DRanks Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 So I can only be in one server as my character and have to make a new character when I join a new server???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRanks Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm new to mmorpgs, bt this dosnt seem right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) like every other MMO out there, yes. before someone points out an obscure MMO where this aint true, i'll say like every other successfull mmo out there. Edited December 17, 2011 by mightygaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonian Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I have never seen a MMO that you could do what you are asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 stop me if i'm wrong, but warcraft charges what? £15 or the dollar equivalent to move you to another server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindara Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm new to mmorpgs, bt this dosnt seem right Its completely right..otherwise someone would be a complete jerk off and quickly swap their character to another server with no consequences. You can have up to like 10 characters PER server. But those characters only exist on that server unless your given a free transfer off or you pay for one which can take up to 24 hours to process and can only be between certain types of servers often those with the same rules as the old one. Neither of those options of course are available in SWTOR at the moment which is typical of most MMOs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonian Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 yeah and 25 to change factions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindara Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 yeah and 25 to change factions. The Wow Server changes and Faction changes weren't available until a rather long long long time after launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 The Wow Server changes and Faction changes weren't available until a rather long long long time after launch. yeah, but i know someone who works for blizzard in support. these changfes take seconds, and a few mouse clicks. total profiteering lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajizan Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Only small F2P games let your character move around different servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindara Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) yeah, but i know someone who works for blizzard in support. these changfes take seconds, and a few mouse clicks. total profiteering lol Your right they do only take seconds but game companies dont ever gaurentee you seconds and the options to do either were not available at launch for the simple reason you have to give a game time to BREATH and even out on its own first. Plus the Game and its Account system aren't techincally "Live" until the 20th. Still none of this has anything to do with the New to MMO Original Posters post. So its kinda off topic. The OP doesn't seem to have a clue that he can create more than 1 character per server and that the Servers are not connected as in the users can just freely movebetween them with the same character. The whole reason companies charge for these features is to keep people from abusing the community. Could you imagine if say a group like 4chan could just easily go from server to server in an instant with lvl 50 pvp characters? It would be absolute chaos on the playerbase. Edited December 17, 2011 by Kindara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Your right they do only take seconds but game companies dont ever gaurentee you seconds and the options to do either were not available at launch for the simple reason you have to give a game time to BREATH and even out on its own first. Plus the Game and its Account system aren't techincally "Live" until the 20th. Still none of this has anything to do with the New to MMO Original Posters post. So its kinda off topic. The OP doesn't seem to have a clue that he can create more than 1 character per server and that the Servers are not connected as in the users can just freely movebetween them with the same character. The whole reason companies charge for these features is to keep people from abusing the community. Could you imagine if say a group like 4chan could just easily go from server to server in an instant with lvl 50 pvp characters? It would be absolute chaos on the playerbase. the time it takes for the action they take to be available to you is down to server replication. it takes seconds for them to do it. it may take a while to show up, but thats a hardware issue, it could be improved to make it quicker, but why bother. gives blizzard no benefits. i do get your reasoning, but considering how many of these can be done per hour, character transfers are more cost effective then gold mining, in a real gold mine lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRanks Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 what is evn th significance of a server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 what is evn th significance of a server? seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRanks Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 the server i joind blows and im in the queue for like 1 hour wat do i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 the server i joind blows and im in the queue for like 1 hour wat do i do? put up with it, or start again on another server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRanks Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 ok thx bt wat do u think th cost of this will add up to or it dosnt evn matter since th game hasnt come out yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) ok thx bt wat do u think th cost of this will add up to or it dosnt evn matter since th game hasnt come out yet there is no cost, you can create a character on every server if you like. the discussion was about another game, which allowed you to move a character from server to server for a cost. its not applicable to this game. yet. Edited December 17, 2011 by mightygaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobkiewwicz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Bah honestly... having dealt with servers for what seems like several generations of MMOs, it's outdated... so, disappointingly to myself, I agree with the OP. Design something else and stop just replicating old technology. This is supposed to be a new generation, but all I've seen so far is the same old thing. Of course, my patience grows thinner with every 100 queue ticks. That's what you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightygaz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Bah honestly... having dealt with servers for what seems like several generations of MMOs, it's outdated... so, disappointingly to myself, I agree with the OP. Design something else and stop just replicating old technology. This is supposed to be a new generation, but all I've seen so far is the same old thing. Of course, my patience grows thinner with every 100 queue ticks. That's what you get. sorry but statements like show you have zero knowledge of the subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eegore Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 sorry but statements like show you have zero knowledge of the subject matter. I agree. I'd like to see a solution to launch server queue's that contains useable evidence, not "my uncle told me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnzoForMe Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I don't understand this at all. I am a long-time runescape member (glad I quit to join this far superior game), but runescape was not a "small f2p" game. It has around 900k players, and your character can move about the different "worlds" (there are about 150). This concept of a character only working on one server is foreign to me, and i don't see the reasoning behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyhombre Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 So you already know your server sucks after what, 5 days? I think the queues will go down after a few weeks when the game settles down a little. My advice: stick with the server for a few weeks. If you still think it sucks, then change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revenar Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I don't understand this at all. I am a long-time runescape member (glad I quit to join this far superior game), but runescape was not a "small f2p" game. It has around 900k players, and your character can move about the different "worlds" (there are about 150). This concept of a character only working on one server is foreign to me, and i don't see the reasoning behind it. For "normal" MMOs, it is standard to have each character playing on one server. Also, because MMOs such as TOR have robust guild systems, having one character playing on four different servers would break that social aspect of the game. There are also other reasons, including the different server types in the game, load balancing, etc. You can always roll up a new character on another server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaan Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 It can also wreck havoc on the in game economy. Example: WOW if you are really rich won't let you transfer all your gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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