MEGA Server : Dream or Reality ?

[archerforever]

With free server transfer incoming to Sarlona and Orien (8th to 28th February), I heard about people willing to move to create a "mega server".
Is it true ? will you move ? where ?

I like the idea to have a concentrated ACTIVE community to do more easely R10 and Legendary Raids.

I just want to know WHERE TO MOVE ?

[axel15810]

Impossible to organize, too many people won't want to leave non-transferable stuff.

I do hope they merge servers at some point but this isn't it. I think very few are going to end up transferring their mains right now, just HC characters/dice mules.

I feel your pain about the pug raid scene. You can get stable groups of people to raid with but you regularly but these days it requires work to organize and recruit outside of the game. For the most part. But the days of just being able to log in any evening and see lots of LFMs for raids are long gone.

[kpak01]

Consolidating population would be awesome, I want server merge or megaserver or cross-server grouping or whatever you want to call it, but SSG has to put in the technical work to make it happen. The limited character transfer available doesn't cut it for all the account and guild stuff people have.

Until SSG makes it it practical, I ain't going anywhere.

[Captain_Wizbang]

Consolidating population would be awesome, I want server merge or megaserver or cross-server grouping or whatever you want to call it, but SSG has to put in the technical work to make it happen. The limited character transfer available doesn't cut it for all the account and guild stuff people have.

Until SSG makes it it practical, I ain't going anywhere.

Nothing technical about it, the issue is money, if that ever happens then we talk technical. But as Axel posted.....

[kpak01]

Nothing technical about it

Is that so? Oh, in that case, sign me and my whole guild up to have our whole guild ship with all amenities and contents, all our shared banks, all our shared crafting storage, our mounts, our pets, et cetera, all transferred over right now. Please, fill me in on how that happens, because I'm completely unaware of any such transfer option in existence.

Or, you are just wrong and no such option exists, because SSG has not done the technical work to make it possible.

[Smelt32]

I'm Staying where I am. I have been through two server merges with DDO and also two server moves. When the EU servers merged the second time I got my new name of Smelt-1. Then we had the second merge. But the writing was on the wall, so I created a whole new char and guild on the USA servers. Then when the EU servers died and all our accounts were moved over to the US servers. Now do not ask me how but in that Move I ended up with two subs on one account and my EU chars ended up on a different server to my US chars and the rest of my guild mates from the EU. So I moved my main over to Thelanis to rejoin everybody and blow me if I didn't get another new name. Now my main is Smelt-1-2. Some of you may have seen me around.

Over the years since then my guild has dwindled with the rest of the DDO population and now there is only two of us left. I play solo most of the time but i'm still in the guild that i joined about 16 and a half years ago. Or at least the new version of that guild that was reborn on the US servers. That guild is currently level 139 and me and my fellow guildie are, ever so slowly, increasing it's level and carrying the legends flag. Undoubtedly we both know that we could leave and join a bigger or higher level guild and have a much easier time getting to do raids and high reaper content, but, and I'm speaking for myself now, I'd rather carry on as I am. And if the server merge comes, it comes.

And when the game finally dies Smelt-1-2 or possibly Smelt-1-2-3-4 will still be in this guild that holds memories of friends come and gone and the legendary triumphs we had, not to mention the epic fails.

[J1NG]

You'll probably get a few transfers over but may not be as many as hoped, as the Astral Shards, and Shared Bank, Cache, Mounts (Unique Items, etc) etc are lost on such a move and are not replaced on arrival. For some, that's a fair bit of personal "funds" that is being lost.

Personally, much like Smelt32 above me, I have been with DDO since 09 F2P Lamannia, and joined my first guild of Legion in 10 (during the arrival of the first Guild Airships). Recently, I've taken Stewardship of Legion as other players take some time off. And will remain the Steward until The Return of the.... Guild Leader.

Also, I have family on Thelanis, in our own family Guild as well. And as of such, we have no need to move to any other server, since we've got whole family units playing (and testing) here on Thelanis. So ultimately, like Smelt32 above me, I'll be on Thelanis until the lights close out or until a server merge happens that brings us across naturally.

