect that as a tank or support class they should be able to find a team more often because in WoW for example 90% of the time a team of pure dps spends 20-30 minutes looking for a tank or healer where as here you can run with a team of all blasters if you choose. There is no ideal team make up... there is no lack of any specific AT. Not sure if that applies here but I bet that's what a lot of people do.
As far as merging the servers, let me just repeat what's already been said.
No.
I play on Virtue because I like a higher pop. Some people play on Victory because they like a lower pop. It took me forever to convince my gf that playing with more people was fun but she still prefers a lower pop and would have left all her toons on Victory if I hadn't been so persistent.
Also, as was also stated previously, I would LOVE to see the specifics on this claim of dwindling numbers... especially when I see at least one post daily from someone who includes the phrase "returning player" or "new to the game" and as with any MMO the people on the forums only represent those that actually look at them not everyone playing.
Global @radubadu
Usually playing one of the following toons blueside on Virtue:
Cadler 50 WP/SS tanker
Radubadu 46 Fire/Fire blaster
Hell Runner 35 Fire/Fire brute
Server merge...naah...
Now moving to a serverless environment I could get behind*
*if character names were preserved, which seemed to be something they hinted at would be possible at Herocon.
"I accidently killed Synapse, do we need to restart the mission?" - The Oldest One on Lord Recluses Strike Force
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How would that even be possible? I'm admittedly stupid when it comes to most tech stuff so I don't even know what you mean by serverless other than my initial interpretation of EVERYONE playing essentially on one server... how?
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Originally Posted by Jake_Summers
Server merge...naah...
Now moving to a serverless environment I could get behind* *if character names were preserved, which seemed to be something they hinted at would be possible at Herocon. |
Global @radubadu
Usually playing one of the following toons blueside on Virtue:
Cadler 50 WP/SS tanker
Radubadu 46 Fire/Fire blaster
Hell Runner 35 Fire/Fire brute
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Originally Posted by Dr_Incredible
With the dwindling numbers of players and lack of teams available maybe those sitting around in the studios should merge their servers in to 1.
Yes, you may lose your toon name.. but teaming would be a LOT better. Your thoughts... |
"Is he going to ever get around to asking a question?"
"He is aware that we've been getting 6 free transfer tokens a week for the entire month, right?"
"i guess a low post count isn't the sign of someone who thinks long and deeply about a subject before posting, is it?"
"Where is he that he's been seeing such dwindling numbers, and how, exactly, has he been collecting his data? (There was the usual last quarter slowdown that seems to have been exacrbated somewhat by the economy, but recently i've seen more people on weekends.)"
"So, a thought-provoking post that requires serious consideration... i'm going to be kept Waiting for Godot this time, aren't i?"
Final thought: "How many ghosts would a Ghost Widow chuck if a Ghost Widow could chuck ghosts?"
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i make stuff...
In the current issue of Beckett's Massive Online Gamer magazine, an article titled "2009 in Review" notes industry happenings throughout the past year, including:
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Should we take at face value the reasons given for the current free character transfer between servers in CoX: a special holiday treat, so you can play with your friends? Or is it really an industry trend? Will NCSoft and Paragon Studios follow the model that Sony Online implemented successfully? Will the current free character transfer between servers in CoX lead to some less populated servers being shut down? | October 15: Citing "the overwhelming success of the recent Free Character Transfer Service," Sony Online closed 12 Star Wars Galaxies servers. Players were given one month (from Sept. 15) to transfer their characters (for free) from one of these servers to another server. |
Will Going Rogue be run on the same servers as CoX? Or will it be run on newer, more powerful servers while CoX is run on older, fewer, consolidated servers?
The Beckett's "2009 in Review" article tracked trends in the MMO industry, including proliferation of microtransactions. Server consolidation is another industry trend.
Don't believe CoX is heading for server consolidation? Did you believe CoX would offer a for-pay travel power (Ninja Run)?
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HOLY **** they are coming out of the woodwork!
