Hey Funcom Quick Question On Latency =)

[Thainster]

Why is it so certain the server move will end in high latency for EU players??
We got several US members in our EU guild, and they are doing just fine. Why should it be worse the other way?

Just stop moaning and wait till you see the result kids... ;-)

[Maelkjar]

Well since the physical distance will rise, the latency will naturally increase. High numbers of players on servers have also proven effect latency negatively.
Most of concerns are from pvpers which dont want to see the already far from normal situation (judging by other MMOs) get worse. PVE would, as uncountable posts already stated, be mostly uneffected by this.
Saying "wait till you see it" would be waiting for something irreversible to be done, so it'd be pretty much "take it or leave it" then.
I understand why they wont want that to happen.

Maybe FC should secretly "move" Fury to TestLive for 3 days and see what will happen

[Zatochi]

I have 110-130 ping on tl from germany with 100mbit cable. As a frequent pvper i say this is to high for pvp. If this ping will be standard i will probably stop pvping and maybe even leave the game. Current latency on mitra is about 40-50. so latency will triple for me.

But it is hard to judge. The network performance on eu is so bad atm. Maybe 100 ms is way better then 40 ms now when all those hickups and long lags will disapear. But one thing is for sure: if the network performance doesnt get better and just a higher ping is the result, the game isnt worth playing anymore.

[-Hubok]

I have 110-130 ping on tl from germany with 100mbit cable. As a frequent pvper i say this is to high for pvp. If this ping will be standard i will probably stop pvping and maybe even leave the game. Current latency on mitra is about 40-50. so latency will triple for me.

You'll most likely be unaffected. As far as everybody can tell, only English speaking servers are being merged.

[Herath13]

You'll most likely be unaffected. As far as everybody can tell, only English speaking servers are being merged.

You couldn't be more wrong.

[Zatochi]

You'll most likely be unaffected. As far as everybody can tell, only English speaking servers are being merged.

Every server will be merged. That is what everyone can tell who is able to read.

[Thainster]

it is take it or leave it isnt it? the decision is made and it doesnt help how many ppl whine here. All we can do is wait and see..
For the Pve part I`m not so concerned, maybe pvp will suffer from it, but so what..the ppl playing pvp on Aoc will never stop whining anyway.. :-P its amazing why ppl even bother if its so bad..I dont get it.

[Scythie]

it is take it or leave it isnt it? the decision is made and it doesnt help how many ppl whine here. All we can do is wait and see..
For the Pve part I`m not so concerned, maybe pvp will suffer from it, but so what..the ppl playing pvp on Aoc will never stop whining anyway.. :-P its amazing why ppl even bother if its so bad..I dont get it.

Well Thainster, over the years in this forum, how many times have you read "If this happens i will quit and so will everyone else because my five friends says so!"

No i fully expect a few weeks of forum explosions and hard words until the dust settles and everything is back to the normal Funcom-ate-my-dog threads.

That said, there are always worries when big merges comes and how servers will hold up to the pressure. How is the new environment going to be, will i get to keep my toon name and so on.

But given the lag and stutter situation already in place, dc's and what not, i can't see what we have to loose really. *shrugs* maybe we trade one bad thing for another, maybe we trade latency for stability.

[KullOfValusia]

On average, ~200 m/s ... pve it'll be almost unnoticeable...PvP, yeah you'll notice a difference if you were a EU player.

You can infer two things from the server merges.

1.)Most importantly. Funcom does not foresee a significant increase in the population for Age of Conan. (by significant I mean a total revival like launch days).

2.) Funcom sees America rather then Europe as their future for their products. Listen, I genuinely think that the pop on Crom is about the same as Set (or even less on Crom...yes yes the naysayers say no but I think I'm right.) so sort of alienating the PvP pbase of Europe to consolidate everything in NC USA makes perfect sense.... if that's where most of your existing AND/or your potential customers exist. Else, why alienate the supposedly biggest customer population region? Simple, because its not.

Overall, the server merger is a brilliant move. Those across the pond(England) shouldn't experience too much of a lag and people in both continents will get more opportunity to do things.

[Maelkjar]

it is take it or leave it isnt it? the decision is made and it doesnt help how many ppl whine here. All we can do is wait and see..

Not sure if the last word has already been spoken...click

For the Pve part I`m not so concerned, maybe pvp will suffer from it, but so what..the ppl playing pvp on Aoc will never stop whining anyway.. :-P its amazing why ppl even bother if its so bad..I dont get it.

I think most ppl complain because it's awesome but not nearly where it could be, if more good effort would have been put in, thus actually complaining about wasted potential.
The regular whining about "OP-classes" or "my xx-class can't beat class xy" is around in ANY pvp game, so unless people have a valid point it shouldn't be given too much attention.