Hard Coded Vs Soft Coded Teams Discussion

[Kergan]

SZ was supposedly very low population by the time Ruin rose to prominence (which was early). Very good point about Velious being out, but do we know for a fact that isn't going to happen with T99?

And Chrono, if you bring ToW back and coax Draganov out of retirement I'm in! I hit him up a few months ago to see if he'd be interested in R99 but alas, he has retired from MMOs.

[Chronoburn]

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

Chronoburn, you bringing back tides on t99?

Would be pretty cool but if ToW comes back, it won't be because of me. I'm in contact with maybe 10 people from ToW, half of which you see on these forums. Plus, I'm way too casual now but T99 may change that.

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

SZ was supposedly very low population by the time Ruin rose to prominence (which was early). Very good point about Velious being out, but do we know for a fact that isn't going to happen with T99?

I hope there is some sort of progression on T99 but I don't think its been stated anywhere whether or not T99 will follow some sort of time table. It would be a mistake to release with Velious. I don't think it would be a huge issue to release with Kunark though.

[runlvlzero]

It sounds like you all are pretty mad and should give blue a try.

[Danien]

Not allowing training is a huge matter in improving player experience. It is especially relevant in velious given how easy it is to gain faction with the majority of the raidzones.

[Snufz]

Dirty newt.

[Weekapaug]

Hard coded to avoid cross teaming, as pretty much everyone else has said.

Personally I would have every team on a different common language besides, maybe, emotes for the sale reason.

[Rust1d?]

Hard-coded for sure. However, people can still make another character and "spy" on the other team. Not sure that anything could be done about that so I am sure there will be many spies running around and you cannot do anything to them.

[Nothxu]

If you did merge the servers though, you would need to find a way to not split up the guilds already formed on red 99 because they are in certain class / race combinations.

[Rararboker]

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

If you did merge the servers though, you would need to find a way to not split up the guilds already formed on red 99 because they are in certain class / race combinations.

You can't do both hardcoded and that.....

[Fawqueue]

I'm sure I'm pointing out the obvious, but is it interesting to anyone else how the "let us merge with our guild intact" crowd is almost entirely Nihilum members?

I'm not mentioning this as a knock on them in any way, but they are fighting really hard for this. Maybe they just enjoy their current guildmates so much they can't stomach being parted. Or maybe they are a little concerned they can't recreate their Red success without a guarantee that their uncontested raid toons will be joining the mix. I'd be interested in seeing some honest feedback from those guys.