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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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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