Korean Server Merges

[JunseiKei]

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What does poor game design have to do with server merges? Considering 1.0 was basically a completely different game to what we have now, it's similar to comparing apples to oranges. Of course, Nexon has to worry about cost; SE has multiple data centers and servers to worry about (64 servers), not 6.

It was discussed in an interview with Yoshi that they wanted to put in Ishgard housing two years ago. Remember, we just recently concluded the thousand year long Dragonsong War. Doesn't make sense to throw your arms open to foreign adventurers before that was done. It wasn't two years to design a housing district, it was on hold to implement story-wise (assuming it is Ishgard housing).

[Moonlite]

What does poor game design have to do with server merges?

Instanced housing can be moved with players from server to server at no detriment to server or player. Open world housing (poor design) has many more ramifications with player moves.

And not specifically you, BUT MY GOD if i see one more it's a lore decision.

Lore should not trump fun and game design, Thes thing from Blizzard was them saying lore is what we make it.

[Chocolys]

Ewwww, losing your house during server merge is bad!

[Nicobo]

Ewwww, losing your house during server merge is bad!

Also losing your FC. ^^;

[Zigabar]

Excuse you for assuming I don't feel bad for the Korean players while stating facts.

Hard to miss your lack of compassion. And they say Reddit is bad lol

[Ishiremyre]

I am from Korea(though playing in JP server), so I know about this issue a bit. The problem is, channeling company called Eyedentity Mobile said that they already had asked Yoshida PD to allow accommodation of servers and destruction of housings.(And the serious problem is, he allowed. Whether Yoshida knows about housing destruction is mystery though.) As Yoshi P. mentioned that player's character is much more than data of 0 and 1, and Eyedentity said it would not be accommodated because of housing issue. By these, KR server's peeps are totally disappointed and think Yoshi P. allowed destroying some server's housing.

(What's more, in KR server, first server accommodation was in 2.5. Server named Ramuh, Gilgamesh, Mandragora was absorbed into other servers, and their housing became 5-8 district of accommodated server.(Ultima, Behemoth, Leviathan) And now, Ultima, Behemoth, Leviathan's 5-8 districts are going to be destroyed, so peeps and free companies who bought house in Ramuh, Gilga, Mandra server have no other choices but letting their house abolish.)

and NEXON is just channeling from EYEDENTITY mobile, they have no right to patches or translations, bug fixing, events, etc. All about managing KR servers are by EYEDENTITY mobile.
Last, I guess that the one wrote that thread was Korean guy who isn't familiar with speaking English.(he said he used google translation.) So please understand some typos, generously.

[Chocolys]

Also losing your FC. ^^;

Why would they would lose their FC? Is that not merged? O.O
Or did you mean FC house?

[Ishiremyre]

Why would they would lose their FC? Is that not merged? O.O
Or did you mean FC house?

Not losing fc totally. Only about fc's name. if same name fc exists in merged server, #2 tag will be added in fc company's last part.
But fc house matters...

[Lan_Mantear]

Instanced housing can be moved with players from server to server at no detriment to server or player. Open world housing (poor design) has many more ramifications with player moves.

I wouldn't call Open World Housing, poor design as a whole. SE just needs to provide more real estate. The capability exists. The question has always been "Is it worth the investment?" and not "How can we accomplish it?". Up to this point, it hasn't been worth investing in. Will that change in 4.0? Who knows?

On the basis of players losing their houses due to voluntary server moves, I say boo hoo. For those being involuntarily moved, it would be a good PR move for the game developers to provide players with some form of compensation, but I'd be hard pressed to say it is required.

[Ishiremyre]

I wouldn't call Open World Housing, poor design as a whole. SE just needs to provide more real estate. The capability exists. The question has always been "Is it worth the investment?" and not "How can we accomplish it?". Up to this point, it hasn't been worth investing in. Will that change in 4.0? Who knows?

On the basis of players losing their houses due to voluntary server moves, I say boo hoo. For those being involuntarily moved, it would be a good PR move for the game developers to provide players with some form of compensation, but I'd be hard pressed to say it is required.

Totally involuntarily movement and no discussions between user and producer(named Choi PD). This makes peeps much more mad.