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Server Merge Alternative?

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  • Darkpixie99Darkpixie99
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    Jazmyn wrote: »
    Gaea wrote: »
    You're gonna have to reselect or change your names. It's inevitable. In fact if this does happen, I will call off from work, my car broke down, ext ext, one way or another I am keeping my name. But I don't care about all the other freaking names. In fact I am one of probably many players who took up decent names that actual players could of used. I gave them to pet and alts. Server merge would also free up a lot of ign's.
    It's only inevitable if they do a server merge, and as of now, it's not happening.

    I put thought and research into a majority of my pets names, and I DESPISE numbers in my names, I really have an extremely hard time doing it, (I did do it for my PSN name)... One of my characters is my IRL name and this character/forum name is a family member... I've been around since day 2 of open beta, it would not be fair if I/we had to rename my/our characters... Every once in awhile I even play as my pet... They aren't just storage for me...

    And think of it this way too, say you couldn't get to your usernames first, how would you feel running around seeing someone else running around with your IDENTITY....? Honestly, I'd quit playing all together.... u.u;

    My opinion still stands, I would not want them to do a server merge if I have to change my names... Sorry...

    The only players actually entitled to usernames are those who fund the ABT and CBT of a new game and pay $100+ for a name reservation.
    Otherwise, you as the player are actually entitled to nothing.
    Mabinogi is a F2P game for everyone to play, and doesn't usually free up character names by force.
    Usually only subscription based games like WoW (Thread) will make some sort of rules on freeing up space for character names after a certain period of time, if at all.

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  • JazmynJazmyn
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    Jazmyn wrote: »
    Gaea wrote: »
    You're gonna have to reselect or change your names. It's inevitable. In fact if this does happen, I will call off from work, my car broke down, ext ext, one way or another I am keeping my name. But I don't care about all the other freaking names. In fact I am one of probably many players who took up decent names that actual players could of used. I gave them to pet and alts. Server merge would also free up a lot of ign's.
    It's only inevitable if they do a server merge, and as of now, it's not happening.

    I put thought and research into a majority of my pets names, and I DESPISE numbers in my names, I really have an extremely hard time doing it, (I did do it for my PSN name)... One of my characters is my IRL name and this character/forum name is a family member... I've been around since day 2 of open beta, it would not be fair if I/we had to rename my/our characters... Every once in awhile I even play as my pet... They aren't just storage for me...

    And think of it this way too, say you couldn't get to your usernames first, how would you feel running around seeing someone else running around with your IDENTITY....? Honestly, I'd quit playing all together.... u.u;

    My opinion still stands, I would not want them to do a server merge if I have to change my names... Sorry...

    The only players actually entitled to usernames are those who fund the ABT and CBT of a new game and pay $100+ for a name reservation.
    Otherwise, you as the player are actually entitled to nothing.
    Mabinogi is a F2P game for everyone to play, and doesn't usually free up character names by force.
    Usually only subscription based games like WoW (Thread) will make some sort of rules on freeing up space for character names after a certain period of time, if at all.

    I'm not sure what your point is. A want and an entitlement are two WHOLE different things. It still does NOT change the fact that I would NOT want them to do a server merge if I have to change my names.
  • CrimsọnCrimsọn
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    Jazmyn wrote: »
    Gaea wrote: »
    You're gonna have to reselect or change your names. It's inevitable. In fact if this does happen, I will call off from work, my car broke down, ext ext, one way or another I am keeping my name. But I don't care about all the other freaking names. In fact I am one of probably many players who took up decent names that actual players could of used. I gave them to pet and alts. Server merge would also free up a lot of ign's.
    It's only inevitable if they do a server merge, and as of now, it's not happening.

    I put thought and research into a majority of my pets names, and I DESPISE numbers in my names, I really have an extremely hard time doing it, (I did do it for my PSN name)... One of my characters is my IRL name and this character/forum name is a family member... I've been around since day 2 of open beta, it would not be fair if I/we had to rename my/our characters... Every once in awhile I even play as my pet... They aren't just storage for me...

    And think of it this way too, say you couldn't get to your usernames first, how would you feel running around seeing someone else running around with your IDENTITY....? Honestly, I'd quit playing all together.... u.u;

    My opinion still stands, I would not want them to do a server merge if I have to change my names... Sorry...

    EDIT: I also just want to point out that I do understand my opinion will not help Nexon decide if they do or do not choose to do a server merge, it is just my opinion and does not matter.

