Server Merge

**TheFatKidDeath** · 12-01-2008, 04:39 PM

New info on the up coming server merge:

Server Merge Information

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As announced a few weeks ago, we will merge the Age of Conan servers before the Christmas Holidays. Today we want to give you some detailed information about how these merges will happen and what this will mean for you, the players.

We will be spreading the server merges over the next few weeks so not all the servers will be merged at the exact same time. It is important to us to ensure that the merge process goes as smooth as possible. Therefore it is vital that we spread out the work rather than doing these complicated processes all at the same time in order to minimize possible risks.

The first servers that will be merged are the US servers ‘Bloodspire’ and ‘Hyperborea’. The list of servers for the next merges will be published shortly.

It is important to know that during the time servers will be merged, all servers of the same territory (US or EU) will not be available. This means that during this week's downtime - where the two above mentioned servers are merged - all US servers will be unavailable. The exact duration of such a downtime will be announced soon but we do expect them to be longer than the usual update downtime.

When the merge process is complete we will be giving all active subscribers an appropriate amount of free game-time to compensate for the additional downtime required for the merges. The details of this will be communicated once the merge process is complete.

It’s important for us to ensure the best game-play experience for you all, and more healthy populations on each and every server will make sure we maintain healthy communities for the game in the future.

Once the merges are complete we will be offering a free one-use character transfer option for all characters so that if you wish to join a different community after the merge than the one you were allocated you are free to do so. This transfer will be free of charge and can be used once per character and will be available from your billing pages.

Also after the merges are complete we will be opening up new ‘fresh start’ servers in both the US and EU territories. One each for PVE and PVP rulesets. Transfer will not be allowed to these servers after the merges. These new servers are designed to allow players to start afresh in a totally new environment should they wish to do so and forge a new community instead of joining one of the newly merged ones.

We wanted to post this announcement with a server merge FAQ but we will aim for tomorrow instead. We saw no point in holding back the bulk of the announcement just on that minor issue.

Wonder where that leaves us - Cimmeria? The other RP-PVP - Hyperborea is being merged. I sort of have mixed feeling about the merge. I want to see the player count go up on the server as it makes finding players to quest with alot easier but if it's too full it can create additional uneeded challenges while questing.

P8riot · 12-03-2008, 06:52 PM

The first server merge, Blood/Hyper, was aborted do to unforeseen problems.

Gambit7 · 12-04-2008, 12:36 AM

Why didnt they just merge Hyper with Cimmeria? That was kinda dumb. Then again, Cimmeria never really had a population problem.

Anyways, I really hope they merge us with SOMETHING, because that'll give the guild new blood.

P8riot · 12-04-2008, 09:37 AM

Oh, there are many merges in the works - this was just the first try.

Set, Cimmeria, and Hyperborea are the most populated servers. Cimmeria could be merged next with another low population server.

Regardless, server population will go up as new players have fewer servers to choose from.

Gambit7 · 12-04-2008, 12:50 PM

So you guys still wanna make a go with Ars Tactika?
Things are dull these days but might get moving once all this stuff manifests. Otherwise we can merge with another guild.

On another note, Bombaata is now with the guild formerly known as "Know Thyself," I think they're called "non verba" something. Perhaps we can get some co-raids going with those guys since we've got someone on the inside.

P8riot · 01-07-2009, 09:39 AM

The Hyperborea / Bloodspire merge attempt is being retried this morning. I will update with any news I see about how it goes.

FYI, this is a RP - PVP server merge.. should be interesting.

Edit, Hyper/spire server merge complete and UP.. now we'll see how it goes.