tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post2691131916755927552..comments2023-12-28T04:50:49.486-08:00Comments on The Many Relms of Relmstein: NCSoft's worry over server consolidations hamstrings AionRelmsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10358853054116842043noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-15522101329679364392009-09-25T08:06:40.124-07:002009-09-25T08:06:40.124-07:00Once we figured out the queue on Zikel was not goi...Once we figured out the queue on Zikel was not going away soon, our guild swapped servers to a west coast one and haven't had a queue yet.<br /><br />"It's not clear how much of the overcrowding would have been helped had all the NA servers been on the same schedule, but certainly some."<br /><br />That would have helped a lot. Heck - set the sched to be exactly 1-1/2hrs from either coast. Someone would still whine, but it would have alleviated the headaches and debates when trying to set an entire guild up on a server.<br /><br />"Teaming for a quest means completing the quest and killing the boss mob once for every member of the team."<br /><br />Haven't found that to be true. We killed the boss before the ascension quest and all 3 in my group got credit. Same with any quest boss' weve had to kill. You do have to be within a certain radius of the monster though or you wont get credit.<br /><br />But some of the quest mechanics are poorly done. For instance killing bears for that 'special patch of skin', where only 1 drops from each bear so you have to kill X times as many bears per party member. Stupid.<br /><br />"Aion starts all of its players in one of two zones, so literally EVERYONE logged into the server is stuck in those zones until level 10"<br /><br />That really explains a lot. I am hoping also, that as the first 10 levels are meaningless, they will allow you to skip that one day in the near future once you have an ascended character.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855421288341342176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-54917595105295711512009-09-24T14:33:47.647-07:002009-09-24T14:33:47.647-07:00I'm with Scott on this one. Aion's nomina...I'm with Scott on this one. Aion's nominal endgame is PVP. As Warhammer showed, PVP is only possible when there are other players around to PVP against. By contrast, LOTRO players seem to be far more likely to never have reached the level cap, playing solo or in small groups - that playstyle is not affected as much by population density. <br /><br />(Also, note that Turbine stuck to its guns and declined to add any servers during its launch week - which didn't actually have huge queues in any case.) <br /><br />I have no idea whether Aion has enough servers or not, but you cannot make that judgement call based on the opening day. From what I've heard, Aion starts all of its players in one of two zones, so literally EVERYONE logged into the server is stuck in those zones until level 10. Compared to WoW, Warhammer, LOTRO, EQ2, etc, that's very few options, which necessitates an unusually low server cap until some of the players can level out of that bracket.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-60112907109719222222009-09-24T12:40:40.987-07:002009-09-24T12:40:40.987-07:00Tried the beta. A few interesting ideas (I liked t...Tried the beta. A few interesting ideas (I liked the reference links in the quest texts), a few horrible ones that are inconceivable on a game that's actually been out for over a year. (Teaming for a quest means completing the quest and killing the boss mob once for every member of the team.) <br /><br />When the second "beta" weekend hit, I realized I was groaning inwardly at "having" to play the game during it. So I canceled my pre-order and have been happy ever since. <br /><br />Also I got to remove the !$!@ malware GameGuard from my system, which is always a plus. <br /><br />While I'm ranting: You know how games or classes reach level 20 or something and completely change how the game is played? I hate that. I don't want to put hours into playing a class only to discover at the end that I actually hate how it "turns out" to be played. <br /><br />Why even have the first 20 levels?Trevelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064589154123819958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-45687424632145993732009-09-24T12:38:50.190-07:002009-09-24T12:38:50.190-07:00Scott:
But the major reason other games have suffe...Scott:<br />But the major reason other games have suffered from server consolidations have been because of poorly tested or thought out end games. LOTR Didn't really suffer the same fate as WAR or AoC because the gameplay remained strong throughout the different parts of the game. Aion has been out for awhile in Korea and hopefully has strong content throughout the game. Your right about the combat mirroring other games, but I like the unique creatures in the game enough that I consider the game worthwhile at the moment. <br /><br />TvbytheNumbers: <br />Love your site. The Kotaku interview I ran into seemed to hint at some chanes to the server pool this weekend. I'm hoping addtional servers and some rebalancing between east and west coast servers.Relmsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358853054116842043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-29418536623640913752009-09-24T11:31:32.804-07:002009-09-24T11:31:32.804-07:00but the art assets alone make it worthwhile to try...<i>but the art assets alone make it worthwhile to try out</i><br /><br />When they have a trial, then it might be worth my while. Otherwise I'm not spending $50 and handing NCSoft my billing info for the same game I've been playing for 10 years only with different textures. I guess I'm past that now, when I just see 3D model hitboxes standing still next to each other in a hotbar-clicking battle of attrition.<br /><br />Tabula Rasa? Nah. If anything I'd guess NCSoft has perhaps been paying attention to the market for the past 2+ years where most AAA MMOs are slammed for the first month then 80% of players leave and go back to their real game. Why add new servers like WAR did only to have to get rid of them later?Talynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848472705380445923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172675.post-75780545747352935642009-09-24T11:20:39.072-07:002009-09-24T11:20:39.072-07:00As you noted, it's the Eastern servers that ar...As you noted, it's the Eastern servers that are jammed, the Pacific servers aren't.<br /><br />It's not clear how much of the overcrowding would have been helped had all the NA servers been on the same schedule, but certainly some.<br /><br />And it's hard to know exactly what the fortress times really mean to the end game play, but it's certainly screwing up the early game.TV by the Numbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310526767350742372noreply@blogger.com