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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!

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Please reconsider the number of realms you want to start with!

SeomanSeoman Member, Alpha Two
in General Discussion
I know you already said in the livestreams you will create more realms if needed. But i beg you to reconsider your plans for the start of A2. You already sold over 100k A2 packs. So to start with 6 realms with 3k ccu is not enough by far.

Starting with so few realms and then starting up more realms on demand after the A2 start is a problem mostly for guilds. As a guild you need to plan which realm you want to join. And this realm then has to have enough spots for all guild members.

Please change your plan and start with far more realms so all the guilds can better plan which realm to join.

Comments

  • simbosssimboss Member, Alpha Two
    Absolute mess tbh
  • Taleof2CitiesTaleof2Cities Member, Alpha Two
    Isn’t Ashes targeting 15k players (registered accounts) per realm for launch?

    17k per realm for Alpha 2 doesn’t seem far off.

    Didn’t see the stream though … what am I missing?
  • KhronusKhronus Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I think you are massively overthinking this situation. You will be able to organize your guild just as I will be able to with mine. You can't see their preliminary numbers and freak out as if that is the end all be all answer they give.

    After they get the information on how many will actually show up....that's when the decisions will be made to add or remove servers.
  • Hutchy1989Hutchy1989 Member, Alpha Two
    They literally said they would boot up more servers if needed.
  • SeomanSeoman Member, Alpha Two
    Hutchy1989 wrote: »
    They literally said they would boot up more servers if needed.

    It seems you havent even read the first sentence of my post.
  • Hutchy1989Hutchy1989 Member, Alpha Two
    Seoman wrote: »
    Hutchy1989 wrote: »
    They literally said they would boot up more servers if needed.

    It seems you havent even read the first sentence of my post.

    and they will add more servers. Its not a long process

  • LudulluLudullu Member, Alpha Two
    The second people realize that Phase 1 is broken as fuck and there's nothing to play in it - those servers will be empty.
  • KhronusKhronus Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Ludullu_(NiKr) wrote: »
    The second people realize that Phase 1 is broken as fuck and there's nothing to play in it - those servers will be empty.

    That's the issue though yeah? Players who log in and leave because "broken server" are not the players they need in the testing phase.
  • LudulluLudullu Member, Alpha Two
    Khronus wrote: »
    That's the issue though yeah? Players who log in and leave because "broken server" are not the players they need in the testing phase.
    How is that the issue? That's the entire point of filtering all the dumb people who thought they'd be playing A2. It's their fault for not listening to the everfuckingpresent reiteration of "YOU WILL NOT BE PLAYING".

    And all the proper testers will easily have enough space to test the game.
  • SengardenSengarden Member, Alpha Two
    So many people will drop like flies once they realize A2 will never feel like an actual game. Later stages of Phase 3 may get close, but even then, it will not be a game in the traditional sense. There never seems to be an end to the people who don't understand this yet. So it would be ludicrous for them to spend the money to pay for every pack purchaser to be online all at the same time all the time.
  • FaimithFaimith Member, Alpha Two
    Seoman wrote: »
    I know you already said in the livestreams you will create more realms if needed. But i beg you to reconsider your plans for the start of A2. You already sold over 100k A2 packs. So to start with 6 realms with 3k ccu is not enough by far.

    Starting with so few realms and then starting up more realms on demand after the A2 start is a problem mostly for guilds. As a guild you need to plan which realm you want to join. And this realm then has to have enough spots for all guild members.

    Please change your plan and start with far more realms so all the guilds can better plan which realm to join.