    Honestly...I really think all of us stand a really good chance at reclaiming our main ign's. The reason for that is that a lot of us are established in this very old community. We don't get a lot of new players - just alts because we know this game is funded primary by no lifer whales who attached themselves to this game and stayed for some reason. It's been 10 years.

    I mean the only reason why wouldn't be able to is some troller used your name for themselves or one of their pets.
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  • Darkpixie99Darkpixie99
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    edited January 29, 2018
    Jazmyn wrote: »
    Jazmyn wrote: »
    Gaea wrote: »
    You're gonna have to reselect or change your names. It's inevitable. In fact if this does happen, I will call off from work, my car broke down, ext ext, one way or another I am keeping my name. But I don't care about all the other freaking names. In fact I am one of probably many players who took up decent names that actual players could of used. I gave them to pet and alts. Server merge would also free up a lot of ign's.
    It's only inevitable if they do a server merge, and as of now, it's not happening.

    I put thought and research into a majority of my pets names, and I DESPISE numbers in my names, I really have an extremely hard time doing it, (I did do it for my PSN name)... One of my characters is my IRL name and this character/forum name is a family member... I've been around since day 2 of open beta, it would not be fair if I/we had to rename my/our characters... Every once in awhile I even play as my pet... They aren't just storage for me...

    And think of it this way too, say you couldn't get to your usernames first, how would you feel running around seeing someone else running around with your IDENTITY....? Honestly, I'd quit playing all together.... u.u;

    My opinion still stands, I would not want them to do a server merge if I have to change my names... Sorry...

    The only players actually entitled to usernames are those who fund the ABT and CBT of a new game and pay $100+ for a name reservation.
    Otherwise, you as the player are actually entitled to nothing.
    Mabinogi is a F2P game for everyone to play, and doesn't usually free up character names by force.
    Usually only subscription based games like WoW (Thread) will make some sort of rules on freeing up space for character names after a certain period of time, if at all.

    I'm not sure what your point is. A want and an entitlement are two WHOLE different things. It still does NOT change the fact that I would NOT want them to do a server merge if I have to change my names.

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    The way you just presented your argument is exactly as if you feel entitled to have this name.
    Having a different character name won't affect game play in any way.
    Whether it be by the highly unlikely server merge or the continuation of the current server system.
    Plus, Guilds mainly use Discord or Line nowadays as opposed to Skype, so renames won't be too crippling either, just sighs and whines.)
    Also, there are plenty of languages in this world to put together a name with meaning in Mabinogi RPG fashion.


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  • JazmynJazmyn
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    Gaea wrote: »
    Honestly...I really think all of us stand a really good chance at reclaiming our main ign's. The reason for that is that a lot of us are established in this very old community. We don't get a lot of new players - just alts because we know this game is funded primary by no lifer whales who attached themselves to this game and stayed for some reason. It's been 10 years.

    I mean the only reason why wouldn't be able to is some troller used your name for themselves or one of their pets.

    I do agree there is a good chance we could, but I do worry about the trollers as you mentioned, and there are sooo many people who are asking for name changes, you just never know and it would make me sad to have to rename... Lol.

    Would it be possible, in theory of course, that the requirement to change a name would only pop up IF there are duplicates?
  • JazmynJazmyn
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    The way you just presented your argument is exactly as if you feel entitled to have this name.
    Having a different character name won't affect game play in any way.
    Whether it be by the highly unlikely server merge or the continuation of the current server system.
    Plus, Guilds mainly use Discord or Line nowadays as opposed to Skype, so renames won't be too crippling either, just sighs and whines.)
    Also, there are plenty of languages in this world to put together a name with meaning in Mabinogi RPG fashion.

    I am sorry you read it that way, but I did not say anything about being entitled. Please, try not to assume how I (or anyone else) feel/s based on text on a computer screen without seeing my/our emotions or body language.

    I do not use Discord, Line, or Skype, and I am not associated with any large guild. There are no other languages that can put my real name and my family members name into the character name besides the actual names already used... And, I already used multiple languages to get the names of my most recent pets, which is why it would be difficult for me to go through and rename each and every one accordingly.... And to lose my first pet cat's name would be sad, as I made a friend on here after they were released and to this day she still remembers him... (She unfortunately is unable to play anymore, hasn't for years, but we will still talk about it.)

    I get what you're saying, and you are right, we are not "entitled" to our names, but it still doesn't change the fact that it would still stink and is one of the reasons I would not be "all down for" a server merge if it was required. (You know... 61 names... If I had to CHANGE each name - not rename them the same name - I guarantee it would take me at minimum 61 hours to do.)

