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You are an awfully ignorant troll. - It's not only a 9-year old topic - It's an officially denied topic.
- No amount of ignorant crap from you (about my opinion; as though your opinion is the only opinion with value) will change anything.
Correction. ~ This thread is a combination of people who cannot comprehend 'NO' (Officially Denied by Nexon) and people who can comprehend 'NO' but have to put up with ignorant people who can't comprehend 'NO'. ~ It's like a bridge full of trolls.
Many people in the world would've gotten nowhere if they stopped when they were told no.
That's very true, but those people probably had something to show for their argument (grounds to stand on). As opposed to the bickering babbling pile of bologna in this thread. ~ Nexon has the numbers (the actual population) and they have already made their decision.
What if I told you I have to (I must) move in with you (at your house) for personal reasons and you said no... ~ Should I keep insisting??
I can agree to this. Obviously, if population were a serious issue, then the servers would've already been merged and threads like this wouldn't exist. Even if, somewhere down the line in the future, the servers will have to be merged, I'd rather it be with two servers merged into one, rather than a mega server, which, looking at the amount of complaints about lag and the like, especially from those not living in NA, does not seem as plausible. For now, there is no need for a merge. As @Hardmuscle has said, Nexon has the numbers, and Nexon KR has the final word, and if they have said no, they said so for a reason.
Relax dude, there was some confusion on my part. I tagged the wrong person, people make mistakes. Look, I fixed it, so don't burn me at the stake, mkay?
It's all good, no harm done. ~ I removed my 'Snarcasm'.
The only existing proof of dying servers are the cries of a very small handful of people on a forum representing less than .5% of the population.
I'd be upset if I lost everything because Nexon decided to merge the servers. Of course you could get everything back, but it would take billions of gold and most of everyone's items would be deleted. Nexon would surely have a lot more work to do because people would complain their ears off, not to mention, there are thousands of players out there.
A transfer is probably the best option. It gives people the option of consent and to know the price on their hands before they make a decision.
I believe that if any server merged with Alexina will only end badly, this is because the economy of it is already expensive (greedy people), and for people to be moved into it will probably stuggle since the price difference can be quite significant. for 2 smaller severs it's the same but the prices may not be as bad but still have to adjust and pretty sure things will go wrong. then there's the last server, either way 3 servers merged would be too much, but more being in alexina will also be hectic and horrible.
I think if people had to start over with new characters and no items, gold, or pets it would make everyone more upset and more players would want to leave. I mean you could always create a new character on a different server, but that basically means starting all over again. With the merger, we shouldn't have to go to such extremes and instead keep what we have and change what server we are accessing. I'm not sure if its something in the code that could be replaced, but I'd imagine it would have to be changed on all items, pets, and characters making it a lengthy and difficult process. I imagine it like find and replace in microsoft word where you search pages after pages for the server name to replace it with target server name. Now repeating that for everything would take a lot of time and work. Hopefully, there is a faster way to automate it and make it easier on everyone so the transfer to another server can seem hassle free and seamless.
Another concern I had was the amount of lag caused by combining servers to hopefully bring more active people together. Merging servers would also mean bringing over inactive players as well such as those who haven't logged in for a very long time or those who afk for events ect. More people means more traffic hitting the server which increases the overall lag felt by everyone. The servers would need to be changed to handle the higher traffic that this merger would put upon them. Best to address the issue of lag and how to remedy it before the merger causes more problems.
I personally would rather it be voluntary if people move or not. Give players a choice if they wish to transfer from their current server to another one. This would be limited to once per character/pet but give them the chance to relocate if they feel their server is inactive or whatever the reasons maybe. Transfering a large number of people all at the same time would cause a lot of delay and potential problems if errors occur while data is being moved over. If the players are given a choice they can pick when and if they want to move so it won't be so sudden and in mass numbers. It will cause less stress on the servers trying to send and receive the data as well.
I said that months ago in theoretical situation, thought I didn't imply it then. That post was for the original un-edited opening post which has changed.
At this time I still stand by what I said Here
Basically merging servers are not needed, despite what -some- people think or believe.
Stop derailing thread by calling out people trolls. If this 9-year old topic wasn't supposed to be here it would have been deleted already. You shouldn't attack people because they support something or they disagree with you. Any more harassment -calling out someone as something- will be reported.
To be fair, you're doing the same thing he is, only difference being that you're supporting the viewpoint opposing his.
You started this debate between the two of us and won't stop. ~ Now surely you have taxes to collect from your bridge.
It's pretty damn ironic how you're defending a supposed 'right to harass me', after I told you I would report you for it.
You don't get to turn this one around. I am not the one who quoted you in search of an argument. ~ You did this, to me.
Where does it say @Unwanted2 --or-- @Oligarchy in the following quote and post, and why hasn't @Crossx2 said anything?
The reason being, the game isn't optimized, and everytime they add new stuff they don't take the time to make sure it is cohesive with old content. The problem becomes, them doubling a server's population without any underlying groundwork being done.
They are going through content renewals, which is nice, but the base of Mabi needs a facelift. I don't see a server merge fixing any problems, but I definitely see it adding some.
I would love to see Mabi be more active, but I don't want the game to be crippled in the attempt. There is also the consideration that the server side of Mabi may not even be compatible with newer server technologies, and the load required to get it there might as well result in some form of Mabi2, instead.
Also, as a former Combat Arms player - I can attest to the success or failure of Nexon related server merges - in that regard, I would absolutely avoid it if at all possible. Server merges, unfortunately, chase away more players than it retains.
Thanks for the insight! As for the argumentative posts, I'll bring this to a Vmod for derailing my comment separation forum if it continues.
I look forward to a more technical viewpoint on this popular topic!
I believe that many would be upset to see mabinogi shutting down permanently for a Mabi2, but I'm not entirely sure that all the content can be revamped for a facelift.
Maplestory in KR was never shut down for Maplestory 2, so I wouldn't worry too much.
There really hasn't been any talk from Nexon on Mabinogi compatibility with other technology, maybe it's to prevent hackers or modders.
I think if Nexon gave players emails ahead of server merges a year or even months in advance, there won't be much of a problem.
Although I'm not entirely sure that the Dragon Nest community got the notice on time, as the servers at the time seemed pretty empty.
There will always be people who forget or don't get the notice, but I've been seeing lots of feedback on the idea of megaserver or just a server merge.
Hopefully Nexon KR has been communicating with NA properly, and they're aware of the low server population.