FREE Character Transfers are Coming!

It should be public enemy #1. In the 1-2 months when they do start it, there is a good chance it will be too little too late. So many raiders already left, and the lack of recruit pools on just about every server is pushing the rest of us to quit too. Not to lack of content but due to lack of players. ure the casual people who still can't kill NiM SOA don't care, but he was dead months ago for us, and now we can't do HM Denova cause we can't find 8 people who can handle it.
So IMO they don't have it as a top priority right now.

http://tera.enmasse.com/news/posts/t...able-at-launch

Not that it means anything really, but I thought it was funny. It is something that would save a lot of people from unsubbing, but it will prob be too little too late. While other companies realize how vital it is for an MMO to survive.

You know what they say about opinions and a certain body part everyone has.

Yay, my work day is done so I can go see if my server is dead still.

Damn there are a lot of really whiny posts since I last looked. People complaining that the transfers are going to happen a certain way and they aren't happy about it. That's damn funny when we don't have any specifics besides a target time frame of early summer.

A short time ago, a couple of MMOs (one being DC Universe Online, don't remember the other) tried a cute little tactic when it came time to do something about server population.

Instead of making people transfer off a server and then closing it, or merging two servers into a new one, they introduced a bunch of new servers that were hosted on better hardware and could handle more players with less lag. DCUO called them 'Megaservers'.

I think Bioware could do the same thing. Create a dozen brand new 'super' servers, and transfer people from 10 or 11 of the game's current servers onto each 'super' server. This would also give Bioware a second chance at naming their servers. Hopefully they would come up with some good names, and prevent people the agony of having to tell their friends they play on 'Helm of Graush' , "Empress Teta', or 'Rwookrrorro'.

It's not a complete PR victory - 123 servers reduced to 12 is going to sound bad to some folks, regardless of the fact that the 12 new servers are 'super' servers - but it would probably come off as less of a dire move than merges or closing. It certainly would have less of a 'moving people off sinking ships' feel to it.

According to the server list, TORstatus.net, and current subs, it'll be more like 123 servers reduced to 90. My server is a STANDARD, about 20th on the most populated server list, and really can't take many more people without pushing it to queues.

Yeah, 12 might be a bit too low a number, but I think Bioware could definitely fit everyone who plays the game into 60 servers or fewer. There are some real desolate servers right now. There have been occasions where I've logged in and found that the only two servers at Standard were Fatman and Harbinger. That's why I rerolled on Harbinger.

People's expectations of what a healthy and comfortable server population is are colored by their past MMO experience. It also seems to me that TOR's population ceiling for servers is quite a bit lower compared to those of other contemporary MMOs like World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, and Everquest 2. 'Heavy' in TOR feels like 'Medium' for other games. That's why I'm having a blast on Harbinger, the game finally feels like an MMO now.

http://tera.enmasse.com/news/posts/t...able-at-launch

Not that it means anything really, but I thought it was funny. It is something that would save a lot of people from unsubbing, but it will prob be too little too late. While other companies realize how vital it is for an MMO to survive.

If you're not happy with your server population, why don't you re-roll? Are you so attached to a pixel character that you have separation anxiety?

Gamers aren't gamers these days ... they're mostly over opinionated wind-bags with a keyboard. You should be ashamed of yourselves. It's a game ... play it to have fun or move on to the next entertainment venue.