True, but people looking to play this game apparently don't care that we only have three servers. Why would they suddenly care if we only have two? Especially given the "MXO is dead" reputation this game already has in the MMO world.
EDIT:cause I realized what a dumb idea it was.
I've not seen a sea of Red for close to 18 months now, as I'm sure many of you have not either.
ShiXinFeng is right. Anyone I talk to that asks me how many servers MxO has laughs when I say only 3. Since 3 is a crowd one RPvP server is bound to be the black sheep (not gonna point fingers, Recursion). Why segregate something that is small enough.
However, I understand that doing so may cause the game to buckle under. If that were inevitable, I would advocate keeping 3. The Matrix is supposed to be a vast metropolis, not a barren ghost town.
What about the following?Can a server thread area HANDLE it? Throw all of Recursion and Syntax Zion for example in one small area. Spawn a npc for everyone. The server is seriously stressing at that point just on one server (Recursion Zion event in streets of Achan knocked out Achan & Tabor for about 2 hrs.) Even EPN was there to add to numbers.Now throw in a PvP Zone and combined server baddies (Rec + Syn Mervs and or Machines). Tell me with a straight face the server wouldn't be tripping balls.
From what you are saying though, Tsus, the server already can't handle it. If the server is already crashing under our current conditions, what's the worst that can happen?
It will crash . . . harder?
Not in the mood for INCREASING server instability. All I have to say.
LtCmdr_Tsusai wrote:Not in the mood for INCREASING server instability. All I have to say.Not that I play it but EvE online has one world server, it's one of the more popular MMOs on the market.As far as server instability goes, no. Just no.The servers at the moment are UNDER utilized, they're coasting on EZmode because there are so few people on them.MxO has seen and handled higher server pops than what we're talking about by merging Recursion and Syntax.The best argument I've seen for not wanting this is over-crowded Events. But bare in mind with a merge suddenly the liaison's have doubled, the requirement for someone other than Rarebit to play LE characters becomes essential. Multiple Org events happening at once, multiple player events, no one can be everywhere at once, I'm sure you'll find it wouldn't be that bad.
Syntax dosent need to merge with recursion...recursion just needs to become the new test server and recursionites can pick either vector or syntax.
The best argument I've seen for not wanting this is over-crowded Events. But bare in mind with a merge suddenly the liaison's have doubled, the requirement for someone other than Rarebit to play LE characters becomes essential. Multiple Org events happening at once, multiple player events, no one can be everywhere at once, I'm sure you'll find it wouldn't be that bad.
Vast.
Metropolis.
EDIT: Here are the synonyms I was referring to, in case you guys missed them:Mega.
City.
Put those together and you have Mega City! Addition is tough, I know.
I will shoot whoever even mentions "Capital City."
I'm one of those people for just merging all 3. Recursion and yes my beloved Vector are ghostowns anymore.
The games population is never going to increase,it's a fact,might as well make things fun for us again.
I love pvp but would be willing to give up a bit to get a game with a population, I kind of like the downtown being hostile idea,would go well with the mxo story.
If downtown isn't acceptable give us other things to do in 01 to make it more of an attraction.
Just my 2 cents.
I'm one of those people for just merging all 3. Recursion and yes my beloved Vector are ghostowns anymore.The games population is never going to increase,it's a fact,might as well make things fun for us again.I love pvp but would be willing to give up a bit to get a game with a population, I kind of like the downtown being hostile idea,would go well with the mxo story.If downtown isn't acceptable give us other things to do in 01 to make it more of an attraction.Just my 2 cents.