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Originally Posted by Starrbolt
In the current issue of Beckett's Massive Online Gamer magazine, an article titled "2009 in Review" notes industry happenings throughout the past year, including:
Should we take at face value the reasons given for the current free character transfer between servers in CoX: a special holiday treat, so you can play with your friends? Or is it really an industry trend? Will NCSoft and Paragon Studios follow the model that Sony Online implemented successfully? Will the current free character transfer between servers in CoX lead to some less populated servers being shut down? Will Going Rogue be run on the same servers as CoX? Or will it be run on newer, more powerful servers while CoX is run on older, fewer, consolidated servers? The Beckett's "2009 in Review" article tracked trends in the MMO industry, including proliferation of microtransactions. Server consolidation is another industry trend. Don't believe CoX is heading for server consolidation? Did you believe CoX would offer a for-pay travel power (Ninja Run)? |
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Originally Posted by Starrbolt
In the current issue of Beckett's Massive Online Gamer magazine, an article titled "2009 in Review" notes industry happenings throughout the past year, including:
Should we take at face value the reasons given for the current free character transfer between servers in CoX: a special holiday treat, so you can play with your friends? Or is it really an industry trend? Will NCSoft and Paragon Studios follow the model that Sony Online implemented successfully? Will the current free character transfer between servers in CoX lead to some less populated servers being shut down? Will Going Rogue be run on the same servers as CoX? Or will it be run on newer, more powerful servers while CoX is run on older, fewer, consolidated servers? The Beckett's "2009 in Review" article tracked trends in the MMO industry, including proliferation of microtransactions. Server consolidation is another industry trend. Don't believe CoX is heading for server consolidation? Did you believe CoX would offer a for-pay travel power (Ninja Run)? |
OMG a well thought out post about server consolidation... wow... I'm not being sarcastic I'm just truly amazed by the presentation of facts (even if they pertain to another game run by another company) that are usually missing from such a post.
HOWEVER, you're speculating on whether or not NCSoft will do that. Eventually I'm sure they will but who's to say when.
The OP on the other hand is actually requesting it be done because he "can't find a team" which we ALL know means he's likely just not going about it the right way.
Global @radubadu
Usually playing one of the following toons blueside on Virtue:
Cadler 50 WP/SS tanker
Radubadu 46 Fire/Fire blaster
Hell Runner 35 Fire/Fire brute
I'm offering the OP freebie +rep so that he may learn from this experience and take care when making posts in the future. After all, we were all new once.
But after today I break out the -rep viciously! 
So don't let it go to waste! 
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I agree that an example of one slightly unpredictable thing is proof that all possible things will happen. Because we got NR, we'll also get Clown Summoning, and the devs will ship fruit baskets to people who subscribe for over 3 months. Also the team will work to make a real-life Kronos Titan to rampage through the streets of New York for that authentic game experience. Don't believe that will happen? But we got Ninja Run! v|
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Don't believe CoX is heading for server consolidation? Did you believe CoX would offer a for-pay travel power (Ninja Run)?
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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Originally Posted by Starrbolt
In the current issue of Beckett's Massive Online Gamer magazine, an article titled "2009 in Review" notes industry happenings throughout the past year, including:
Should we take at face value the reasons given for the current free character transfer between servers in CoX: a special holiday treat, so you can play with your friends? Or is it really an industry trend? Will NCSoft and Paragon Studios follow the model that Sony Online implemented successfully? Will the current free character transfer between servers in CoX lead to some less populated servers being shut down? Will Going Rogue be run on the same servers as CoX? Or will it be run on newer, more powerful servers while CoX is run on older, fewer, consolidated servers? The Beckett's "2009 in Review" article tracked trends in the MMO industry, including proliferation of microtransactions. Server consolidation is another industry trend. Don't believe CoX is heading for server consolidation? Did you believe CoX would offer a for-pay travel power (Ninja Run)? |
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Oh god, *laughs*
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Seriously OP, you currently have the option to merge the servers yourself right now. Move all your toons to Freedom. Tons of people there. You can move 6 a day. You have I think until the 31st? So that's 24 toons you can move. Choose wisely my son!
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It has been postulated by Westley in the general discussion forums that it seems somewhat suspicious that a lot of people with low post counts and join dates no later than about two years ago are starting various whinge/doom threads, never posting again after the first post, then starting a similar thread in another section, and this is all happening right as Cryptic announces an expansion.|
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Oh god, *laughs*
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Perhaps it's a plot. Or just a particularly venal sort of astroturfing.
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Originally Posted by Starrbolt
In the current issue of Beckett's Massive Online Gamer magazine, an article titled "2009 in Review" notes industry happenings throughout the past year, including:
Should we take at face value the reasons given for the current free character transfer between servers in CoX: a special holiday treat, so you can play with your friends? Or is it really an industry trend? Will NCSoft and Paragon Studios follow the model that Sony Online implemented successfully? Will the current free character transfer between servers in CoX lead to some less populated servers being shut down? Will Going Rogue be run on the same servers as CoX? Or will it be run on newer, more powerful servers while CoX is run on older, fewer, consolidated servers? The Beckett's "2009 in Review" article tracked trends in the MMO industry, including proliferation of microtransactions. Server consolidation is another industry trend. Don't believe CoX is heading for server consolidation? Did you believe CoX would offer a for-pay travel power (Ninja Run)? |
"they're coming to take me away ha ha, they're coming to take me away..."
