List of post-merger servers for Age of Conan released
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We’ve known for some time now that Age of Conan’s server list would be shrinking. After some fits and starts, the successful merger of Bloodspire and Hyperborea has set the stage for the wholesale conglomeration of the Age of Conan server farm. The official forums are carrying the final list of post-merger servers, and the US list stands at a svelte six remaining gameworlds. That’s down from an initial list of about twenty-five, and the post-merger list for the EU side will stand at just four gameworlds.
Here’s the final list of the post-merger US servers:
- Set (PvE)
* Damballah
* Bardisattva
* Dagoth
* Derketo
* Hanuman - Wiccana (PvE)
* Mannanan
* Ajujo
* Thog
* Zug
* Omm - Gwahlur (PvE - Oceaninc)
- Tyranny (PvP)
* Scourge
* Bluesteel
* Stormrage
* Deathwhisper
* Doomsayer
* Shadowblade - Cimmeria (PvP-RP)
* Bane - Bloodspire (PvP - Oceanic) - already merged
* Hyperborea
All of these mergers are slated to happen next week, and actual downtime and scheduled mergers will be announced sometime soon. You can read up on the official forums for player reaction, or continue on below the cut for a full list of the final international servers.
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First Age of Conan server merge successful
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Events, in-game, Forums, Game mechanics, Server downtime, News items
When news of impending server merges in Age of Conan broke in December, it caused a bit of a stir — particularly in the post’s comments. Age of Conan Producer Craig Morrison later said the merges would take place in stages, but then technical issues arose, postponing these changes for roughly a month before Funcom was confident it could go off without a hitch.
Earlier today, one month after the initial plan, the first set of servers were merged in Age of Conan: Bloodspire and Hyperborea have now merged into Bloodspire. Apparently AoC’s virtual realm did not implode as the worlds were spliced together. Glen ‘Famine’ Swan, Age of Conan’s US Community Manager, jokes, “I’m currently on Bloodspire now watching the global spam.” Well there you go, business as usual in Hyborea. For the Age of Conan players among our readership, did the server merge affect you in any way — be it positive or negative?
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US Age of Conan servers down for the merger of Bloodspire and Hyperborea
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Server downtime
Server mergers have finally come to Age of Conan. Today Tomorrow the US servers will be down starting around 7:00 a.m. EST (or 12 p.m. GMT) for about six hours so that Bloodspire and Hyperborea can be merged. Originally planned for early December, the mergers had been postponed when a data problem was identified that might have caused certain items to disappear in the process.
Additional details around how the mergers will be done are available on the AoC FAQ forum threads. If you have characters on these servers (or really anyone playing), it’s definitely worth having a look to determine how you might be impacted. Information on further merges has not yet been released.
Update: Servers will be down tomorrow, January 7th.
US Age of Conan servers down for the merger of Bloodspire and Hyperborea originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Age of Conan’s Producer announces server mergers postponed
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Patches, Server downtime
We noted just a few days ago that server merges would soon be coming to Funcom’s Age of Conan. Producer Craig Morrison spoke up about the company’s plans to merge servers in stages, with only two server mergers announced in his first note. After a few days of testing the team apparently made ready to do their first live server merge … only to find there were issues that hadn’t been caught in testing. If they’d gone forward with server merges at that point, Morrison writes in a new letter from this past Friday, player items may have been deleted.
From the sound of things this is a minor issue involving some legacy code that would only show up in a few cases out of a large group of players. Still, the team is being very cautious and wants no hiccups as they move forward with tightening the AoC community. As a result, it sounds as though merges are going to be delayed a bit as the team does further groundwork to resolve these issues. Morrison says to expect merges to be happening well into January at this point, which is when they expect Update 4 to go live as well. Read into the full producer’s letter for all the details.
Age of Conan’s Producer announces server mergers postponed originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Age of Conan server merge information released
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Server downtime
We’ve been following the efforts of Age of Conan director Craig Morrison to keep the player community more ‘in the loop’ since he took on the role a few months ago. Now the community team is laying out the details of one of the projects he headlined when he first stepped up: server merges. Community Manager Famine has put up a post in the official forums laying out details on the procedure. Which is good, because it’s a little complicated.
Here are the highlights:
- All servers will not be merged at once. Instead, they’ll be staged with “Hyberborea” and “Bloodspire” seeing a merger during this week’s patching.
- During downtimes when servers are merged, all servers from that region will be unavailable. So this week, all US servers will be down while the two above are fused. Funcom is going to provide compensatory playtime to users affected by these outages.
- After the servers are merged, all players on the resulting server will be given a free one-time-use character transfer if they want to move their primary character to another server. They’re doing this to ensure players like where they end up.
This is obviously a difficult time for the playerbase, and not something any MMO developer likes to do. Just the same, hats off to Funcom for obviously trying to do right by the playerbase, and for adequately compensating players for the inconvenience. For another ‘just the FAQs’ look at this issue, the AoC site has up an F-A-Q already.
Age of Conan server merge information released originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Daily Grind: What will the server merge mean for Age of Conan?
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Opinion, The Daily Grind
You may have heard that some Age of Conan servers will soon be merged in both the North American and European regions. New game director Craig Morrison made the announcement in a letter to the community just over a week ago. That revelation was a tacit admission that the game is not performing as expected, but Morrison has made it clear that he wants Funcom to brush the dirt off its shoulders and move on.
Will the mergers encourage you to jump ship, or do you take them as a sign that Funcom is aware of the situation and ready to take decisive action to improve the game? Morrison claimed that the decision was made in response to player demand; were you demanding it? And regardless of whether you plan to stick with AoC (or return, if you’ve already left), do you believe the game has recovery and a positive future ahead of it?
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Age of Conan server merger was requested by the players?
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Culture, Interviews
Early last week we discussed the upcoming server merge coming to Funcom’s Age of Conan. Announced by new game Director Craig Morrison, the merge will combine a few of the lower population servers and (hopefully) will give players a more vibrant play experience. Jørgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for the game, has now stated publicly that they went ahead with plans for the merge only because of a vocal outcry from the playerbase in that direction.
Speaking with the site Strategy Informer, Tharaldsen stated “I think that people who are playing Conan are actually very happy about the news, and indeed it’s been one of the most requested things from our playerbase. The essence of any MMO is the social experience, and right now people are spread out a bit too thin across the servers.” He goes on to note that server merges only primarily help players that are already in the game. Convincing new players to try out the title is the next step, one they’re currently working on behind the scenes at the company. We’ll follow the story of AoC’s server merge as it moves forward.
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AoC Game Director declares server merge, previews coming changes
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Patches, PvP, PvE
Age of Conan players have been curious to see what new Game Director Craig Morrison will bring to the table. He’s already proven willing to wade in to the forums and give players clear answers to their questions, and today he’s provided a lengthy and frank letter about what will be coming to AoC in the future. There’s a lot of information to digest.
Although it’s low down on the list, the news of coming server merges caught our eye immediately: ‘we are actively working on an approach to merge servers, both in Europe and North America.‘ While this can (and no doubt will) be interpreted as an admission that the population is low on certain servers, it is also indicative of a willngness to do something decisive about the situation, so that the players can have the best experience. That gets points from us.
In addition to explaining Power Points and Kingship, which were announced some time ago but not really mentioned much since, Craig also provides some very interesting new information about the PvP consequence system, which adds more detail and game world immersion than had previously been announced.
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