J1NG

[Memnir]

[Airmaiden]

Hope to see everyone on Sarlona next week! .......the New "Player formed" MEGA Server!

Lots of Raiding Guilds, friendly people, with little to no low population time (US population from 7am to 11pm EST, then Chinese raiding/ playing from 10pm to 6am EST).


PLUS......we have VOODU SPYCE!! (your friendly bearded Devil streamer!)

Lots of 200 guilds just looking for you to join!

[Maldrick]

what do I select if I intend to stay on my home server but my home server is Orien?

[archerforever]

Impossible to organize, too many people won't want to leave non-transferable stuff.

In fact we dont loose much...

As explained with the official ddo World Character Transfer Guide:
The following things will not transfer with your character:

Your Friends list
- well who cares if you are changing server

Your /Ignore list
- not a problem

Your Guild name, level, airship, amenities, membership ranks, or other guild-related benefits. You will appear in the new world guildless.
- Many guilds lvl 200 are avaible to welcome all transfered characters

Items in your True Reincarnation Cache
- Just get all your stuff in character bank + inventory and everything is fine

Items bid on or posted to the Auction Houses
- not a problem

In-game mail
- not a problem

Shared Account Bank and Crafting Storage items
- empty it on mule characters inventory + character bank and everything is fine

Your Astral Shard balance
- spend everything in various augments before the transfer / buy stuff in AH

Your Creature Companion & Mount Stable
- Not very cool to loose all of that I agree but in fact it s absolutly useless and it really worth the cost if it s to get our mega server isn t it ???

[FIZBAN]

With free server transfer incoming to Sarlona and Orien (8th to 28th February), I heard about people willing to move to create a "mega server".
Is it true ? will you move ? where ?

I like the idea to have a concentrated ACTIVE community to do more easely R10 and Legendary Raids.

I just want to know WHERE TO MOVE ?

Hello

[kpak01]

In fact we dont loose much...

It might not be much to you.

Your Guild name, level, airship, amenities, membership ranks, or other guild-related benefits. You will appear in the new world guildless.
- Many guilds lvl 200 are avaible to welcome all transfered characters

Other guilds existing is beside the point that guild ships and amenities represent massive real-world dollars spent. These need to be transferable. SSG needs to figure out how that happens.

And if I wanted to abandon the guild I've helped build and been a part of for years, I don't need a server transfer to do that.

Shared Account Bank and Crafting Storage items
- empty it on mule characters inventory + character bank and everything is fine

Lol. Spoken like someone who doesn't actually use Shared Crafting Storage. ( 2045 + 290 ) / 80 ~= 30. You think a reasonable solution is to roll up 30 mules just to transfer Shared Bank and Crafting Storage?

No! SSG needs to figure out how to just transfer our Shared Bank and Shared Crafting Storage.

Your Creature Companion & Mount Stable
- Not very cool to loose all of that I agree but in fact it s absolutly useless and it really worth the cost if it s to get our mega server isn t it ???

Again, real-world dollars spent.

No, it is not worth the cost for me to let SSG off the hook. We need population consolidation, but they need to figure out how to make it happen. Simple character transfer doesn't cut it.

[LightBear]

The real question here is, are these two servers capable of dealing with a massive surge of new players logging in each day.

No point in losing all mounts, pets, guild status, having to fiddle around for days to empty your ingredients bank, only to find out that, it is a massive lag fest on these two servers.

[Bolo_Grubb]

I voted that I am staying on my original server, but my original server is Sarlona

[archerforever]

It might not be much to you.



Other guilds existing is beside the point that guild ships and amenities represent massive real-world dollars spent. These need to be transferable. SSG needs to figure out how that happens.

And if I wanted to abandon the guild I've helped build and been a part of for years, I don't need a server transfer to do that.



Lol. Spoken like someone who doesn't actually use Shared Crafting Storage. ( 2045 + 290 ) / 80 ~= 30. You think a reasonable solution is to roll up 30 mules just to transfer Shared Bank and Crafting Storage?

No! SSG needs to figure out how to just transfer our Shared Bank and Shared Crafting Storage.



Again, real-world dollars spent.

