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[World Merge] All Regular Servers Combine
People really want to play on a server as high pop at the reboot servers which have around 50% of GMS' playerbase.
And it really feels too empty sometimes playing in regular servers that have the other 50% scattered in 4 servers.
But with all the restrictions that come with Reboot, it doesn't feel viable to switch to reboot just for more pop for alot of people.
So, merging all regular servers into one.
Reviving a ghost town to be more lively
And it's even more important with such a low playerbase that we don't spread too thin to the point where it becomes impossible to meet up without a guild
Thoughts?
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From what I've seen, most of the people who chose to stay in their worlds during the World Leap event when many players went to Bera, prefer the peace and quiet of their lower-population worlds.
The people who complain about their world being "empty" or "a ghost town" are those who missed the World Leap, and came back much later to find their world emptier than they'd like.
I personally don't feel it's right to penalize the consistent players who prefer quieter worlds, forcing them into one crowded, laggy world where they'd have to fight to find a map to train in, just to please seasonal players who would likely take a long break again after Christmas anyway.
So maybe as a compromise set up an optional world leap but only a one way transfer to a single world?
People playing on quieter servers still chill
People who came back recently can play in a lively server
Satisfies both sides
Also at this point getting more people in regular servers is only possible if you kill Reboot, since that's their direct competition and, given the benefits like no p2w and constant player numbers, its hard to argue in favor of regular servers, besides something like the Auction House or trading.
Population is why pre-normal server players went to GMS Reboot after coming back
Population is why so many people left from GMS to KMS and never looked back because it was better there.
This is the main point that you overlooked.
Because it's a complete world merge, only 1 world is left.
That means that all server resources funnel into one world.
Each server has a max load of 100%.
But Depending on how dead the server is the actual load is 10-35%
That's an accumulative load of 40-140% load on servers that can handle 400% load. Isn't that a waste?
But what if we joined the server resources and had a super server that is capable of having a 400% load like above?
The amount of power the server would gain would jump up 4x instead of being split by 4 servers and not only that, it would also have a lower average load %
Because 40-140% load on a 400% max load is actually
around a 110% load avg/ 4 servers
= ~25% load / 100% max load on the new super server
This performance boost alone is a great boon, but the population boost is even better