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Two New NA Servers Are Up
AmbrosiaAmor
Member Posts: 915
in ArcheAge
2 new servers just went up about 15 minutes ago.
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know what sucks
they are already full, but if you already made 2 chars on a different server, you have to be able to log into that server to delete the chars to make new ones.
Yeah it seems people were not able to access them till 5-10 minutes ago... so already a 1k queue? That was pretty quick. I know Russia and South Korea both opened with around 25 servers... but most of them went pretty thin within a couple of months. I know South Korea had 1 recent server merge. I'm gathering info on that, but I might end up posting up my initial findings on Reddit first since they may end up being more helpful.
Russia might end up following suite so I think that XL Games does not want to make the same mistake... for the third time. We'll just have to see how this weekend pans out.
Yeah I think Trion are being rightfully cautious here about adding too many servers. It would be really awful if a month or two later they became ghost towns and server mergers in ArcheAge would mean people losing their land. And as far as this weekend goes. I think we will spend a fair amount of time in the queue's . I do however hope to get some nice game time in !
- Jinxys
how big is the capacity of each server? I gotta think along the lines of 50k+? Seems like if they would just bump each server 5k-10 more would solve the issues
Unfortunately, Trion made a serious blunder by keeping ALL servers open for new character creation until today.
To borrow an old meme: "One doesn't simply change servers in Archeage !"
Whilst non-instanced housing and land ownership is a great feature, it has some significant drawbacks.
Those queues are for FREE players, ANY patron going there would get right in I would bet my account on it.
Dont believe the hype or the queue board, those queues are for eevryone trying to get on free as well as patron, since fre players are going ot see a queue 90% f the time then whenyou look at the board it is going to say Queue.
I think you lost the bet, can i have your account now?
those guys have been whining about shit since day one. They also rolled on servers they knew everyone and their brother would be on and then made alts on the other big pop servers. Theyre just stupid.
I rolled on a head start server that came out Monday and there have been a few hundred free players who signed up for patron since then and there is still only a dozen or so people in the queue.
So there is no way in hell that these new servers they just created tonight have that many patrons on them. Not uniless every single free player who got in bought patron pass in the past 4 hours.
I have a fee slot I could make a toon there and show I coud ge right in but I am saving that free slot incase of emergency.
There is no way that many patrons left to a new AH cluster (with nothing on it) I am sure some did maybe a few hundred just to get some nice propoerty but most are going to st and cry on the forums. Then think beause they werent there when the servers pened there isnt any land and they wont bother trying to go there when they could.
Well, you're apparently ignoring the fact that people who have hit the character limit need to fight those ridiculous queues to delete characters so that they can make new ones.
Or that people lose everything that they've invested in their old servers (including guild communities) to pull up roots and move to new ones.
Or that people are disputing - vigorously - your claims that there is no problem.
It looks an awful lot like a structural problem - namely, that they have set up a strong incentive system not to log off, and this is amplified by the long waits if you leave. But when people are posting screen shots of their queues I am inclined to believe them.
Don't bother. He already lost the bet and wouldn't hand over his account. Lies all lies i tell you!!
If the queeu times are THAT bad how much could they really have invested?
Sure some people paly in big guilds that play and go from game to game, those guys have legit excuses sort of. But the whole guild should realize if half their people cant play its probably time to move.
And yes the way you need to make a free slot is dumb. I have said that before but peopel know that and they know there will be new servers and thus should plan ahead.
Is it 'right' probably not. is it their 'responsibilty' no. But it sure as hell beats not being able to play and then losing your mind over it.
I was all but done with the game 3 hours after I got into it last Firday I didnt even make an attempt last Saturday to lplay. I logged in Sunday and played a few hours and a little Monday morning then they announced the new server I left and have been playing steady ever sense. Its like a whole new game when you can actually play it and come and go as you please and have some land and a set up starting. GUild or no guild friends or no friends. In the end it was your 150 bux and you have to look out for your best interests.
Its obviosly not all peachy but it isnt nearly as bad as peopl eare making it out ot be especially if youre a ptaron.
There is no denying the queues on Olo, Kyrios, Aranzab and Sthyios (whatever) thoe have been shut down to new accounts and toons. Aranzeb was my original and it was nearly as populated as it is now, so I figure some people fled their orignal for that one, which is dumb to since Aranzab was also an original head start server and even though it was lower pop still had a lot of people signed up on it. Bu they went from 250-300 queus to 2300 tonight. So something happened.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Just like every other game. 5kish max concurrent users and maybe 15k max accounts per server.
Even with the 2 new servers it still feels like this:
[SPOILER]The guy on the left isn't moving because he dc'ed while in queue.[/SPOILER]
Ya can't trust the internet... I know shock, right?
When the game first launched and they had the bug that listed almost all players as "patron" people started claiming patron status and complaining that patrons were not getting their special treatment.
On my account I had not purchased the Sub but I was listed as Patron. However, I noticed that I was not getting any of the in game benefits of Patron. So the bug must have given me the title only but not the perks. It looks to me like others had the same thing and were crying foul claiming to be patron but not getting the queue perk.
I like the game. I purchased a Sub and soon as I did (day 2) the queue disappeared for me on a US sever. Perhaps it is not so on the popular servers but my experience with the game and with Patron has been excellent.
Last night I had my longest queue since purchasing the Sub.... 8 people. Almost a entire minute wait! I should complain!!!!
Are these people who are complaing actual paying patrons or just trying to slip in under the error? Only Trion knows!
wow really, so that means a max of 120k players??? I gotta think BS. There are at least 500k-1mil players trying to play AA right now
and by that 15k/server 5k/max number they should have at least 20 servers, this game should easily settle in the 250k player range if not more
500K- 1 mil? How do you have any idea?
just from past experiences, ESO sold like 1 mil pre-orders, SWtor a ton more, TERA around 300k preorders, TSW 250k, so just by following the lowest, they likely have 200k+ patrons, and then you tack on the f2p players, that none of those games had, and I am almost willing to bet they have at least 500k unique accounts and likely close to a mil trying to play right now
Why do you think AA has that many players? There is no evidence that there was a large audience looking to play AA. The very fact that Trion started with so few servers is evidence of this.
they had a pretty big amount of players in the Beta, and there are at least 500k people out there starving for the next game that all want to be there at launch.
All you "ArcheAge Patrons" are forgetting something. Even if the big queues are mostly f2p people it is still a bad thing as having to wait in extremely long queues will turn off the game to people. So AA is most likely losing possible patrons. If some of these f2p people could get into the game to play they might decide to subscribe which would be good for the game, but the way it is they can't get in without a very, very long wait and this just turns them off to the game.
So regardless who is waiting in the queues it isn't good. Trion knew how many patron subscriptions they had before launch and they failed to have enough server space just for them let alone for any f2p people.