Zajen Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) I've abandoned my characters and moved to the asia/pacific server for just this reason. Do i ping close to 400 in contrast to 40 on my old server? Yes but I prefer it to the ghost town that is Vornskyr. The fact that this game has no community or cross server LFG system only compounds the problem. I think they will fix it when people start leaving by the thousands but in all honesty by then it will be too late. Yes the game is dying, as evidenced by low populations on the vast majority of all servers. Every day we get closer to an RPG than an MMO. Edited April 19, 2012 by Zajen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wezley Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Wow had to travel through almost 4 full threads just to be able to post. I play on Ahto City EU and the server is dead most times, during the day there is perhaps 30people in the citys. I play mostly at night and have done a search of the whole republic side and see 18people online for the whole things. Its game breaking, just give us all a free legacy transfer (i would move servers but iv worked for a lvl 18 legacy, i shouldnt need to redo it all because of low populations which massive amount of people want addressed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterZz Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Well there actually a phew threads going on about this issue. I could think of one thing to put more and more pressure on BW to do something about this issue without cancelling your account. Just make a character and play around a bit on the already full population servers. Even if you are not playing just stay ingame and queue up to make it so long and unbearable that all the players there will start annoying BW to do something about it. For the rebellion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartGreenGirls Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 They have access to what's left of Mythic. Ask those guys how well it works out when you don't communicate with your players. WAR is doin' good, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgdelta Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I still think it is funny that people are still talking server merges before char transfers are in. I am on a high pop server and would love to go to low pop server if I did not love my guild and my LL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemossie Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I sent a the question and this was my response. "Outside of the information available on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website , we are unable to comment further on your question." take your time Bioware, I think there is some other games coming very soon, so do not worry, we do not need server change at all. I will keep on soloing, its way more fun than flash points and ops, who needs that anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordredz Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I sent a the question and this was my response. "Outside of the information available on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website , we are unable to comment further on your question." take your time Bioware, I think there is some other games coming very soon, so do not worry, we do not need server change at all. I will keep on soloing, its way more fun than flash points and ops, who needs that anyhow. Take there time? ya im sure thats what there doing, or maybe there figuring out the best route with all the LEGACY NAMES/Char NAMES/Ontop of all other sorts of crap thats involved with a xfer, think thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo_Han Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I sent a the question and this was my response. "Outside of the information available on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website , we are unable to comment further on your question." My followup to which would've been; "There's something on the website!?!?!? :eek:". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo_Han Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) Take there time? ya im sure thats what there doing, or maybe there figuring out the best route with all the LEGACY NAMES/Char NAMES/Ontop of all other sorts of crap thats involved with a xfer, think thanks... That's a major issue... Not something that a team of 1,000+ people all highly paid, highly talented people shouldn't be able to work out fairly easily... And, you know, they are the first people to ever merge any kind of database, let alone game server databases... - Please don't defend them. Communication is key, they have not provided ANY. This task has been done by most MMO's shortly after launch (by shortly I mean the first couple of months, not the first six). There really isn't any excuse other than wanting to save face to the media. They should've really addressed the server issues before rolling out legacy. They've just built themselves an extra 20 stories on the building they've got to scale. Edited April 19, 2012 by Solo_Han Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordredz Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 That's a major issue... Not something that a team of 1,000+ people all highly paid, highly talented people shouldn't be able to work out fairly easily... And, you know, they are the first people to ever merge any kind of database, let alone game server databases... They should've really addressed the server issues before rolling out legacy. They've just built themselves an extra 20 stories on the building they've got to scale. Rofl 1000+? pulling numbers from you're 6 oclock are ya? wts some CS pst... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo_Han Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Rofl 1000+? pulling numbers from you're 6 oclock are ya? wts some CS pst... Apparently so, at it's peak it was 570... Still doesn't dilute my statement at all. If RIFT and WAR can do it within 60 days, with development teams closer to 200, why shouldn't TOR? SOURCE: http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/08/star-wars-the-old-republic-development-team-reached-570-members/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordredz Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Apparently so, at it's peak it was 570... Still doesn't dilute my statement at all. If RIFT and WAR can do it within 60 days, with development teams closer to 200, why shouldn't TOR? SOURCE: http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/08/star-wars-the-old-republic-development-team-reached-570-members/ You obv can't comprehend very well, re-read the post and get back to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailBoatCpt Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Ok heres a good link http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1324496/swtor_bioware_reponds_to_criticism_server_merges_still_possible.htmland to the butt hurt high pop servers it takes longer to get a group on a light server than it takes to log in on a heavy one ALLOW TRANSFERS FOR THE HIGH POP AND MERGES FOR THE LOW WHO GIVES A **** about what your characters name is i want to play the damn game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabrixmgp Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Why dont they just cluster the servers for instances and warzones already? Even if they allowed transfers it wont help me any. Because of work I can play from 5Am-8AM. PvP queues are terrible then and theres 20 people in fleet. But holy crap if I log into WoW at the same time I can be PvPing or in a group in 5 minutes or less. I dont give a crap about it ruining the server communities. I dont pay $15 a month to socialize I pay it to play. And right now I cant