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When will there be a SERVER MERGE?

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When will there be a SERVER MERGE?

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Tifadore
04.23.2012 , 02:16 AM | #251
For the casual player the cross server queue is essential. We don't play at peak hours, and waiting 1 hour at midnight for a group is just too much.

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Orila
04.23.2012 , 02:27 AM | #252
Quote: Originally Posted by Tifadore View Post
For the casual player the cross server queue is essential. We don't play at peak hours, and waiting 1 hour at midnight for a group is just too much.
1 hour? You must be on a really good server,as a healer it takes me nearly 3 hours to find a tank.

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Nyjin
04.23.2012 , 03:59 AM | #253
I'm on a decently-populated server (18th most populated for NA, RP-PVE server).

At peak times, I will get about 90-100 players on the Republic Fleet (The Imperial Fleet will be lower at about 70).

I feel really bad for those people on really low population servers (People saying peak times with 10-20 on Fleet? That's ridiculous, though I believe it. I've seen the TORstatus numbers...).

Since BW has officially said no server merges will happen, only transfers, then I hope whatever system they implement helps. Because even cross-server PVP ques won't help finding a group for a FP or building a general sense of community on one's own server.

This game is supposed to be a Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. For many, and to a certain extent myself, it doesn't feel even close to Massively-Multiplayer. Barely even multi...
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beyou
04.23.2012 , 04:00 AM | #254
My server, the restoration zone was in the top 5 pvp servers in europe during launch. We had queues of over 1000 waiting positions.

I embraced the waiting time, because I was looking forward to have a healthy population in a few years .
I was not willing to accept 10 hiurs at tofn. But I was totally wrong.
My server only gets arround 100 people on the imperial fleet at peak times. Warzone queues are about 5 minutes waiting time. And off peak, it feels like playing a dying game.

We need a solution for this. It is no more fun to play this game

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SleepyJoeFriday
04.23.2012 , 04:31 AM | #255
What I don't understand is why Bioware didn't design the server system so that your toon is held within one database and you can select which server to run game content from the server farm.
I personally don't count a few dozen players on a server (or even just me on a planet) as being MMO.

I realise that server farms are expensive, but if a certain well known Icelandic, Sci-Fi, MMO can have tens of thousands of players active on the same server at anyone time then surely SWTOR could have a thousand or even a few hundred?

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EvaSofie
04.23.2012 , 06:19 AM | #256
Quote: Originally Posted by SleepyJoeFriday View Post
What I don't understand is why Bioware didn't design the server system so that your toon is held within one database and you can select which server to run game content from the server farm.
I personally don't count a few dozen players on a server (or even just me on a planet) as being MMO.

I realise that server farms are expensive, but if a certain well known Icelandic, Sci-Fi, MMO can have tens of thousands of players active on the same server at anyone time then surely SWTOR could have a thousand or even a few hundred?
Agree a much better model. The multiple servers model is outdated.
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dutchmania
04.23.2012 , 08:32 AM | #257
they need to give a update right now or else it will be the end of this game. And for those who are saying reroll. F@$#! you, im not gonna give up 25 days 16 hours cause bw wont help the people who are paying them...

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osraglonas
04.23.2012 , 08:49 AM | #258
Quote: Originally Posted by -Sidac- View Post
Server merges have been announced for Dec 20, 2012 at 11:59pm

If that is true then there won't be anyone left to transfer ! ! !
As for our guild ( 10 years existance ) we will unsub all if it doesn't change fast

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Dolcia
04.23.2012 , 09:56 AM | #259
Quote: Originally Posted by Overlord- View Post
http://www.torstatus.net/

Visit this site its been tracking population via Light / Heavy etc etc. btw, James the Game Director seems to be living in denial thinking that the population on all servers is A OKAY, I think there is a way we can get a message to him. Stage an ingame protest where we all make chars on one server at the same time haha.
Seems like people are doing that on The Fatman just to prove a point. Of course, the people that were guild drafted to The Fatman are really the ones feeling the pain of that.
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AviorOsis
04.23.2012 , 11:16 AM | #260
We need a server merge please.