Two servers?

[Jadzia]

Jordi sais he is considering a lot of things, but Jad TBH a pve only game (or server) is not a sandbox, anymore than Minceraft is.

He never said a PvE only server, but a server with different PvP rules. And if you plan to play on the other server, why would you worry about the safer one ?

[r4NGe]

2 Servers will bring down the game!

pros:
for 2-5 hours, the launch will go smoother
(if diff rulesets) carebears will have a wonderland where they can craft pointlessly for the war that aint happening

cons:
low pop
a split community
worlds can never be consolidated again
game more likely to fail

[BigCountry]

1 Server with Prelude rules
1 Server with Chaos rules

Both have PvP.

/this

They both have PvP. One is just more extreme (AKA Darkfall2 as you people like to put it).

[BigCountry]

1 Server with Prelude rules
1 Server with Chaos rules

Both have PvP.

/this

They both have PvP. One is just more extreme (AKA Darkfall2 as you people like to put it). Actually it would be more extreme than Darkfall. There would be no safe areas provided by the game. The players have to physically construct them. We have never had a sandbox that extreme. It would be AWESOME.

[cejay]

I never said anything about PvE in my post. Everyone who has subscribed to this game knows it involves PvP, so your statement regarding the "PvE crowd being scared of the PvP crowd" is nonsense.

I agree with an earlier post in this thread.

1 Server with Prelude rules
1 Server with Chaos rules

Both have PvP.

You know that means that:

a) Your splitting a 25k subscriber population - already pretty thin.

b) All the real PvPers will go Prelude (yes, including us, because we ARE pvp not "griefers") - all that will happen is that after Prelude the PvErs will be upset again

c) Chaos will shut as there will be only griefers on it and they will get bored in 2 weeks.


So, how does that solve any issues?

[Rique]

2 Servers will bring down the game!

pros:
for 2-5 hours, the launch will go smoother
(if diff rulesets) carebears will have a wonderland where they can craft pointlessly for the war that aint happening

cons:
low pop
a split community
worlds can never be consolidated again
game more likely to fail

^^This

Not to mention there would be an inevitable balance issue...80% on one server, 20% on the other. This would lead to a want/desire to stop supporting multi-server due to cost but by nature of the game it would prohibit the ability.

Painting yourself in a corner now is a bad deal imo.

[cejay]

He never said a PvE only server, but a server with different PvP rules. And if you plan to play on the other server, why would you worry about the safer one ?

Read above Jad :-p

[cejay]

^^This

Not to mention there would be an inevitable balance issue...80% on one server, 20% on the other. This would lead to a want/desire to stop supporting multi-server due to cost but by nature of the game it would prohibit the ability.

Painting yourself in a corner now is a bad deal imo.

God, I seem to be agreeing with everyone today. Must stop and get back into mode with only monosyllabic, nonsensical posts trolling people.

However, your right.

[Rique]

God, I seem to be agreeing with everyone today. Must stop and get back into mode with only monosyllabic, nonsensical posts trolling people.

However, your right.

Server downtime will make you soft!!!

[Jadzia]

You know that means that:

a) Your splitting a 25k subscriber population - already pretty thin.

b) All the real PvPers will go Prelude (yes, uncluding the us, because we ARE pvp not "griefers") - all that will happen is that after Prelude the PvErs will be upset again

c) Chaos will shut as there will be only griefers on it and they will get bored in 2 weeks.


So, how does that solve any issues?

If he sets up 2 servers now, one for war and one for more safety, I'm sure it will stay like that after Prelude...the safer server will get optional tribal war (probably with flagged for war system) while the other one will be free for all. He already said he would set up 2 servers like this after Prelude.

This way the players who like FFA war will stay on their server, while the more peaceful ones will get the option to choose.