Server Clustering(?) in EU!? GOA please reply.

Post by **Lairiodd** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:46 pm

Trez wrote:One thing to prevent this is simply to make only the RvR zones clustered, ofc clustering the ToA zones would make it easier to get artifacts ect. ect. but that would indeed increase prices very much, and then some of those ppl who aint got a farm char would be lost for sure, some already now have a problem farming enough cash to buy a simple scroll.

IMO only cluster the RvR!!!

But you can trade when rvring (as far as im aware). This means that hibbies from pryd could sell artis to hibbies on excal even if only the rvr section was clustered. In fact, a clustered server links the two servers completely. The question is if zones are repeated or not.

Trez · Post by **Trez** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:55 pm

Hehe you know what I mean

Don't know about the trading in RvR, seems likely, but that would still mean low prices compared to excal prices, you still only got 1 server population camping 1 arti.

Post by **Lairiodd** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:58 pm

Yeah, but if pryd prices are lower than excal prices on CM's, then people from excal will try to get a trade going.

Say the arti you want costs 10p in excal and 5p in pryd and you play on excal, you could probably find a pryd/hibbie to buy it for you for say 6p. This would mean the prices would tend to be equal on both servers.

Treeeebeard · Post by **Treeeebeard** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:43 am

Well, RvR only imo, I dont want the zergs camping arti spots so it takes me longer because i cba to run to Tnn and check excal spots as i know it will be camped and I know they will camp pryd spot because they know theres less chance it will be camped, We going to be over run by them xD

Kallima · Post by **Kallima** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:24 am

This is what Requiel posted on FH... which makes it clear that if we cluster at all then Exc Hib characters would be able to visit all Pryd Hib zones, for artifacts or whatever. The only question is whether the zones would be merged, so there would only be one common atlantis for example. Effectively Pryd Hib and Exc Hib would become one community and for the future there is one english server. So your new account can only play one realm, and your current accounts cannot play a third realm without deleting all your characters.

Quote from Requiel....

A bit of clarification.
If the servers are clustered, players from either server will be able to visit any zone on either server regardless. So if you play Alb/Excal, you will be able to wander around all of the zones available to an Alb/Pryd player. What the poll is asking is which zones should be unique - i.e. not mirrored on both servers. By default the RvR zones (Frontiers, PoC and BGs) are unique, however the option is there to do the same with ToA zones, capital cities etc.

For example if capital cities were shared there'd only be one Camelot, one Jordhem and one TNN between both servers.

Also the character creation issue. If you have a new account you will be limited to the same realm on each server. So if your first character is in Alb/Pryd then you will only be able to roll Albs on Excal. If you wanted to change realms, you'd need to delete all your characters on both servers. If you already have characters on different realms on each server, you can create new characters in either of those realms however if you deleted all the characters on one server you'd only be able to create new ones on the same realm as on the other server.

For example if you play Hib/Excal and Mid/Pryd you would be able to create new Hib characters on Excal and new Mids on Pryd. If you deleted all your Excal characters, you'd only be able to create Mids on Excal after that and if you regretted the change and wanted to go back, we couldn't restore your Hib/Excal characters until you deleted all your Pryd characters too - and then you are locked into Hib on both servers.

Rami · Post by **Rami** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:40 am

IMO cluster everything.
Isn't it in 1.75 all volcanus and aerus scrolls have a chance of dropping off any orange or higher con mob?
And arti drop and spawnrate is doubled?

iirc it is, and if it is so, then cluster it all imo!

Post by **Xest** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:46 am

Rami wrote:IMO cluster everything.
Isn't it in 1.75 all volcanus and aerus scrolls have a chance of dropping off any orange or higher con mob?
And arti drop and spawnrate is doubled?

iirc it is, and if it is so, then cluster it all imo!

Sadly arti spawn rate isn't doubled, on the contrary in some cases it's worse. On encounters where the artifact had a low chance to drop such as CB which only had 1 in 50 chance to drop, Cloudsong with 1 in 10 chance what they've done is made it have a 50% - 100% chance to drop. In doing so however they've also lowered the spawn rates on encounters where they increased the drop rates, whereas this is better for CB, because now it's only on like a 4hr spawner and there's 3 mobs and it's 100% drop it's far worse for artifacts like Cloudsong that are now on a 12 hour spawn.

The scroll drop rates are far, far better however imo, although some people complain - I think it's down to the luck of the draw, aquiring the scrolls is easier but there's a smaller chance of getting the one you want in some cases. Get a good scroll farm group together and in a couple of hours you could have a bunch of mad tales 3/3, battler set, malice set, som 3/3 etc. though

Farils · Post by **Farils** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:54 pm

actually i find this quite cool. if i get abit bored of mid/exc, i can just make a grp with some guildies, and pwn friends there

we sit on ventirlo, so i can listen, and hear where they are etc in thid, and just keep ganking em! man ill laugh :cowgif:

Post by **Xest** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:09 pm

I think you've missed the point of illegal cross-realming

Farils · Post by **Farils** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:12 pm

aye /idle reading CoC