I play on Defiant, an EU server, with a lowish population. But I have many global friends and I'm a member of a busy SG.
I never seem to have problems teaming, I sometimes have the opposite problem of invites when I am running solo.
If things are quiet then I post on Defiant Events that I'm thinking of starting a TF. That seems to work ok
Happy to be on Defiant.
Global name @mereman
Member of P.E.R.C. Representing Defiant
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CoH faces http://faces.cohtitan.com/profile/mereman
As an aside, I thought it was six transfers a week. But yeah, with the freebie in affect right now, the OP has no one but themselves to blame. They need to consolidate some grey matter and decide what they want.
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a week? Maybe. I thought I moved more than that in a week but I very well may not have. Someone with more motivation than me should post a link or something!|
Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
As an aside, I thought it was six transfers a week. But yeah, with the freebie in affect right now, the OP has no one but themselves to blame. They need to consolidate some grey matter and decide what they want.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Oh god, *laughs*
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Not cool, man! My ribs just got strained!
Ohdeargodtherats...
Kfffffhehehehehehehehe...Imma so stealing that
This thread made my day!
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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I hope they realize that GR is not a separate game, so wherever CoX is running, GR will be there using the same servers we already have. The only issue then becomes whether or not the server hardware would be upgraded at all or not, but that's a compeltely different issue.
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Originally Posted by Starrbolt
Will Going Rogue be run on the same servers as CoX? Or will it be run on newer, more powerful servers while CoX is run on older, fewer, consolidated servers?
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When the service came up, we all received 6 tokens. Each token replenishes 1 week after it's use, so if you used one on Monday last week, 3 on Wednesday, and 2 on Friday, you would of gotten 1 back on Monday, 3 on Wednesday, and will get the last 2 back tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
As an aside, I thought it was six transfers a week. But yeah, with the freebie in affect right now, the OP has no one but themselves to blame. They need to consolidate some grey matter and decide what they want.
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Naw, let's give them the benefit of the doubt and run GR on its own server. You know, GR, the expansion that requires CoH to run, while CoH is on another server. It's foolproof! d-|
Originally Posted by Master-Blade
I hope they realize that GR is not a separate game, so wherever CoX is running, GR will be there using the same servers we already have. The only issue then becomes whether or not the server hardware would be upgraded at all or not, but that's a compeltely different issue.
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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1) You should've taken advantage of the free server transfers|
Originally Posted by Dr_Incredible
With the dwindling numbers of players and lack of teams available maybe those sitting around in the studios should merge their servers in to 1.
Yes, you may lose your toon name.. but teaming would be a LOT better. Your thoughts... |
2) Users are hostile to this idea partly because they're VERY attached to their character names.
3) It's taken as a sign of MMO implosion when a game reduces the number of servers. So just from a marketing/PR point of view, it'd be better to keep empty servers running than to shut them down.
My take on the best solution: the devs should make server transfers very inexpensive, like a buck.
Freedom: Blazing Larb, Fiery Fulcrum, Sardan Reborn, Arctic-Frenzy, Wasabi Sam, Mr Smashtastic.
You know, there is a much more logical solution to the "Server Population Disparity Problem." Instead of merging servers like everyone always suggests, why doesn't anyone ever prose to reduce the number of character slots? If everyone only had five character slots per server, they'd have little choice but to branch out to other servers to create more alts. Not only would this likely boost the population of servers like Pinnacle, but it would probably have the added side benefit of reducing lag on servers like Virtue and Freedom during peak hours and during major events.
Yes, I know it is at least as bad, and probably a worse, an idea as server mergers, I just wonder why no one ever suggests it.
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You're entitled to that opinion, but I think you'll find almost everyone disagrees. Including the devs that you're insulting, which by the way doesn't help your argument. Quite the opposite actually. Especially when it's as broad-reaching as claiming ALL of the devs are worthless. If you really believe that, there's an exit stage left. I trust you can find it.
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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Nuke Galaxy City so it looks like Boomtown.
Merge Virtue and Freedom.
Ban parenthesis.