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Yes this is another one of those threads, but I'm afraid they are going to keep having to be made until Blizzard acts.
Dead servers Blizzard! What the hell is your problem. Many users who pay the monthly sub fee are stranded on these dead realms that were once bustling realms topped to the brim of eager players, yet now Blizzard have allowed these servers to go increasingly down the drain ruining the experience and alienating a large portion of their subscriber base. Despite the introduction of Cross-Realm zones in MoP this will do little to solve the problem bar the first few days as everyone rushes to max level, in the long term these Cross-Realm zones will do little to combat the issue of dead servers. The other big issue behind dead servers is paid character transfers, often these are simply way too costly for the average players to simply take all of their characters to a new realm, I know personally it would cost me in excess of £100 if I were to move all my characters to a high population realm, the paid character transfer is all well and good as a luxury item however the realm transfer feature can and should no longer be used as a means of escaping dead servers. Why does Blizzard simply identify a few target realms and allow free character migration off of dead realms to these target realms in a way that will also balance out the Alliance:Horde ratio. Because from my point of view it is simply unfair that so many paying customers receive second rate treatment than that of players on high population servers. INB4: Reroll |
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21/06/2012
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Or you could use the already existing thread with increased postcap:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135 |
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21/06/2012
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Yes because that thread has done so much to solve the issue, the more threads made the more it takes up the forums the more Blizzard have to respond, like it or lump it there are little options left.
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21/06/2012
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Actually no it doesn't help, this thread could very easily get locked because of the main thread that Mikhail posted. Also, Blizzard has responded many times. Maybe they aren't the responses you want but they have responded. I do however agree that something must be done but... it would have been better to put it on the other thread. |
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21/06/2012
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Blizzard (via Blues) have responded TWICE IN 2500 posts. Hardly many times. Post away Mikhail, you're question is valid, you're within your rights. |
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21/06/2012
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Or you could use the already existing thread with increased postcap: Another thing, why would people jump on these threads straight away asking ppl to file them away in the endlist list of hopelessness that is the currently 126 page thread that is, for all intents and purposes, being ignored? How does it benefit the community to try and contain the problem? Are ppl are fishing for MVP status or something? I don't see the benefit to anyone of taking the time to post something like Mikhail's, especially when the OP has clearly stated he knows this will get locked. He wants to make a separate thread to continue to raise awareness, and does not need your suggestion as everyone knows the MASSIVE thread on low pop realms exists. Refrain from doing so in the future please. |
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21/06/2012
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looking @ recent events in Asia, EU/US servers might (and i stress might) be next on the list for mergers
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21/06/2012
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Several thousand players really hope so Ladysylvanas!
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21/06/2012
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Or they could just keep your money as you pay to play the game and also wait for you to use paid transfer. Wich earns them more money instead of extra work for something they do not get paid extra.
I do feel sorry for you though. that the servers you people are on gone a bit extinct. But seeing Blizzard (activision) is an American company, wich in my eyes seem more money then customer focused (may be a bit harsh). I do not think they wil do it sooner or quicker if there are more forum topics about it. I gues in the end who pay for the service of joining multiple servers are the people who don't play the game it self. only earn money out of it. And they earn more if you pay for your transfer instead of getting a whole server transfer for free. |
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21/06/2012
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Am I the only one who thinks that Blizz are just holding onto these quiet servers until MoP comes out, and then seeing what happens, What is the point of closing servers down only to find the need to reopen them 'IF' MoP is very succesful?
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21/06/2012
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Maybe, maybe not.. it's not really something you fish for. Either way, he's still correct. Feedback should be posted in that thread because it's the "main" thread about this matter so to speak, it's easier for the Community Managers to read one big thread rather than five thousand threads spread across the forums. Blizzard (via Blues) have responded TWICE IN 2500 posts. Hardly many times. Say what? =/ http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135?page=7#124
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135?page=7#133
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135?page=49#974
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135?page=50#981
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135?page=85#1695 We do realise that this system does not address all of the issues affecting low population and faction imbalanced realms, but we do feel that it will improve things quite a bit. This is a brand new technology being developed for World of Warcraft, with the purpose of bringing life back to the more barren parts of the world, so this is only the start. What needs to be understood with the cross-realm zones technology is that it opens more doors to future systems that could help with those other matters as well.There is still no solution how can guilds on our realm find new people for PvE or PvP. What a shame... |
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21/06/2012
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Let's open a new thread because Blizzard is already aware of the issue, so new threads will make them like...even more aware. *narrows eyes*
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21/06/2012
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My bad Gontier... I musta missed the other three blue posts in the 126 pages ;)
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21/06/2012
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http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3988400920?page=6#103 as well. But how many times they have responded is no the point at all. People beg our Blues for responses, they respond saying we have no new information, and get hated on. It's not like they run Blizzard and can determine what to do with the game. If they have no new information at all then there is no point in replying. |
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21/06/2012
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Edited by Whitebeardo on 21/06/12 09:51 (BST)
People aren't hating on the Blues Eolien, they're hating on Blizzard as a whole for what is perceived to be deliberately ignoring the issue at hand.
The question you aren't asking is WHY is there no new information? No one from Blizzard has said WHY it's not an easy fix - for example why don't they offer FCMs to dead server players, but PCT is still available? And with regards to people opening new threads, it's clearly to raise awareness generally, not to notify Blizzard. Blizzard are, of course, aware of the problem as they created it, and followed it with PCTs to generate further income... |
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21/06/2012
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Because they want the money... And they know people will pay for it if they need it. Still though the cross realm zones don't really help this issue that much, but it is a step in the right direction. |
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21/06/2012
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That's a possible reason Eolien - and a terribly sad one for people to hear.
Whether or not that is true, when people are complaining about a lack of information or action, it's clearly not unwarranted. |
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21/06/2012
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All the 'dead' realms I know of are PVP servers. I wonder if it's that having one's PVP flag permanently set is just NOT that popular?
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21/06/2012
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There's plenty of dead PvE realms too Panamat - and many more dying (due to player transfer, not players unsubbing to play Diablo etc).
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21/06/2012
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Edited by Krillchiron on 21/06/12 10:05 (BST)
OK.. Easy Fix coming right up............
Step 1. Give a Months Notice that all this will be taking place. Step 2. Free transfers from empty realms to Medium Realms for a Month. Step 3. After a Month auto transfer any stragglers to random Medium realms (Allow these players another month grace to move these toons to another realm of their own choice) Step 4. Close all Empty realms except 1 for New Players. So in the space of 3 months we have happy gamers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My reasoning for thinking that Blizz can close down servers without embarrassment I'm sure, since the beginning of WoW server capacities have increased vastly. Personally I think Blizz could shut down servers citing this reason, I can't believe that shutting down servers is an admission to WoW loosing popularity since everyone knows the figures and exactly where it is at population wise anyway 10.2 Million strong. eg 4 realms running at a capacity of 3,000 people = 12,000 population. Increase realm capacity to 5,000 and close 1 = 15,000 population, Result = less realms but still a higher overall population. I think this is the problem that Blizz created themselves, Increased the capacity of all realms so basically the empty realms stay empty because of people picking the busy ones due to there now being room for them. (I know the figures are off, but just using it as an example) |
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21/06/2012
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