Euro English and North American Server merge and other news.

marct

There is some huge news here about SoR.  Some 'Big' announcement to come at EA and to address my concerns for new people about the daunting interface, a new one is under development! Yeah!

Please read and ask questions.  I will continue to post the playing NA persons perspective regularly. 

The forum announcement of server merging:  http://www.ryzom.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12909

The post from the CEO, David Cohen Corval, announcing the server merge and other initiatives.  Lots of hints, but who knows what they mean at this point.  If you have been followig the game, it is clear outposts are on their way soon, it is just a matter of how completely.:  http://ryzom.com/?page=letter_davidcohen_20050329

marc.

VicodinTaco

Looks good. 

 I was just mentioning that this game only needed a few more months work before I give it a try   Maybe less now. 

The one thing that really still turns me off is these messaging quests I keep hearing about.  I can't stand those!  I hope some waypoint system of some sort is introduced into the game.  That might be exactly what's needed to get me to sign up.

Untill then.  I'll be watching.

Neas

you conveneintley left out the reason why...

sleepyguyftl

They merged them because the NA severs did not have a reasonable population. From what I understand the EE server (the one the NA is being joined with) has a decent population.

marct

Neas, I really do not see why you find it necessary to continually bash SoR.  Maybe you really like it and want to play it, or maybe you really hate it.  But promote your WoW instead of bashing Ryzom.  I do not bash WoW, and would not encourage others to.  I think you ask good questions and wish to promote intelligent converstaion, but see you throw one liners around like the people you despise and reprimand.

I left the artiles without my input, for everyone to read for themselves, and I imagine you mean to imply that it is either failing, losing money, or somehting else negative.  Well, #1 I would expect every new MMO to lose money for some amount of time before making any.  Do you think Blizzard was instantly rich?  In fact EVERY new business loses money for a while before they make money. 

I hope the merger saves them funds to have the time to make the game what it has potential lto be.  I also hope the merger gives me more community and more events.  Does the merger frighten me and have me worried in some ways, of course!  And this is despite the fact that I wanted desperately to have more players.  (I guess I just wanted them all to be new, not all around my level or stronger.  Or maybe it is like having hundreds of new players dumped on your in an instant instead of having them stream in at a reasonable rate. 

Anyways, I hope for the best, I love the game, and am hopefully not fanboi material!

Goldenblack

Don't feed the trolls.

 

-Golden

Neas

Im tired of people who asnwer:

"Yes this is the best thing ever. Good news"

When in fact if you read the article the CEO points out that:

1. Currently the game cannot support itself financially therefore it is loosing money atm
2. To solve or counteract this problem they are reducing the Customer support to one company (may or may not be more or less support). Although now an english company deals with english, french and german customers. Not the ideal situation.
3. They are also restructuring internally Meaning that people will be sacked/made redundant. People who put blood, sweat and tears into your game are gonna be out on the streets. Nobody thinks about them.
4. They want more players.

Thats it. You could read between the lines that this forbodes danger. Also the first 6 months - 1 year of a first software release company is make our break time and such news as this is not positive in that light.

Im just tired of people ignoring the main facts and concentrating on the merging. When in fact in 6 months time they might not even have their characters .

Mithras

     I find fanbois to be people who continually come on to another server and praise their beloved game while bashing someone else's.  Also I was wondering do you like to do this because 1) you enjoy giving inspired and insightful opinions into the mechanics of mmo gameplay? Or 2) WoW servers are down so often you have nothing better to do?

     I think reason number two is the answer, but if I'm wrong then where I feel apologies are necessary I offer them.

Neas

nah.

I get time when im in a raid party that is forming on wow. So i get time to browse some.

But your still avoiding the point. Instead of Insulting me why not address the point i made?.

But thats too difficult as that is my point. You ignore all things bad, it seems theres a blinding effect to anything bad.

If was still playing ryzom and i heard this news i would be worried and a little happy but Not excstatic about it.

Servers are fine now for wow .... thx for asking . yes they went down Lots more so than Ryzom and ya thats bad. I agree. Still i put up with it cause im still enjoying it after 5 months playing it.

Bambul

Neas, instead of putting up this "discussion" here, think about human nature. Do you really believe ppl want to hear this (however right that might be)?! I think not, most of the people liking (any, not only SoR) game will want to see this positively. And despite of agreeing with your points, they just don't want to discuss this like you would.

I am SoRer too, I like the game veeery much, and see your points. But whether you're right or not, I don't care and pray for the company to last at least few more months. And rather not discuss/think of negative possibilities...

evilfixx

Isn't SoE shutting down a lot of servers and doing a merge? Ryzom ia an awesome game. If I didn't like CoH as much as I do, I'd be playing that. I honestly think that they're doing a food thing by merging servers, it doesn't necessarily mean they're losing players or any money, it just means they're trying to save resources that my be used for other things. I'm not going to attempt to bash WoW. Though I find it funny that WoW players laugh when other games have minor issues.

GISP

Nice... looking foreward to see more players in the late hours

MazokNor

It's not SoR witch has to be blamed, it's NEVRAX ... damm guy's i'd followed SoR since CB Times (the early ones ) and since that time the Game made almost no progression everything thats now in, and the Things coming up where there since the first CB.

Selling Bad as good news is something David really had a skill

In Fact SoR lost a majority of its Player Base since Release and after this "canceling Contract" think with MDO a big part of the German SoR Community going to left the Game. And NEVRAX will and up as there predecessor VIBES (Mankind) who killed one the first and till now most Inovative MMO's ...

PS: Why the Hack most of the Post's referring too SoR include somthing like "sone Feature XYZ will come, really, promised" ... reminding me on Necron

kparton

It was a difficult time for Ryzom to be released, amist the view of EQ2 & WOW, it was going ot be hard.

Ryzom has little if not Zero content, you cant keep players on graphics & grinding for long, Ryzom is just really one of those games thats popular in central europe, its never going to be as popular as WoW, EQ or DAOC etc.

I love Ryzom however and enjoy my time online, Im hopeful that Nevrax will get themselves sorted and assure me & the other players that the game will continue to run and I look forward to the future changes to come.

geezass

There is a server merge event on the 10th of april

more info: http://www.ryzom.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13104