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World Leap Or World Transfer

VenusVSVenusVS
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edited April 2023 in Suggestions, Feedback, and Requests
Hello Maplestory team, please bring back the world leap event like KMS does. Allow us to transfer characters in Non-reboot worlds. I am in a dead server and would like to transfer to Bera world were it’s abit more populated. Thank you!
LagTooMuchAchnolognia

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  • WonhoWonho
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    edited May 2023
    It‘s been almost 6 years since GMS had any world transfers and it would be a good idea to have one once more. Obviously you would have to consider carefully about how to go about it.

    Another thought would be to choose options that benefit server costs and stabilisation. Why? Because if GMS can optimize server performance by

    Reasons:
    + users on other platforms such as Reddit or Discord have voiced their wishes for a world transfer

    + returning players who came back after years found themselves in dead servers due to the world merges back in 2019. Some of them stay, some restart in a new server but most of them quit the game due to the feeling of being ‚‘stuck‘ in a dead server.


    Possible solutions on how to enable a world transfer:

    World transfers from and to reboot worlds are not possible. Announce it at least 3 months in advance (on a roadmap).

    - Option A - multidirectional transfer: World transfers to and from all regular servers are allowed. Meaning players from a crowded world (Bera) can join lesser populated worlds (Scania, Aurora, Elysium) and vice versa. So you will either end up with dead servers becoming more dead or with servers getting a healthier population overall. This has the downside that players in lesser populated worlds would feel frustrated about newer players crowding popular maps. Transfer duration should only be one week.

    - Option B - Let people jump ships:
    Only enable world transfer from Elysium/Aurora to Bera/Scania. That way players who enjoy the lesser populated servers won‘t complain about re-population. Transfer duration should be 3-4 weeks.


  • happycowshappycows
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    edited May 2023
    At this point, it seems a world merge is more likely. If a world leap were to happen, the less populated worlds [Elysium, Scania, Aurora] would most likely lose too much of their population for Nexon to want to continue supporting. Of course, i don't know how it would really shake out [Is it possible many players from Bera would move to a more quiet world?] But i don't think Nexon would even bother risking it.

    I think at some point in the next two years we will see another world merge.
  • WonhoWonho
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    edited May 2023
    I also strongly support a world merge if the resources for maintaining the lesser populated worlds will be relocated to permanently expanding the crowded worlds.
    Players who are active in Elysium and Aurora (not sure about Scania) don't want to merge worlds because they enjoy having empty maps and less lag. Not sure if expanding channels after a merge would be a good solution since people would still have to deal with Limina maps being hogged by the 'spanish mafia'.

    But then again, who knows how much cost and maintenance is fueled into keeping Elysium and Aurora alive.
  • maintencemaintence
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    edited May 2023
    please consider giving us world leap or world merge. It isn't fun trying to form parties for new bosses with the very limited amount of players who are caught up with dailies and also motivated to run these bosses in a party of 6.