No, it is not worth the cost for me to let SSG off the hook. We need population consolidation, but they need to figure out how to make it happen. Simple character transfer doesn't cut it.

I agree with you 100%.
The problem is that SSG will NOT give you what you want, BUT we have the opportunity to change server for free and have a better ACTIVE community in Sarlona/Orien.
Yes it can take time to transfer all your stuff, even if you have to create 30 characters to do a full transfer, I still think it worth the work and it will not take more than a week to do it.
1 Week to transfer for years of a better game experience. It s up to you guys

[Igrovin]

I voted that I am staying on my original server, but my original server is Sarlona

Same, but Orien instead. Though I do have my other main character on a server that I played years ago. But my slots are all taken

[Stradivarius]

I love the intent and push by the community to create a mega server. But I would be very careful and take some serious thought before moving yourself or even your entire guild into one of these new servers.

1.) Think about what you will be losing.

2.) Think about the possibility your friends may not want to join you.

3.) Think carefully about the lag situation on the destination server. These servers all have a population limit in mind and there could be some issues handling a double or even triple "mega-like" server.

4.) Your name might not be available. -1 might be acceptable to some but not to others.

5.) Orien will get a massive influx post-movie. I think SSG is underestimating the number of people who will watch the movie and then go "hey I remember playing that game dungeons and dragons online back when I was a freshman in college" factor. Nostalgia is a strong pull especially during these turbulent times.

[KingKoz]

With free server transfer incoming to Sarlona and Orien (8th to 28th February), I heard about people willing to move to create a "mega server".
Is it true ? will you move ? where ?

I like the idea to have a concentrated ACTIVE community to do more easely R10 and Legendary Raids.

I just want to know WHERE TO MOVE ?

Megaserver? The lag is bad on Orien when the pop load is 300 or more. Adding another 9-10 servers and we'd never get off the airship because of the lag.

[Splunge]

Spoken like someone who doesn't actually use Shared Crafting Storage. ( 2045 + 290 ) / 80 ~= 30. You think a reasonable solution is to roll up 30 mules just to transfer Shared Bank and Crafting Storage?

Items in crafting storage go into bags, so you don't need 30 mules. If you have so much stuff that your crafting storage is full, you probably have a bunch of large bags lying around, which can hold up to 80 different items each. Even the medium bags that you can buy for plat hold 30 different items each. If you have a lot of cannith essences or other things that can stack to 10k, you won't be able to put them in bags, but they shouldn't take up all that much inventory space. I have an almost full crafting storage (without counting filigrees, which I store separately), and I probably have enough space on existing mules and toons to be able to handle everything.

I can certainly understand that people who own a guild don't want to give up the ship, especially if it's a small guild that they spent a lot of time on, but I suspect that's a very small minority of people. Most people would be happy enough joining another guild on the new server.

I can also understand people who enjoy collecting pets and mounts and don't want to lose them, but personally, I don't care about either of those things. I find pets annoying and never use them. I couldn't care less if I lose all of them. As for mounts, as long as I have one fast mount, I don't care about the rest. I would get a couple of them on the new server from hardcore and from expansions that I bought. I have no idea how many people care about losing their pets and mounts, but I'm sure there are a lot of people like me who don't.

The only thing that I can't move that I would care about would be the 1400 astral shards I have saved up. If it meant that I could play on a much more populated server, I would gladly spend it all on augments or stuff on the ASAH and then move.

I would also be a little unhappy if one of my names was already taken on the new server, but it wouldn't bother me that much.

As pointed out in an earlier post, none of the other things that don't move with you matter.

I would miss being on a server where I already know people, and I'm in a good guild that I would miss, but if it meant being able to play on a much more populated server, I would gladly move. It's going to be interesting to see if either of the servers reaches critical mass. Some people are going to move, which will entice others to move. I expect that if one of the servers reaches a certain size, the flood gates will open up. Of course, we might find that only a few people move and the entire situation ends up being a non-event.

I wonder what SSG thinks about it all. Are they happy that there could be a couple of mega servers and they'll have an excuse to shut down or merge some of the remaining small servers or are they looking at this and thinking "Oh s---, what did we just do?"