Temporarily shutting the servers down until 2.0 is NOT a good idea!

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Originally Posted by Rhianu

The current version isn't being scrapped. All the improvements and additions that SE has made since launch are all going to be kept in the game, as will all of the currently existing content and jobs. SE isn't throwing away everything they've worked on since launch. Version 2.0 is simply going to be the culmination of all the updates and changes they've made over a period of two years.


LOLWUT?

Cataclysm made HUGE changes to WoW. Denying that is just foolish and ignorant.

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Right, just because it's labeled update cancels out the fact that it's going to be a completely different game that's not even close to what it is now come 2.0. Oh, and if we want to get technical about them not scrapping their "hard work", phyical levels- scraped, SP system- scraped, custom gear- in process of being scraped, 2.0 entire world-scraped, outside dungeons- scraped I could add more to the list but hey, I'm tired and lazy atm.

And cataclysm, huge changes? Don't make me laugh, they added some terrain, nerfed some classes, hell they even ruined the azeroth side by adding flying mounts there & added quests in a few old areas which were all very insignificant minus Thousand Needles(the one area with a huge noticeable change), nothing more than another generic expansion with little more imagination added. I will give them credit for the actual quests in the expansion areas, but other than that it was and still is a huge let down compared to lich king. Same boring ass game, same reskinned content with same crap community. But I can tell by that tone I shouldn't waste my time so I'll leave it at that.

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Originally Posted by Rhianu

I keep seeing a lot of people saying that temporarily shutting the servers down would be a good idea, but in truth it's really not a good idea at all. It seems that a lot of people are under the impression that the development team could somehow work faster if the servers were turned off, but that makes absolutely no sense because the speed at which the devs work has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the power switch on the server boxes is flipped on or off. Flipping a power switch doesn't magically make people work faster.

Plus, shutting the servers down until version 2.0 is released would cause SE would lose out on the constant stream of feedback from the playerbase. If they keep the servers online and operational, then players can maintain an active role in the development of the game going forward. That wouldn't be possible if SE took the game offline and continued development out of the public eye.

About the only good thing that could possibly be accomplished by shutting down the servers is that SE would save a bit of money on their electric and internet bills each month, which really isn't worth it, especially when you take into account just how valuable a continual feedback loop from the playerbase is.

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Enabling subscriptions would limit the feedback they get too.

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Originally Posted by Rhianu

I keep seeing a lot of people saying that temporarily shutting the servers down would be a good idea, but in truth it's really not a good idea at all. It seems that a lot of people are under the impression that the development team could somehow work faster if the servers were turned off, but that makes absolutely no sense because the speed at which the devs work has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the power switch on the server boxes is flipped on or off. Flipping a power switch doesn't magically make people work faster.

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No, but supporting 1.0 would waste resources being put towards running player events, testing and issuing patches for the current client, maintaining player support services, and all of this effort could be thrown into releasing 2.0 faster. Also, being offline allows for more radical changes because you don't have to waste time easing existing players into them. And if they want player feedback, they could get it from the PS3 beta.

I'm not saying it's a good idea, but it does have merit. I think if they were going to do something like that, they've should have done so from the beginning.

They would never temporarily shut down the serves.

Honestly, I'm quite happy with where the game is and where the game is going. If you're not, then just get off the forums, stop playing the game, and go play Rift.

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Originally Posted by FilthyDisco

They would never temporarily shut down the serves.

Honestly, I'm quite happy with where the game is and where the game is going. If you're not, then just get off the forums, stop playing the game, and go play Rift.

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Agreed.
The game is good enough to pay for the way it is now.
SE is working hard to keep us all happy.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Guys, this is a good idea and the reason is a no-brainer.

They are moving to completely new server hardware and operating engines.

These new servers will not be set up in the same way as the old ones, with different servers having responsibility for storing and processing different types of information to what the current ones do. Information transfers may be fiddelly and require far more than a few hours time to process. That, and they'll then want to make sure everything is working properly so it doesn't continuously crash once we're all back in.

In order to make sure that character account data is properly imported, it needs to not be changing while it is being transferred. This is not about reducing power consumption due to power plant being shut down. To put it short, no one can be playing the game while this is underway, or the data can easily become corrupted.

Do you want your character data to be corrupted?

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1. I miss understand the thread
2. you miss understand the thread

as I understand the OP was said about ppl ask for server shut down at december and work until 2.0 after server transfer and engine. Other wise, the server need to be shut down if they move to new server ofc it is obvious

Hmm well i remember that when EA transferred the Battlefield servers they were down for 1 day.
I can imagine the database is pretty big.
But could also be they will take a week or a few das to transfer world after world.
Prolly will have a new client and all so yeah.. Server related things can sometimes take time....
I know lol i hate it when i had to transfer my servers over..
It's not like billions of tasts but it's all little thingys that need to be done and they can take time.