Current state of blue vs. green?

[JayDee]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nah it's not a roadblock. For duplicate names, if a name exists on Blue you can only have that name on Green if you create the character from literally the same account that the character with said name on Blue is on. The staff already said (as early as Green launch) that they will add an "x" at the end of the Green char's name when the merge occurs. This is exactly what happened on live if you wanted to transfer your character to another server and your name was taken. Super easy.

For character slots, the staff warned people very clearly pre-launch that if you use the same account as you did for your characters on Blue, and you create more characters on Green such that the aggregate would be over 8, then you won't be able to utilize some characters when the merge occurs without deleting some. This was very clearly detailed and stated that there's nothing the staff can do about it (Titanium client issue) and if you don't heed the warning that's your choice. It's not an impediment to merge.

The only impediment is just the staff feeling like they want to use their unpaid free time to put in all the work. Eventually I feel like they will, but whether that's this year or a couple years from now is anybody's guess. I'm inclined to think it's more toward the former since they've recently been putting out patches that fix things much earlier in the timeline than Blue/Green are at currently.

What about names fhat are the same but with X at the end. Lets say late and latex. What about people trolling who make identical names but with an x at the end.

Also the character slots thing is hilarious. I do not see them erasing hard earned characters because they exceed the 8 character limit post merge. Imagine that character has legacy items vulak doze kt loot. Not gonna happen and it is too much work for the staff to retrieve and move those characters for 0 pay.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by JayDee [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What about names fhat are the same but with X at the end. Lets say late and latex. What about people trolling who make identical names but with an x at the end.

Also the character slots thing is hilarious. I do not see them erasing hard earned characters because they exceed the 8 character limit post merge. Imagine that character has legacy items vulak doze kt loot. Not gonna happen and it is too much work for the staff to retrieve and move those characters for 0 pay.

You can always make identical names with an X at the end. You could literally do that on the server right now lol. What an odd comment. Your first example is just confusing, as those are not duplicate names and therefore not relevant to your questions on a server merge.

They're not erasing the characters. They said that if you had more than 8 characters across Blue and Green on one account, then you (the player) would have to delete characters to access some of yours further down the list. The character still exists upon merge, but the Titanium client can't display it (characters are listed in alphabetical order - so you'd have to delete some further up the list to get the ones outside the 8 character limit to show up). You don't have to delete anything, and the staff aren't deleting anything either. But if you have more than 8 chars and you're trying to access one further down the list, you'll have some personal decisions to make.

They were VERY clear about this at launch. The warning is still there. They were very clear that there's nothing they can do about this issue so it's on you if you read the warning and for some inexplicable reason still choose to create more than 8 characters on one account across Blue and Green. To be honest, based on your comment it sounds like you may have made this mistake...sorry, but the staff made clear this was a totally at your own risk type of thing.

[JayDee]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You can always make identical names with an X at the end. You could literally do that on the server right now lol. What an odd comment. Your first example is just confusing, as those are not duplicate names and therefore not relevant to your questions on a server merge.

They're not erasing the characters. They said that if you had more than 8 characters across Blue and Green on one account, then you (the player) would have to delete characters to access some of yours further down the list. The character still exists upon merge, but the Titanium client can't display it (characters are listed in alphabetical order - so you'd have to delete some further up the list to get the ones outside the 8 character limit to show up). You don't have to delete anything, and the staff aren't deleting anything either. But if you have more than 8 chars and you're trying to access one further down the list, you'll have some personal decisions to make.

They were VERY clear about this at launch. The warning is still there. They were very clear that there's nothing they can do about this issue so it's on you if you read the warning and for some inexplicable reason still choose to create more than 8 characters on one account across Blue and Green. To be honest, based on your comment it sounds like you may have made this mistake...sorry, but the staff made clear this was a totally at your own risk type of thing.

What if I create your character names with an x at the end right now. How much clearer can I be

And I dont see them making people delete characters in the event they have more than 8 on one account. Also the inactive people who have that setup will return to random character removed? Ain't gonna happen buddy

[Danth]

Originally Posted by JayDee [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also the inactive people who have that setup will return to random character removed? Ain't gonna happen buddy

That's not how it would work. Server-side nothing gets deleted, all the characters still exist post-merge. You see 8, but the others are still present in the database, just can't display at character select. As you delete characters, others become visible. This is only a problem for players who created more than 8 "keeper" characters between both servers.

For example, I have 7 total characters on my account on blue, and 3 more on green, for 10 total. In the event of a server merge, some of them would not display. However, of those ten, only three of them (all on blue) are characters I actually care about and wouldn't accept deleting. I could delete enough of the others to pare it down to 8 or fewer and all display, in the event of a server merge.

It's been so long since the admins said *anything* with respect to their future plans for P99 that we don't really know whether or not a server merge is still planned. My philosophy is play the game normally and deal with a merge if it happens.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by JayDee [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What if I create your character names with an x at the end right now. How much clearer can I be

And I dont see them making people delete characters in the event they have more than 8 on one account. Also the inactive people who have that setup will return to random character removed? Ain't gonna happen buddy

Ok...so if you create my character name with an X at the end then the staff would add an extra X or maybe a Y at the end of mine when they merge. This literally happened on live. You're acting like this is some huge hurdle lmao.

With respect to your second point, it's so weird that you're arguing about something that the staff literally said they would do/have no choice on due to client limitations.

Staff: "Hey, just a heads up everyone this is a Titanium UI limitation and when we eventually merge you won't be able to see more than 8 chars and would have to delete some up the list to get the lower ones to appear. So if you want more than 8 chars, create multiple accounts."
You: "The staff would never merge if this was what would happen, even though they expressly said that they would."

lol...