  • CrimsọnCrimsọn
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    edited January 30, 2018
    Hardmuscle wrote: »
    @Gaea ~ Supposing a Server Merge did occur (as you folks are seemingly trying to impress upon, or give the appearance of such a thing already having been decided); No one would have to re-choose their names, or their pet's names; and no one from any server is more entitled than anyone from any other server to their names. That's to say each server's version of Gaea or Hardmusle (or Randomplayermcnoobstoner) has the same affinity rights to their names as the other. Harping about having to do what's already been proven unnecessary is all you're doing.

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    And all I was saying is that more than likely IF a server merge was to happen most of everyone here would be able to keep their established names. Even if we had to do a mad dash for them. I have a little more faith in the integrity of our close knit community than you do.
  • RheyRhey
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    Meh. My name can go 2 sum one else 4 all I care. I'd just be satisfy that I can shop on all servers if that is all it costs. It was a derp name I created so my girls friends in the same club can easily find me when we chillz on da weekends back in the dayz. They're all gone already raising kids/ making sammichs 24/7 but I'm still stuck wit dis derp name I'd pay 100 bucks 4 a name change no prob. :o :* :s
  • XiokunXiokun
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    Chill dudes, it ain't that serious. I don't even need to read these threads word for word anymore to know someone here is taking the topic too seriously and making people mad. It's all good.

    This topic has been going on for years now, and probably will until Mabinogi, devCat, Nexon, or the internet explodes, so this post will be just as pointless as everyone else demanding a merge. But, I'll say it anyway; we're probably not going to get a server merge, though if we DO, I don't think it will be because we intimidated or urged or whined until the break of dawn. It will be because they decided to go through with it themselves.

    If 'they', whatever specific group of people in charge of and with the power of merging the server were actually listening or felt moved by our years worth of server merge talk, it would have been done already. Though you can keep making threads about this to vent out your frustration or share out your ideas if it makes you feel better. I don't have any control over this thread as much as we don't have any control with making a merge happen.

    All I ask is that, as a fellow Mabi player, even if the person reading this particularly hasn't done anything wrong, that you don't go overboard and attack and hurt people for what they say and think. Regardless of the player count in your server you can still have fun. :-)
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  • HelsaHelsa
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    Has a server merge ever happened overseas? If so, it either went well or it didn't. If it didn't it would've been corrected wouldn't it have? If it did happen then Nexon would have the experience of having done so before. If a server merge happened, I should think Nexon would debug the process to make sure that no one would lose their names or items or any other such things, before actually implementing it. One of the downsides of a merge many folks feel would be increased lag. That might be the case, but I suspect that could be addressed by just throwing more hardware at the problem. Another downside would be 4 guild neighborhoods instead of 16. The neighborhoods on Alexina in total are far from full. So for house renters it probably wont mean anything but for guilds who like to own castles then there would be that much more competition. The last downside I can see is that commerce prices would fall faster and recover slower. As for upsides. Hm? I'm not a PvPer so I can't speak for them, but I'd guess the chance to face ANY champion should be appealing shouldn't it? Mini-games like fashion or jousting have a better chance to occur. If you need to make a party for one reason or another, the chances to get help should be better. If you are a musical person you'd have a better chance to experience the music of or jam with any musical person whose videos you've seen on YouTube, not just the ones from your own server. Folks for whatever reason wanting to make very specialized guilds have a much better chance to make viable ones. There are reasons to merge the servers and to not do so. I suspect most would welcome it. Surely Nexon is aware of this yet it hasn't happened; why? Nexon is a business so it has to look at the bottom line. On the balance sheet, at this time, it must not be worth it for them.
  • CrimsọnCrimsọn
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    Helsa wrote: »
    Has a server merge ever happened overseas? If so, it either went well or it didn't. If it didn't it would've been corrected wouldn't it have? If it did happen then Nexon would have the experience of having done so before. If a server merge happened, I should think Nexon would debug the process to make sure that no one would lose their names or items or any other such things, before actually implementing it. One of the downsides of a merge many folks feel would be increased lag. That might be the case, but I suspect that could be addressed by just throwing more hardware at the problem. Another downside would be 4 guild neighborhoods instead of 16. The neighborhoods on Alexina in total are far from full. So for house renters it probably wont mean anything but for guilds who like to own castles then there would be that much more competition. The last downside I can see is that commerce prices would fall faster and recover slower. As for upsides. Hm? I'm not a PvPer so I can't speak for them, but I'd guess the chance to face ANY champion should be appealing shouldn't it? Mini-games like fashion or jousting have a better chance to occur. If you need to make a party for one reason or another, the chances to get help should be better. If you are a musical person you'd have a better chance to experience the music of or jam with any musical person whose videos you've seen on YouTube, not just the ones from your own server. Folks for whatever reason wanting to make very specialized guilds have a much better chance to make viable ones. There are reasons to merge the servers and to not do so. I suspect most would welcome it. Surely Nexon is aware of this yet it hasn't happened; why? Nexon is a business so it has to look at the bottom line. On the balance sheet, at this time, it must not be worth it for them.

