Battlekeep ownership is probably getting wiped.  That's awesome.

Glad to see they are going to make their timeline and get the merges done before christmas thats very good news.

As for the rest of it I have very deep concerns about their choices but I'll wait for their faq so we can see exactly what is happening.

If they are going to merge down to about 12-13 servers then open a new PVE and PVP server taking it to 14-15 then the pops are going to still suck, they are going to be around August levels and people were quiting then due to lack of pop.

While the 2 they are mergeing are oceanic servers they arn't real oceanic servers so there is no reason not to merge US servers with them. In fact a 3US + 2Oceanic merge would make a great server. Lively 24 hours a day.

I just hope the next batch is 4 or 5 servers into one not another 2 server merge both for pop reasons and for the fact that 12 6 hour server downtimes between now and christmas would suck.

Yes this is great news !

Originally posted by noggy1980

Glad to see they are going to make their timeline and get the merges done before christmas thats very good news.

As for the rest of it I have very deep concerns about their choices but I'll wait for their faq so we can see exactly what is happening.

If they are going to merge down to about 12-13 servers then open a new PVE and PVP server taking it to 14-15 then the pops are going to still suck, they are going to be around August levels and people were quiting then due to lack of pop.

While the 2 they are mergeing are oceanic servers they arn't real oceanic servers so there is no reason not to merge US servers with them. In fact a 3US + 2Oceanic merge would make a great server. Lively 24 hours a day.

I just hope the next batch is 4 or 5 servers into one not another 2 server merge both for pop reasons and for the fact that 12 6 hour server downtimes between now and christmas would suck.

Like I expected they are doing very modest server merges. They just merge a couple of servers here and there so that they can say: "We have merge the servers! Come back to play!".

There is no way they will merge 4 or 5 servers into one which is a shame really.

Originally posted by GiveMePvP

Originally posted by noggy1980

Glad to see they are going to make their timeline and get the merges done before christmas thats very good news.

As for the rest of it I have very deep concerns about their choices but I'll wait for their faq so we can see exactly what is happening.

If they are going to merge down to about 12-13 servers then open a new PVE and PVP server taking it to 14-15 then the pops are going to still suck, they are going to be around August levels and people were quiting then due to lack of pop.

While the 2 they are mergeing are oceanic servers they arn't real oceanic servers so there is no reason not to merge US servers with them. In fact a 3US + 2Oceanic merge would make a great server. Lively 24 hours a day.

I just hope the next batch is 4 or 5 servers into one not another 2 server merge both for pop reasons and for the fact that 12 6 hour server downtimes between now and christmas would suck.

 

Like I expected they are doing very modest server merges. They just merge a couple of servers here and there so that they can say: "We have merge the servers! Come back to play!".

There is no way they will merge 4 or 5 servers into one which is a shame really.

Honestly they are completly foolish if they do modest server merges, it's the worst of both worlds, they still get the bad publicity from doing server merges without bringing the populations up to viable levels.

excellent news....aoc goes from strength to strength....server merges are a good thing for a game right? loool.

Well for once I have to say as that it looks liek FC is doing things right. Starting off merging just two servers gives them a chance to see if everything goes according to plan. By starting wit two of the  lower pop servers If the sewage hits the air velocity increase mechanism less psople wil be po'ed. I also think the fresh start servers are a good idea.

Now lets see if they can accomplish this without creating it being a disaster with lost toons etc. If they can that might give he game a much needed shot in the arm. then all they have to do is work on loot tables, crafting , auction houses, dyes, UI flexibility, and all the other nice things that constitute a top shelf  MMORPG.

The FAQ is out now but it says very little at all, no info on the important things like who is merging with who.

This is good news. Hopefully it has  a positive effect for those still playing.

From the FAQ:

"Can a character be transferred from one server ruleset to another (e.g. from a PvE server to a PvP server)?

Yes, that will be possible."
 

Uhhhhh.  Hah...?

Like everything funnycom do its too late. It should of happened four months ago. May of saved another huge infux of players leaving the game. eee and people still pay for this service. Makes me laugh.

Originally posted by Lobbyboy69

Like everything funnycom do its too late. It should of happened four months ago. May of saved another huge infux of players leaving the game. eee and people still pay for this service. Makes me laugh.

Yes, it seems that these bad managerial decisions are the plague of Age of Conan.

I think the  main issue is that Funcom just doesn't understand what players want. They do these dumb things over and over again. 100% of playerbase have been crying for server merges for MONTHS. They clearly postponed server merges because some high level dumbass suit had a bright idea of trying to get ex-players to resubscribe in December I'm sure that decision cost Conan thousands of subs..

The formula is really simple. First ask what players want, then give it to them! Don't do some other stuff just because YOU think it's better for Aoge of Conan.

Take WoW for example. I think Blizzard is one of the few MMO companies who really understand it's players. They are giving people what people want. They have 12 million subs at the moment and that number talks for itself.

Funcom needs to be more humble. They need to admit failure and very humbly try to win players back. It would take a lot of time but if lucky, maybe in a year they could be back at 200k subs.

It seems like FC have a very clear vision for AoC. The game rolls forward with increasing momentum. Love to get more new blood on my server.

Kudos to Funcom for opening new servers along with the merges. I expect the fresh realms will be quite popular.

Originally posted by FischerBlack

Kudos to Funcom for opening new servers along with the merges. I expect the fresh realms will be quite popular.

I do also like this. I will roll an Alt on the fresh servers for sure. When the server is new it is much easier for a new guild to establish itself.