Poster: Chugali at 7/21/2005 10:31:55 PM PDT
Subject: What is the logic behind making new servers? |
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Blizzard, why do you create new servers when there are already numerous servers with low populations? Adding new servers just lowers the current server populations and ruins the game for others.
It's retarded having 20+ ghost servers and still making new ones.
Let's get some logic here Blizz.
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 10:50:41 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Every single realm we had before launching these realms peaked at Medium population or higher. While you may not believe that these new realms were necessary, our server technicians have been monitoring the populations and the influx of new players for some time and they deemed the extra capacity necessary. I assure you, it is not a PR move, nor is it done purely due to player desire.
That said, we are working on solutions to manage the disparity between lower and higher populations.
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 10:59:18 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Q u o t e:
this post is contradicting.
you say all realms are filling up, but then you say you are addressing the issues with low populations.
which one is it?
Lower populations. It is not in any way contradictory. There is no "low" population realm, but some realm populations are lower than others (which can be overcrowded). There is a disparity, and it's only natural depending on players' desires when choosing a realm. We did need the capacity and still do, but we also need to help balance populations throughout the realms and disperse some of the players on full realms.
Is that more clear?
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 11:17:59 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Q u o t e:
where do you guys get your numbers and what are they based on?
are they based on the number of accounts who have characters in the server? because that would be a gravely inaccurate number.
eh, and what i dont understand is if you guys say populations are actually pretty balanced on pvp servers, why dont you release the actual numbers?
Our numbers are based on active players in the game on a given realm, not total characters or players. Please give us a little credit. ;)
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 11:29:06 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Cheirda, much of what you're asking for is information I cannot give. What I can tell you, however, is that we're looking to institute a solution to that very thing in the near future. I know it's very difficult to wait a bit (I do have a character on one of the afflicted realms and I understand the frustration completely) but I ask that you be patient a little while longer. We're not idle on this front.
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 11:39:17 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Hacknslash, I invite you to read my first post in this thread, where I state that every realm is at least Medium population or higher at its peak. As it is tending into midnight PST, we are obviously at off-peak time. I thank you for your attempt to disprove me, but suggest that perhaps context would allow you to comprehend my meaning in the future. :)
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 11:42:28 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Remember that peak times are also dependent on the day of the week. ;)
The information I have conveyed in this thread is directly from the server technicians themselves, who have very closely monitored the active populations of all realms over a series of weeks.
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 11:51:05 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Cheirda, we know what the problem is, of that I can assure you. However, I am not authorized to give you a detailed explanation of our server architecture or the particular issues occurring therein that are causing the latency and queues you're experiencing. I am sorry if you're not satisfied with that, but I do not have that to give.
It should be more important, regardless, that we are doing something about it, and we are. I know you want to see results right away. I appreciate the suggestion, but we already have a plan of action that should resolve the issue. The fact of the matter is that disabling character creation on these realms would not resolve the issues you're seeing in the time it would take to institute our current plan -- it probably wouldn't make any noticeable difference for you at all. Queues are necessary at this time. If we turned off character creation and lifted the cap that creates the queue, the realm would be completely unplayable despite the fact that no one could create new characters.
Again, I appreciate your suggesting a solution, but it is not one that will aid the current situation. We do have a plan of action and our team is preparing to follow through with it. I can only ask you to be patient a little while longer in the meantime.
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/21/2005 11:55:27 PM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Q u o t e:
Cay did you read my suggestion?
Yes, and if you read my earlier posts, we do plan on working to balance out the major disparities therein.
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Poster: Caydiem at 7/22/2005 12:11:04 AM PDT
Subject: Re: What is the logic behind making new serve |
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Q u o t e:
Well blue thats all fine and dandy when are you going to acknowledge the population inbalances on servers such as argent dawn an others and do something about it. Sure we have alot of people logged on at prime time just to bad its 3 alliance to 1 horde so yes why the new servers when there are such inbalanced ones? What of the customers who are paying now? It seems customers you can possibly get are more important then the ones you already have.
We acknowledged faction imbalances about three times today. I will do so again. We're aware that there are significant faction imbalances -- though nothing close to what you claim, as the third party sites are inaccurate -- and are working on solutions for them. Naturally this is a delicate problem that must be approached with great care. It is a high priority for a subset of our developers to institute a solution for the imbalance issues.
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager
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