    Wow that chunk. Um...

    Yes there was one over sees in china. It didn't go very well and it took considerable amount of time to recover and fix everything. Least that's what I heard. Regardless of the risks, we still very much want it though. The players and the team would have to take every precaution and learn from China's execution.
  • XiokunXiokun
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    Hardmuscle wrote: »
    @Xiokun ~ If you're referring to me. No one was "attacked" for what they said or feel. My remark to Iyasenu was between the two of us and should have gone no further after that. ~ It was rude of me to say, "I'm done talking to you" (in the spiteful manner I did) and to reword what they said to reflect how it read to me, yes indeed, but that's all it was. I deleted my own post, but you can still read what was said in the quote below it made by Greta. I have noticed a pattern lately with certain folks (no names mentioned), where they seem to think dumping on me will make their debate "mean something it doesn't" regardless of what I say or how it's worded, or without even bothering so much as to read a single word I've said on the subject. It's funny how my insisting no one would have to lose their names, if a merge were to happen, can be twisted into contributing to the negativity of a debate. If you weren't referring to me; Do note, I will continue to express my opinion on this forum as anyone else who uses it does. (I expect someone will attack me for making this post, without actually reading it, because it doesn't say anything about supporting a merge in the first sentence). ~ Have a great day. ~ Cheers! :sleeping: :* :cookie: o:)

    Okie dokie. Like I said, it wasn't referring to you. It was just a general thing. If I meant you or anyone specific, I would have said your or their name. It's all good. :p
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  • GretaGreta
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    This thread still alive? Why it's not merged with other server merge threads?
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  • EmikoEmiko
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    Gaea wrote: »

    Wow that chunk. Um...

    Yes there was one over sees in china. It didn't go very well and it took considerable amount of time to recover and fix everything. Least that's what I heard. Regardless of the risks, we still very much want it though. The players and the team would have to take every precaution and learn from China's execution.

    I've been in a game where the "Community" demanded a server merge, even the developers thought it'd be a great idea. You know what followed? 6 months worth of glitches, 6 months of wading through account recovery for a good majority of players, 6 months of 2~4GB patches to correct issues that came up client side, and for the initial time, a full TWO MONTHS of not being able to play at all, because the servers no longer wanted to start. There is no waving a magic wand and everything going as planned, there is no taking precaution. Your asking for a developer who, initially intended for their game to operate in a branched server environment to now bring it all back into a single server environment, what your asking for is a monumental task, that if done could take months if not years, to fully fix and iron out any hiccups that could come along the way. Now do you really think the Mabi community as a whole, could survive months worth of complete downtime? With so many new games on the horizon, it would kill off what population is left except for the most hardcore of players. Mabinogi thrives off it's NX whales, if they're not playing that means that means they're not paying, if Nexon can't retain those players in another one of their games, the downtime following the merge could mean life or death for Mabi.

    I've been in games where community might be strong, but profits are low(Paragon), and the developers/publishers think it's in their best interest to shutter the doors and sell off the servers for the game. I think you need to come to grips on what you're demanding, since it's a double edged sword.
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  • HelsaHelsa
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    These are probably the reason it hasn't happened with Mabinogi. If it did happen in China and was problematic I should think that would give pause to whomever has to be the one to "make the call" and put their job on the line for their decision. Doing so with Nexon NA, which is basically the flagship version of Mabinogi, means Nexon shying away from it is understandable. Having gone through it once they would be more prepared should they decide to do so again. Regarding issues with other game server mergers being problematic, they are worth noting but is not as important to the issue as the one that Nexon performed on the Chinese version of Mabinogi. We don't know what the conditions are from other games. If by a merger, say, they had to move from a regular to a clustered database then that is a big deal and could be the source of the issues they experienced.