play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excypher Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 A lot of these posts are bang on. I am lucky enough to be able to play this game a lot. However I have been trying to get into flashpoints for 2 days with no success. I honestly don't see the point in trying any more. I sure as hell don't want to know how bad the people only playing for a few hours a day feel about this. The servers are dying. This will only get worse if dedicated fans and players keep logging into quiet servers. I loved the game on Release!!!! I sure as hell didn't expect the populations to die down I expected them to GROW. Please Allow Server Transfers PLEASE ALLOW SERVER TRANSFERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailBoatCpt Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1324496/swtor_bioware_reponds_to_criticism_server_merges_still_possible.html "Are server merges a possible solution? Absolutely. Are character transfers a possible solution? They’re a definite solution and we’re going after that first. But all things are on the table. Our entire goal is to make sure that players are playing in the environment they want to, with the type of community and the size of population they want, and we are driving towards all of that." Complaining is over for me. Edited April 20, 2012 by FailBoatCpt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkenpig Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1324496/swtor_bioware_reponds_to_criticism_server_merges_still_possible.html "Are server merges a possible solution? Absolutely. Are character transfers a possible solution? They’re a definite solution and we’re going after that first. But all things are on the table. Our entire goal is to make sure that players are playing in the environment they want to, with the type of community and the size of population they want, and we are driving towards all of that." Complaining is over for me. complaining is over for me when I understand the details, such as: 1. When will the other transfers occur? Will they be free? Will you be able to retransfer? 2. When will mergers occur? Only a year after the transfers have occurred and the dust settled? How are tranfers handled for the AP group? How is that going? Edited April 20, 2012 by Drunkenpig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelon Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 i cant wait for them to do this, logging in the morning and seeing you are the only person in a- your guild, and b-on the rep fleet is quite sad.. they could prolly cut the servers in half by just merging 2 low pop servers into 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmac Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 The Elephant in the room is the ability mirrored per class. Clearly the favortism for Imperial over Republic has yet to be even slightly addressed. Bio Ware has said they want fix this but have done so little it is pathetic. I would suggest that Bio Ware post fixes they intend for mirror class so they do not appear to be so Imperial biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theskurGe Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 The same guys who instituted the broken mirroring system and favored faction also worked on another EA MMO. That game also had mirrored classes and a favored faction. The devs even played the most broken class, the Bright Wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arieswar Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Just made a post like yesterday and foud out there was one existing allready. I agree we need to merge the servers I play on europe servers and tbh there is no more peak time its always low low low low.... I suggest server merge, I suggest a Flashpoint system like the pvp system some are against the cross server on this i dont care wich tbh aslong as players can get into the content of this game. There is no reason to think that swtor cant grow big again and im certain that with the right content updates and more fun stuff to do the game can not only grow but surpass alot of games out there.. Make it happen Swtor and you will have all of us spreeding rumors about how good the game has become bringing you more players hell you might even be able to open all servers up at a later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyard Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 There's something i really don't understand, i'll write it on capitals, because i feel like noone is going to read it if i don't. WHY CAN'T WE SIMPLY TRANSFER FREELY TO EVERY SERVER WE LIKE?? Would be nice, the same way as I can freely create any character in any server i want. It would be a nice way to look for servers where "people are now" just to be able to choose the standard (not the full nor the empty) to find a suitable level of players. I suggest this from my utter ignorance of whether it is technically possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvaSofie Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 There is no reason to think that swtor cant grow big again and im certain that with the right content updates and more fun stuff to do the game can not only grow but surpass alot of games out there.. The problem is if alot of players arrive to servers who are ghost towns they will not stay beyond 50 and there will never be any server community. Then its better to reinforce other servers to be able to hold more population so they are more often active than not. Kind Regards Eve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captiosus Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1324496/swtor_bioware_reponds_to_criticism_server_merges_still_possible.html "Are server merges a possible solution? Absolutely. Are character transfers a possible solution? They’re a definite solution and we’re going after that first. But all things are on the table. Our entire goal is to make sure that players are playing in the environment they want to, with the type of community and the size of population they want, and we are driving towards all of that." Complaining is over for me. What you quoted was just a very lengthy way for BW to say: It's coming Soon™. As anyone will tell you, Soon™ means anywhere from next week to never. Usually the Soon™ line is used as a band aid to keep people from leaving. Perhaps the above has influenced some people to stay and wait but, so far, my experience is that people are still dropping like flies from the four servers I have characters on, three of which have been in the tank since mid-February. By the time Soon™ rolls around, it will be far, far too late. Solutions need to be presented now. Not sometime later. But since we're still waiting for issues from launch to be addressed, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting. Edited April 22, 2012 by Captiosus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arieswar Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 The problem is if alot of players arrive to servers who are ghost towns they will not stay beyond 50 and there will never be any server community. Then its better to reinforce other servers to be able to hold more population so they are more often active than not. Kind Regards Eve I agree with the people they need to adress this problem now and not in, the far far far away future. I must admit im lucky cause my guild is still active and doing raids daily missions and alike. But the fact remains that some are not lucky at all and that needs to be fixed it pains me to see people struggle for hours at end to get a group for there 4hc missions or alike, I actully had begun to just check up on people and helping em do em. But these quest's where not meant to be boosted threw they where meant to be played with new people and maybe even future friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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