Age of Conan just finished up their server mergers. The merger worked, the servers are packed out now. Unfortunately, it turns out that a lot of the inhabitants of AoC are slightly asshatish. General chat lasted all of ten minutes before I shut it off.
On logging, I discovered that one of my characters had inexplicably been moved to a Role Play PvP server. Though he was my highest character, he was only 20 so I re-rolled him on the server where all my other characters ended up (Set). Leveling him up for the second time, I discovered that the combat in AoC is a little more skill based than I supposed it was. I'm tearing through encounters I found difficult the first play through, and the main reason is that I know how to use all my combos much better now. Any game is easier if you are playing a class and content you are familiar with, but not to the degree I'm experiencing in AoC.
I also discovered an hour ago that I could have moved the guy I'm replacing to Set for free. I have the new one up to 15 so I guess I'll stick with him. And who knows, maybe I'll want to have a mid level toon available on the server where guys gank you while using such clever RP as "By Crom ye are but a stripling! Taste my salty man parts thou foolish cur!"
Server mergers always sound bad, but hopefully have more populated servers will help the overall health of the game.
ReplyDelete@Jay: Massive server mergers bode poorly to be sure. However, I personally have a lot more respect for a company that will "man up" and merge servers when that is needed to make their game fun than a company that will leave ghost towns online for PR purposes.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever get going again, look for Suyulak on Set. I'm paid up till the end of March through a series of circumstances too insanely boring to blog about.
Yeebo, you make it sound like you subscribed by accident. You can't not tell the story now. :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, server merges are bad. Leaving empty servers (like WAR did) around is much, much worse. Maybe I should resub to see where my character ended up.