    So, what if Nexon decides that they are ready to do so? Mabinogi is already set up to use clustered databases. Each "server" is really a separate database cluster and each "channel" is a box. This is why when they "reboot" channels it says rebooting server; they really are rebooting a server. Now the named servers themselves are probably run on a separte box as well that handles all the query marshalling to and from each of the channels. In the end a server merge would probably work like this:
    - in an earlier maintence (before the merger) everyone's record is modified to have an extra field per character and pet to handle duplicate names, and the field is filled with, say, the present server name, but more likely a number between 0 and 3 so that a short int can be used instead of a string.
    - the merge would be announced with plenty of warning and expectations set. One of the main ones being that guild stones will be cleared and have to be reset.
    - purchasing of farm fields, castles, and housing would be halted and allowed to expire.
    - during the merge maintence, likely Alexina would be modified and set up to handle 28 channels.
    - the databases from Tarlach, Ruari, and Mari would be exported and then imported into Alexina.
    - Alexina would either be renamed, or more likely the server name would no longer be displayed at log in.
    - Scripts would walk the database to confirm the import was successful.
    - Mabinogi NA would go back online.

    Now, if that's how it would work then that's not really all that bad. But of course, in so many things, the devil is in the details.
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  • KimCheolsuKimCheolsu
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    Man I loved reading this entire server merge thread. I want a server merge just so everyone's together on the same server and can play together.

    I don't really care about names. You change your name all the time when you go onto another game. I mean I love my name right now, but it's a worthy sacrifice for a server merge.
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  • ValenmirValenmir
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    edited January 31, 2018
    Gaea wrote: »
    Stop making Alexina the HOT server! In fact don't show the popularity of any of the servers. :|

    Sorry just scrolling down and this got my attention... IT DOESNT MATTER WHO SAYS WHAT Seriously, The moment someone new makes a account and it comes to picking the server, it already shows it. So telling someone to stop saying like that will make no difference at all.(Only reason i even said anything on this is because when that server is brought up, on this topic, you basically repeat yourself over on it. To the point where you actually went off on me telling me "Dont tell who what to play what server" and so on, when i never once did.)

    Also i do like the idea of just being able to pick a server to join, would be amazing but so would a merge. Flat out, people who want to be were more people are, it would be nice to have that option, specially for group events or if you really need a item thats a rare drop, the chances of being able to get that said item threw the drop rate or simply buying it would be nice because since there is more people there would be slightly more of those rare items. Or hell make the housing channel a server cross channel so anyone could get anything on sell from all over and it could literally be a market more so then what it is now, and before someone brings up "Oh but the names and pets will be a issue" Honestly, Blizzard has figured a way around that, You can have the same name and so on, doesnt matter because you have a ID number.

    This game can very well do any option at all to make it so people from other servers could hang out/play/trade. Ive seen a few games that are much older, that was able to do something when the player base was getting low, Not dying, but getting low. Its not impossible.
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    Tayloreski wrote: »
    Gaea wrote: »
    . . . or if you really need a item thats a rare drop, the chances of being able to get that said item threw the drop rate or simply buying it would be nice because since there is more people there would be slightly more of those rare items. . . .

    Oooo I never even thought of that; good point!
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    Helsa wrote: »
    Tayloreski wrote: »
    Gaea wrote: »
    . . . or if you really need a item thats a rare drop, the chances of being able to get that said item threw the drop rate or simply buying it would be nice because since there is more people there would be slightly more of those rare items. . . .

    Oooo I never even thought of that; good point!

    As the number of rare items would increase in the market, so would the number of people wanting it.
    So overall, it probably wouldn't change much, unfortunately.
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    Lidrster wrote: »
    Helsa wrote: »
    Tayloreski wrote: »
    Gaea wrote: »
    . . . or if you really need a item thats a rare drop, the chances of being able to get that said item threw the drop rate or simply buying it would be nice because since there is more people there would be slightly more of those rare items. . . .

    Oooo I never even thought of that; good point!

    As the number of rare items would increase in the market, so would the number of people wanting it.
    So overall, it probably wouldn't change much, unfortunately.

    Not really, depending on the drop rate, say a gachupon item? if a lot of people buy them(gachupons) and get a rare item, the more of that rare item is up for sell- People who have the money, will buy it, others will wait to see if they can get it lower since there would be more then normal popping up, the prices will have a chance on lowering, so it will be in the shops for awhile. Then theres also the chances of people not caring over all and just sell the items to sell them.. It would get the rare items out there faster since, depending on whats in that gachupon, people buy from 20-100.

    There wouldnt be a big massive change, but any change can help- plus theres always the case of one mans trash is another mans treasure.