Servers merging, updates, going on, HOW ABOUT??????

[BananaBandit]

That is a good thought that has been suggested to them a dozen times over the last 6 years. It won't happen.
I have a good idea why since I know how a rohan server is put together.

Trust me the cost of changing their server deployment pattern will be far more expensive than they will want to spend on a game that is just barely breaking even. A lot simpler (and cheaper!) to add content, merge or add servers into the existing deployment structure.

[ShadowAce]

That is a good thought that has been suggested to them a dozen times over the last 6 years. It won't happen.
I have a good idea why since I know how a rohan server is put together.

Trust me the cost of changing their server deployment pattern will be far more expensive than they will want to spend on a game that is just barely breaking even. A lot simpler (and cheaper!) to add content, merge or add servers into the existing deployment structure.

The cheapest alternative would be to transfer characters to other accounts and replace the 7 merged servers into 1 server with each acct having 4 character slots. Players who fail to transfer their characters after <date> will have their four highest lvl characters on their account with the rest deleted. In the event that there are more than 4 characters at the "highest lvl" point the characters will be prioritized by server ranked by the highest average lvl.

[BananaBandit]

The cheapest alternative would be to transfer characters to other accounts and replace the 7 merged servers into 1 server with each acct having 4 character slots. Players who fail to transfer their characters after <date> will have their four highest lvl characters on their account with the rest deleted. In the event that there are more than 4 characters at the "highest lvl" point the characters will be prioritized by server ranked by the highest average lvl.

sounds a little heavy-handed don't you think? each of those chars have equipment like armors and weapons - sometimes lots of those.
Transfer to other accounts? don't go there. even if there were such a thing as a character transfer service, all their untradeable stuff has to be transferred too (not all things can be traded). trying to coordinate that would be a nightmare and a bazillion tickets created when things go wrong (you just know they will)

and what about the guys that don't get the memo that have, say 6 chars, all equipped with upgrades and enhanced boss drops? I can just see the massive rq now.

[ShadowAce]

sounds a little heavy-handed don't you think? each of those chars have equipment like armors and weapons - sometimes lots of those.
Transfer to other accounts? don't go there. even if there were such a thing as a character transfer service, all their untradeable stuff has to be transferred too (not all things can be traded). trying to coordinate that would be a nightmare and a bazillion tickets created when things go wrong (you just know they will)

and what about the guys that don't get the memo that have, say 6 chars, all equipped with upgrades and enhanced boss drops? I can just see the massive rq now.

If you dont get the memo in 30-60 days you obviously dont give a hoot about your chars and neither did your friends to let you know about it. Playwith has handled this type of thing before removing inactive accounts and now they are removing inactive characters/guilds. You should have an email from them saying if you have not logged your characters since <date> they will be deleted and your guild needs to have 10 ppl in it AFTER all the inactive chars get deleted.


The process for making those transfers would be for players to make a ticket outlining their source account/char and their destination account/char followed by screenshots of the character & its inventory (with a description of what they have). The transfer will be done over maintenance and items will be loaded throughout the following week.

The same process is used after processing a name/gender change to get your non tradable stuff back you need to post a ticket showing what you had prior to deleting and wait for them to restore.