    I don't think Intrepid is focusing on guild activities during Phase 1 of Alpha 2. It seems intentional to start with fewer realms to test server stability and run stress tests. This is an Alpha meant for testing, not for full-scale guild hunts right from the start. However, I completely understand the concerns given the number of players eager to get in. We’ll need to have a lot of patience when Alpha 2 kicks off, especially with the high demand.
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  • RiegornRiegorn Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 16
    Its 6 servers for 100k players as there are 3 in NA and 3 in EU. We dont know how many packs they sold in each region. While few more servers would be nice and it would make it easier for guilds, its probably not their focus. Maybe they are looking to stress test the servers and a queue as there is probably gonna be most people trying to get in on first weekend.
  • mobtekmobtek Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Not all systems that are going to be tested from Phase I are going to need good pings but I'm sure some are on those 3 days runs. Would be good to see an Aus/Oceania server spun up. If pings are <100ms should be fine. But even with FTTH connections here sometime NA pings are meh.
    Really looking forward to OCT 25th though :)
  • XeegXeeg Member, Alpha Two
    Ludullu_(NiKr) wrote: »
    How is that the issue? That's the entire point of filtering all the dumb people who thought they'd be playing A2. It's their fault for not listening to the everfuckingpresent reiteration of "YOU WILL NOT BE PLAYING".

    If it turns out that we cant play A2 because of queues tho... that's totally lame. It not like anyone cares about realm mergers at this point. They have complete control over user throttling. It's purely a pain point for the people who paid to TEST the game.
  • AszkalonAszkalon Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 16
    Hutchy1989 wrote: »
    They literally said they would boot up more servers if needed.

    ... ... ... ... ... ... ... the Question is ... ... ... ... ... ... :mrgreen: ... ... ...



    How much Drama -> (because believe me there WILL be lots of juicy Drama x'D) will we see, (?)


    as People try to log in for the first Weeks - only to find themselves in waiting Ques of like +5 to +12 Hours,

    only to then experience a DISCONNECT or the likes,
    and then all their tormented Emotions ( :sweat_smile: ) will finally rip and tear like the last thread of patience they had left,

    realising all their Copium-filled self and soul is getting cucked YET again,



    after they waited partially several Years and paid god-who-knows how much ?? x'D


    I found Peace with the Knowledge that all the People thirsting for Alpha Two, WILL get f~ed over hard and more than they like. For some Reason, the probably last, best, coming MMO of these Decades or of Time itself,

    has the worst labour pains of all time as well. Makes Sense that Fun comes with a Price. After all : a new Technology is developed secondarily in realtime as we read this Text here -> to make it possible in the first Place.


    As i am still in a very abusive Relationship with what was once my favourite MMO myself - > i can understand that People have endured just enough crap and shit that they thirst for Ashes of Creation like a Man in a hot Desert dying of thirst.


    And i am not even Narc. That Dude is "enduring" (to say it tame) way harder than me. To many shitty Games. To many shitty MMO Games. To many shitty MMO Games for "TO LONG".

    How often did Expansions cuck us ? How long has Nostalgia kept us at a Game that has long been become a piece of you know what ? ;)



    Ashes is many People's final attempt to escape. If that doesn't work out ... ... ... ... they might or surely quit MMO's in general. And rightfully so.


    At least with Ashes, People will be able to accept if it is truly over - > or if it is finally the Salvation they have been looking for the last +10 Years.
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    ✓ Occasional Roleplayer
    ✓ Currently no guild !! (o_o)
  • LudulluLudullu Member, Alpha Two
    Xeeg wrote: »
    If it turns out that we cant play A2 because of queues tho... that's totally lame. It not like anyone cares about realm mergers at this point. They have complete control over user throttling. It's purely a pain point for the people who paid to TEST the game.
    And this is why Intrepid said that they can add more servers if needed. I highly doubt that there's gonna be more than 9k proper testers per region for a prolonged time.
  • VeeshanVeeshan Member, Alpha Two
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    ever considered that they want there to be queues and cram as many people they can in the small play area.
    Stability and performance is there main goal here this phase is basicly an upscale version of what going on currently to a degree
    There a reason they were adamant that if your expecting a game especially dont buy into phase one.

    They said they can spin up servers as they need however i suspect they plan to keep every server having queues in some way during the tests especially first couple weekends


    also if i was to take a wild stab at things im guessing phase 2 was originally gonna be where A2 started for people however server performance is probably been causing them issues atm and this is there solution to not to delay further
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