Discussion: One game, one global server access

Okay, then perhaps in the case of name collisions ONLY, both could be renamed with a "_EU" or "_US" postfix.

This way, any inactive Globals are by definition wiped out and the Global Rename will allow the active player to take the name. Plus, in the case of a conflict, it's a free-for-all.

Of course, I'd prefer an account age priority system (not activation date, but by veteran status, essentially) as fairer.

I'd also still like to see an account merge (if feasible).

Concerns over how we will be handling account/global naming collisions are completely understandable and I sincerely apologize if you will be inconvenienced by this in a significant manner.

Please understand, we spent a lot of time reviewing possibilities and options when it came to handling accounts and globals with naming collisions. Pretty much all of the options mentioned above were discussed and weighed seriously in the decision making process. This was not an easy decision to make.

When making this decision, we had to realize that whatever solution we implemented would have to be explained to every player who ever decided to return to the game. Unfortunately a first come/first serve rule wouldn't be the easiest to explain, nor would it be the most fair to enforce. Date of account creation creates an additional collision possibility. Ultimately, we decided that the most direct, and easiest to understand method to accomplish this is to simply rename the accounts.

Again, I do understand preemptive frustration, especially if you are one of the few players actually effected by this policy. I sincerely hope that should you be effected you will view this as a minor bump in the road to creating a truly global Community.

My concern is with those that own their account name/global on both sides of the pond, and how that's sorted.

I don't have two running accounts, but I did have a trial account on the NA servers to try out some NA-exclusive thing at the time, and there's a decent chance a trial I set up is using my global over there, too. If we absolutely can't stop the EU accounts from missing out here, I think the least that can be done is to have a reactivation period beforehand so we can change any details that we want to. Perhaps with a one-time account rename beforehand too, so we can prepare.

Shouldn't you at least wait until there is actually an issue to complain?
It's entirely possible that nobody in this thread will even have to deal with it...

Whining about it isn't going to change it at this point. Try taking a 'wait and see' approach.

Quick replay

I don't like any of these EU and US suggestions for fairness. When it was done for the forums I lost out on the name Pyrox I'd had since CoH US beta because some EU newbie logged in before me.

EU has the smaller player count so you guys get the short end on this.

I know that when they announced the Global Chat initially I *couldnt* actually get the global name that i am currently using (I actually saved my Global rename token for a few months before i used it).

The "race to claim your global" sucks because people will complain that they were either at work/unsubbed at time of change/blown up PC etc etc... still get the same number of complaints (if not more). Also with the "race to claim" there is the chance that several globals will be messed around (a becomes b, b becomes d, c stays as c, d becomes a) just by pure luck.

At least *this way* we do have a notification of what is happening ahead of time (and if you *do* lose your global, the only you are liable to steal is another EU one).

The merging of EU/US accounts....

If it were to happen I would assume that veteran rewards would "go the highest level that either account has paid for".

I have both NA and EU accounts, will my EU characters have the same amount of Vet badges as my NA charaters? And far as subsriptions, I have till July to add more time on NA and May on EU account, if I add time to both accounts seperatly would all paid times be added together? For example: I add 6 month to NA and 2 months to EU to equal 8 months paid time.

I have to seperate global names (one NA and oneEU,) will they give me an option to choose between one of them?

Rednames, could you clarify this?

I own two accounts - one NA, one EU. The NA account has barely been played at all, no characters I care about are on it, it has no vet rewards and no boosters.

I'd rather not have to change the login or global name of my EU account. Can I arrange for a GM to change the login and global of my NA account in advance of the switch, so that they do not match the EU one?

Thanks for putting this server list merge into action, it's something I've always wanted.