I've tried looking for a previous thread, but has the idea ever been brought up to offer a vote to merge the servers? Given that these servers are both on the same expansion and have voting set up, seems like it's in the best interest of everyone on each server to gauge where the community stands on merging. Thoughts?
For someone who claims to be a TLPman you seem to know very little about 2 of the TLPs. Perhaps Trollman would be a more fitting name for you. Thank u, next!
Great question! The idea has been brought up multiple times in the last year both in public and in private message to various Community Staff / Devs both past and present. The top two guilds on Lockjaw want a server merge. However, given the limited staff and the directive to roll out new expansions and TLPs outweighing the need to fix the 2nd generation of TLPs; it's no surprise there has been no word on it. Some of us who are most impacted on the Lockjaw side are tired of waiting. Faceless is taking control of our own destiny. See you soon Ragefire. http://www.facelessinsanity.net/
Servers haven't been merged in many, many years. I honestly don't think anyone who still works on this game knows how to do it.
Actually servers were merged recently (Fippy/Vulak less than 2 years ago?). It was just a nightmare to do so and many accounts were FUBAR in the process. The easy solution is to just open up free transfers which is essentially like a /testcopy and set a time limit. Won't matter for us at this point... but that is the easy solution.
Free 1 way transfers from LJ to RF seem to be what is needed. 30 day period, free name change for anyone whose name is taken.
i dont play on either server, but really sad to see history repeat itself. especially since the comparison to fippy/vulak was made over and over well before it came this point for lockjaw and ragefire. good luck on the re-roll
Forced merger seems to be a hard to do right thing, unless the Fippy/Vulak "test run" allowed them to see what caused the issues and now this will be fine moving forward... Kudos to Faceless for moving themselves with paid transfers. Kind of crummy it is to that point though... I think allow free transfers from Lockjaw to Ragefire and put Lockjaw on auto 6 month unlocks till it catches live. [Fippy should be put on auto unlocks now too... been stuck for ages] Judge then if enough population remains to let it be its own server or merge it [ditto for Fippy] into an existing live server. *note: none of my Lockjaw characters are over level 20. I don't have skin in this either way.
oh, well thats something at least. I was thinking all character transfers were broken for some reason, but its just moving characters to a different account thats broken i guess
Yes. The transfer to a different server is automated, so you click the token, pick the server and name if there is someone there that has it and boom, you're moved. Account to account is a completely manual process.
Looks like Ragefire needs to think about building a Wall. The grass is always greener on the other side. There is a mechanisim in place to ensure that only the best people transfer to Ragefire, and it's working perfectly. The bestest.
Merge seems unrealistic, but I would like it. Would for sure settle for free transfers both ways. Free transfers from Ragefire to Lockjaw have been in place for a long time. Now that entire guilds are abandoning Lockjaw, I think it is only fair to open it up both ways. It is a lot more simple than a merge, and I think DBG owes it to the remaining loyal customers on Lockjaw.
There is no transfer from Ragefire to Lockjaw today. They had them open for a short period of time back in late Classic and then closed them. The only transfers between the two today are paid from Lockjaw to Ragefire. I'd have taken multiple recruits from Ragefire who have inquired in the past if transfers from Ragefire were still available
Oh.. well they should reopen transfers both ways for free if they can't merge, in the interest of server health.
