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Title: Server Merging 3.0: Still Not Actually Merging Post by: luckton on August 05, 2013, 03:12:52 PM http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10551009/Patch_54_Feature_Preview_Connected_Realms-8_5_2013
They started with server "phasing" as a way of cloistering lonely zones/realms together, and now we're moving onto actually hitching the servers at the hip. Much like DAoC did in it's decline.... :grin: Title: Re: Server Merging 3.0: Still Not Actually Merging Post by: Merusk on August 05, 2013, 03:21:24 PM I get the feeling a part of this is testing how to do one big megarealm, which wouldn't be a bad thing.
Title: Re: Server Merging 3.0: Still Not Actually Merging Post by: SurfD on August 05, 2013, 03:49:57 PM I get the feeling a part of this is testing how to do one big megarealm, which wouldn't be a bad thing. Debatable. One big mega realm would be cool, but they would probably have to do multiple instances (or whatever) of Org / Stormwind / Shrine / whatever new Expantion Hub City / Starter zones they introduce next expantion to get proper load balancing, otherwise those zones would become a total clusterfuck with 50x the number of people in them then they were really designed for. Tradechat is bad enough on a single high pop realm. Imagine multiplying the spam by a factor of 20.......Title: Re: Server Merging 3.0: Still Not Actually Merging Post by: satael on August 05, 2013, 04:06:33 PM WOW might be a good testing ground for a megarealm (technology) that's actually for their next MMO.
Title: Re: Server Merging 3.0: Still Not Actually Merging Post by: luckton on August 05, 2013, 04:30:44 PM One unified AH would take a phenomenal amount of d-base work to function smoothly.
Not to mention the market would be so saturated...my God...all that linen cloth... :why_so_serious: Title: Re: Server Merging 3.0: Still Not Actually Merging Post by: Azazel on August 15, 2013, 07:26:37 AM So... basically a server merger where the merged servers have two entrance doors. Which neatly(!) sidesteps the "servers closing - game declining" look to the general pubic.
What are sub numbers like these days? Title: Re: Server Merging 3.0: Still Not Actually Merging Post by: Simond on August 15, 2013, 12:39:52 PM Compared to their peak? About 5 million down.
Compared to the rest of the sub-based mmo market? ... What sub-based MMO market? |