I've had an account with VG from the start. Slowly, I believe, the problems are being worked out, albeit the product was rushed out the door. I have mixed feelings about the SOE takeover but I don't think that it will get worse. I also flip-flop about my feelings towards Brad. On one hand he should have been there in the end, but someplace I find sympathy for him. It might just be because everyone thinks he's at home counting his money and I doubt thats very true. He had passion for his project and dedication for his team, but most likely wasnt cut out to be a CEO of a company.
All of these points aside, there are rumors flying around about the changes SOE will incorporate. One of these is the merging of servers. I for one think its a positive move, if Sony decides to go through with it. The one thing that really bothers me and prevents me from playing longer is the empty feel of the world. (I know the world is a big one) There just arent enough people to group with or make friends with. I could wait hours just to get a group. Personally, a server merge would be a welcome change over on this end.
$OE couldn't pull of a server merger if I handed them the SQL Scripts to make it happen.
Originally posted by iluvVG Originally posted by spankybus A merge would be great.How did you role a character Wipe into that question?
Well, it seems like a server merge would almost require a character and currency wipe as well.
Housing for instance. Since housing is not instanced, what if my plot was on the same plot as someone on the merging server? Which one of us would be forced to give up our house?
The person who comes from another server would be forced to give up their house. Yet they could be given a deed which in game would be redeemable by a NPC that would allow them to rebuild their home somewhere else with no waiting or materials required. Their in house items would be in their bank or player bags.
Also, is character name scope server wide, or game wide? If was able to keep my gold when they brought my character over to the new server, how would that effect the economy of the new server?Seems like a more simple, more fair way to just wipe it all out and force everyone to start from scratch.
A full wipe of money would be a bad decision. The best thing to do is to clean up and fix the exploits. The money that was generated using exploit will over time go back into the economy and become consumed. It'll take longer for this to happen then a full blown economy wipe but it won't piss people off.
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A merge would be great. How did you role a character Wipe into that question?
Well, it seems like a server merge would almost require a character and currency wipe as well.
Housing for instance. Since housing is not instanced, what if my plot was on the same plot as someone on the merging server? Which one of us would be forced to give up our house?
The person who comes from another server would be forced to give up their house. Yet they could be given a deed which in game would be redeemable by a NPC that would allow them to rebuild their home somewhere else with no waiting or materials required. Their in house items would be in their bank or player bags.
Also, is character name scope server wide, or game wide? If was able to keep my gold when they brought my character over to the new server, how would that effect the economy of the new server?
Seems like a more simple, more fair way to just wipe it all out and force everyone to start from scratch.
A full wipe of money would be a bad decision. The best thing to do is to clean up and fix the exploits. The money that was generated using exploit will over time go back into the economy and become consumed. It'll take longer for this to happen then a full blown economy wipe but it won't piss people off.
Well if thats the case, I hope my server stays and Varking comes over to us.
But if it does happen, it probably wont be with the pvp servers anyways...we never get love.
all ther merge would do is take everyone from one server and transport them with all there goods over to the other that they are mergeing with.. that is it.. but at sometime they are going to be wiping gold because stupid gold buyers ruin the economy
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Housing for instance. Since housing is not instanced, what if my plot was on the same plot as someone on the merging server? Which one of us would be forced to give up our house?
The person who comes from another server would be forced to give up their house. Yet they could be given a deed which in game would be redeemable by a NPC that would allow them to rebuild their home somewhere else with no waiting or materials required. Their in house items would be in their bank or player bags.
A full wipe of money would be a bad decision. The best thing to do is to clean up and fix the exploits. The money that was generated using exploit will over time go back into the economy and become consumed. It'll take longer for this to happen then a full blown economy wipe but it won't piss people off.
Games I've played/tried out:WAR, LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, AoC, EQ1, EQ2, WoW, Vangaurd, FFXI, D&DO, Lineage 2, Saga Of Ryzom, EvE Online, DAoC, Guild Wars,Star Wars Galaxies, Hell Gate London, Auto Assault, Grando Espada ( AKA SoTNW ), Archlord, CoV/H, Star Trek Online, APB, Champions Online, FFXIV, Rift Online, GW2.
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Well, it seems like a server merge would almost require a character and currency wipe as well.
Housing for instance. Since housing is not instanced, what if my plot was on the same plot as someone on the merging server? Which one of us would be forced to give up our house?
The person who comes from another server would be forced to give up their house. Yet they could be given a deed which in game would be redeemable by a NPC that would allow them to rebuild their home somewhere else with no waiting or materials required. Their in house items would be in their bank or player bags.
A full wipe of money would be a bad decision. The best thing to do is to clean up and fix the exploits. The money that was generated using exploit will over time go back into the economy and become consumed. It'll take longer for this to happen then a full blown economy wipe but it won't piss people off.
Well if thats the case, I hope my server stays and Varking comes over to us.
But if it does happen, it probably wont be with the pvp servers anyways...we never get love.