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We were on the topic of a server merge, just we were trying to explain a key fact to someone and they deliberately pushed the topic to others, while telling us to leave just because we disagreed/ we're making a comment about the truth of the situation.
I understand your concerns of getting the thread locked, however, making the general claim will not help a lot of the time. Drama leaked from.an individual and then spread like wildfire because the public had already been dealing with the nonsense several locked threads prior.
I think you're doing right by taking it up with VFMs. Maybe this rather bland and wide-spread issue will finally be resolved -- whether someone gets banned or someone gets a serious warning.
There has been much debate over if a Server Merge or Megaserver would be wise or good for Mabinogi, but what do you think?
Leave a comment below about things you'd worry about, and how they could be fixed alongside the good things that could follow.
What Could Go Wrong With A Server Merge?
-Dressing Room Collection data might not transfer over, and those with full pets and inventories would lose those things forever.
-Unless players buy more pets to hold checks, bank data could become lost.
-Players would be fed up and quit all over again.
(Due to: I lost X, which cost me Y, I no longer have 20mil-50bil in my bank, I lost most of hard earned gold making checks to store into pets, I lost all my stuff from the dressing room...time to rage quit.)
-Guild Robes will no longer exist, and Guilds will all likely be deleted.
(Along with all the titles earned from Guild Specific Events, which can easily be fixed with a New Server Guild Event that awards players for creating and joining new guilds.)
-Live lag testing will take beyond the estimated time.
-Players will be upset about the lack of ancients or world boss spawns.
-Areas could be too crowded, especially in marketplace spots without a bank system re-balance.
-Guilds may get salty if they lose their guild name.
What Benefits Could Mabinogi Players Find On A Server Merge?
-Married players can find love and experience the wedding ceremony again.
-Players can find more active guilds to participate in dungeon crawling and events.
-New Server and Downtime Compensation Events.
Why Wouldn't Nexon KR Allow Nexon NA To Merge Servers?
-It may or may not be the management at either NA or KR who decide, but rather their accountant(s).
-The cost for Mabinogi to run flawlessly with merged servers might be high.
-The high cost however, might not be so much of an issue for Nexon Korea, where it has a vastly larger web traffic than in NA.
(According to SimilarWeb.)
-It might be Mabinogi's time to slowly move on and make way for other Nexon games that are compatible with recent technology in ways that are simpler and easier to edit.
-Nexon KR is waiting for player feedback sent by NA before jumping into how much work would need to be done.
-It just might not be possible at the moment with current technology and resources.
What's the Worst That Could Happen To Mabinogi On New Tech For a Megaserver?
-Players will become frustrated with constant lag or crashes directly after the servers go back up, until more servers can be purchased.
-Bot scripts will cause further issues with lag, latency, and illegal activities.
-Areas could be too crowded, especially in marketplace spots without a bank system re-balance.
-Guilds may get salty if they lose their guild name.
What's the Best That Could Happen To Mabinogi On New Tech For a Megaserver?
-Married players can find love and experience the wedding ceremony again.
-Players can find more active guilds to participate in dungeon crawling and events.
-New Server and Downtime Compensation Events.
-A higher or slightly faster respawn rate for ancients or world bosses.
-Multiple channels within the megaserver to reduce the stress on the server, and lower the lag players experience.
-The availability of an NA Testing Server may reduce the chances of lag and crashes with testing participation prizes.
-The issue of duplicate guild and player names can be changed to either a series of numbers with a new Name Chance Service to be released, and a free ticket is sent to players with changed names.
-The issue of duplicate guild and player names can be changed by adding in a two name option, opening up a new RP Era. (IE: Maximus Thunderpants)
-The issues of lost items or gold will be easier to remove completely, and no data aside from guild stones will be lost. (Best case scenario.)
Why Wouldn't Nexon KR Allow Nexon NA To Upgrade Mabinogi And Add In A Megaserver?
-It may or may not be the management at either NA or KR who decide, but rather their accountant(s).
-The cost of researching and building a whole new engine for Mabinogi to run flawlessly with a single megaserver with multiple channels would obviously be high.
-The high cost however, might not be so much of an issue for Nexon Korea, where it has a vastly larger web traffic than in NA.
(According to SimilarWeb.)
-It might be Mabinogi's time to slowly move on and make way for other Nexon games that are compatible with recent technology in ways that are simpler and easier to edit.
-It just might not be possible at the moment with current technology and resources.
-Nexon NA might be jumping into unknown territory, and said no because they simply don't want to consider this as a possibility.
-Nexon KR is waiting for player feedback sent by NA before jumping into how much work would need to be done.
-Nexon KR is too busy testing new content and cosmetics to test a new engine or server system.
-As much as a new Engine would help Mabinogi with a Megaserver, it would help the game overall in the long run. This takes a lot of time planning and researching.
-Nexon KR could be secretly looking into this already, but don't want to give anyone the specifics until they know for sure that they can continue to release content quickly.
-Nexon Korea could be displeased about how much harder they work at getting business partners than NA, and don't want to give handouts.
-Korea might not want to talk about our server problems that they have too...only opposite.
Just a Little Tidbit:
-Business is all about Risk vs Reward, and Mabinogi might be the same for Nexon KR, no matter how much Nexon NA requests a response.
-Patience is a virtue when it comes to old games, so it may take a few more years for something to happen.
-I actually looked at a server price a few years ago, and one cost around $4,000.
It's no joke of an investment and needs to be thought about carefully by the Devs and Codemonkeys before going through a redesign phase.
This means that losing servers leaves a chance of profit loss for when Mabinogi becomes just as popular in the future as it was in the past if the engine is updated, allowing for a wider range of things.
