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Alexina Should have been in Nao.
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It depends on whether they are forced to use the same process that they did earlier or not. If they determine the same urgency to merge Alexina as they did for the other three servers and it happens before they're prepared then we should see just that again. There are two actions here: a full merge, and allowing for duplicate names. At the end of the day, idealistically, the order that they happen in is irrelevant with respect to the final state of things, but solving the naming issue first would involve less anxiety. Nexon would prefer this but it all depends on whether circumstance forces their hand.
The biggest thing, being cost. A server for a game like Mabi costs a LOT, we’re talkin hundreds-of-thousands to potentially even millions per month. Theoretically, the smaller the server, the cheaper it is (this is likely why there were 4 “small” servers to begin with). Upgrading to a bigger server for the merge is a big deal and was likely a huge financial decision...this is probably one of the reasons it took so long, not to mention all the testing and bug ironing to make the transition as smooth as possible.
Alexina can probably fit in the Nao server without needing to upgrade to an even bigger size, though I’m not quite sure...it’s possible they’ll need to upgrade again, which is why from a business perspective I wouldn’t blame them for dragging their feet if it means spending more money before we know how things are actually going to settle down. I’d give it at *least* 6 months before they start considering merging Alexina, but it’ll likely be longer than that.
Let’s be nicer to Nexon. They’re clearly working hard and listening to the community, but they can’t rush these sorts of things (such as fixing the name changes) even if they wanted to. Computers are complicated, and emotions run high in the community when there’s the slightest screw up...name change bugs is a small inconvenience compared to what could’ve happened had they rushed things.
They’re spending lots of time and money to keep us happy, not just server wise but staff wise as well (that server price margin wasn’t even including staff, maintenance, updates, etc. which also cost extra money). They’re always adding new content, new events (even if it’s sometimes a rehashed afk event...it’s still new stuff), new features, etc. and lets us all play for FREE regardless of those costs. I’m grateful Mabi is still around for NA/EU at all. They’re fighting hard to keep us alive and we should all appreciate Nexon’s Mabi Team for that, even when they make mistakes or leave us waiting—at least they’re trying.
Ok let's just forget about those who do care about their names then. :L
The people who made a character and named them something that represents them, and back when Nexon claimed that merge was 'impossible' so they had no way of knowing it would actually be done.
Honestly, they need to fix names before anything happens. I don't care how long it takes, they can take their time.
Nexon calling Alexina, Mari, Nao, Ruairi, and Tarlach servers is a misnomer. They are not individual physical boxes. Mabinogi is a game housed on many servers simultaneously in what is called a database cluster. What they are calling servers are just partitions in the database that makes Mabinogi. The partitions can be thought of as virtual servers but they are in fact many servers operating together. Each channel is an actual server. This is why sometimes you'll see a channel being rebooted while the game is live. If Nao was just one server then lag would be consistent across all channels regardless of how full any particular channel is.
I don't give a crap either. Yesterday for example, I found out someone on Nao has already snagged "Helsa" and yet I slept like a baby. But it does matter to a lot of other people and their feelings matter. It is a problem but it is a fixable problem. Nexon will try to fix it before merging Alexina in, unless circumstance forces them to act earlier than planned.
Why in the name of all that is sacred are people nicknaming us with such a harsh to say word? Tarlachian rolls off the tongue nicer.
Because Tarlachite sounds cool and I'm gonna keep using it, even if it ends up just being me.
And suddenly
Counter clockwise 360? It could've been a clockwise 360! :P
Or just back to 0.
except im not
'i know, let's lock the thread but not leave an explanation on it for why we did'
nani
Nanikore
Or why they even had separate servers in the first place.
We had tons of players back in the day. Alexina wasn't needed, but it did get people who quit to come back to be the strongest and the first at things on it.
I'd at least like to know why as well.. I mean, possibly because they anticipated that both servers really would be equal in pop. but honestly, it's kind of expected that it wouldn't because of the 'hype' kind of people. Blegh.
We can deduct all the possible reasons, but we won't know if they don't tell.
Could there be company restrictions that also prevent them from providing their clients with certain info?