Astralock Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Excelsior is the de facto “unofficial PvP shard” now and has been for at least a year as the vast majority of PvPers moved to Excelsior in late 2020 and throughout 2021. So what should Indomitable’s branding be now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranebump Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Maybe focus on red or gold side? I have done a TON of AE work, both long form and single arc. Just search the AE mish list for my sig @cranebump. For more information on my stories, head to the AE forum sub-heading and look for “Crane’s World.” Support your AE authors! We ARE the new content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaliw Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Speedruns. Trying to get fastest times on taskforces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Halloween Server? Ghost town. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachstar Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 'The Server Where Tachstar Has 152 Alts'? 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Monkey Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I'll say it. I have no idea why they made more then 1 server. I'm sure there are lots of "reasons" but none that aren't be easily overcome. 2 Active on Excelsior: Prismatic Monkey - Seismic / Martial Blaster, Shadow Dragon Monkey - Staff / Dark Brute, Murder Robot Monkey - Arachnos Night Widow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC4800 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 <----this is the only guy I have left on Indom. I moved all the other ones to other servers. Victory: reserved for future use Indom: Schtick, Pummel Pete, Plymouth, Pilkington Reunion: Ghost Legacy, 7s7e7v7e7n7, Mind Funk, Bluto Excelsior: Phrendon Largo, Fred Bumbler, John van der Waals,Allamedia Jones, Tzapt, Sn1pe Torchbearer: Phrendon Largo, Kenny Letter, Bewm, La Merle, Enflambe', Rock Largo, Bulk of the Weather, Retired Phrendon Everlasting: Phrendon Largo, Krown, Buzz Words, Bicycle Repairman, Dee Fender, Carmela Soprano, Radmental Boy, Beet Salad, Sporanghi,Sue Ahn Cuddy, Fukushima Technician, Snow Globe Girl, Thug Therapist, Apple Brown Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralock Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, Shred Monkey said: I'll say it. I have no idea why they made more then 1 server. I'm sure there are lots of "reasons" but none that aren't be easily overcome. Because the CoH server software cannot handle more than 2,500 accounts concurrently. You can throw a supercomputer’s hardware at it, it just doesn’t matter. For the first five months or so of Homecoming, we were at or near 10,000 concurrent accounts during peak hours. That demanded a minimum of four shards. That’s why we have five shards. 1 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 11:19 AM, cranebump said: Maybe focus on ... gold side? I actually kind of like this. It would be kind of neat to have Atlas Park vacant for a bit, and Maurader overwhelming his sweetie with numerous FTD runs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Indomitable is the lag free server 😆 1 4 1 I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Beam Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 52 minutes ago, Techwright said: I actually kind of like this. It would be kind of neat to have Atlas Park vacant for a bit, and Maurader overwhelming his sweetie with numerous FTD runs. Pick more flowers you Gold Mooks! 4 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Several alts and of course my original from live on Freedom, High Beam Prime (someone else has her non OG name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranebump Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 3 hours ago, High_Beam said: Pick more flowers you Gold Mooks! Task Force Algernon is on it! 6 I have done a TON of AE work, both long form and single arc. Just search the AE mish list for my sig @cranebump. For more information on my stories, head to the AE forum sub-heading and look for “Crane’s World.” Support your AE authors! We ARE the new content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmoor Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 10:19 AM, cranebump said: Maybe focus on red or gold side? Everlasting is the unofficial Red Side server. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraumaTrain Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Quit trying to label servers. Calling Indom the PvP server is one of the factors (in my opinion) that led to people transferring in the first place. The avalanche followed. "It is too late for the pebble to vote." Every style of play is available on every server. RP, PvP, soloing, red side, gold side, theme teaming, costume blinging, farming... Keep your labels to yourself. Indom is Indom. It's a nice, quiet neighborhood. Lots of vacancy for folks to move back to. Some really good players call Indom home. Stellar players. And quit suggesting servers be merged too. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disruptor Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 17 hours ago, Shred Monkey said: I'll say it. I have no idea why they made more then 1 server. I'm sure there are lots of "reasons" but none that aren't be easily overcome. I'd usually be all for 1 server but even besides Astralock's explanation I feel like it wouldn't make sense to literally have only 1. You can easily talk me into 2 though. And I'd def be a proponent of combining two current servers but nobody is asking for that. Of course you would have char name issues and such. That said Live never combined servers unless I'm mistaken? NGL I kinda wish they had though at a certain point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troo Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Indomitable & Torchbearer might make more sense to combine. Call it Justice. 5 "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twozerofoxtrot Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Any action which results in literally the first HC server vanishing is a bad call. I'd rather see Excelsior get renamed to Torchbearer than see Torch wink out of existence. And there's no reason to force servers to merge or close. None at all. It's a non-issue with transfers as they exist. And a host of issues such as SG Bases and held names are immediately created for the HC volunteer team to have to deal with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Monkey Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 5 hours ago, twozerofoxtrot said: And there's no reason to force servers to merge or close. This is very true. While I see no value in having multiple servers, also see no value in shutting down a server that's already up. I think there's no question crowded servers are more fun. It's not like you can't just pop into a solo mission and turn off chats to play in solitude. But you can't always find a team when you want one on an empty server. And since we have the ability to move servers, we can always get our preferred toons to our preferred servers without having to remake them. Active on Excelsior: Prismatic Monkey - Seismic / Martial Blaster, Shadow Dragon Monkey - Staff / Dark Brute, Murder Robot Monkey - Arachnos Night Widow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarillo Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 10:57 AM, CR Americas Angel said: Indom's pretty much the farming server these days. No, that's basically Excelsior, too, looking at what clogs up the lfg channel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 22 hours ago, TraumaTrain said: And quit suggesting servers be merged too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguinesun Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 1:57 AM, CR Americas Angel said: Indom's pretty much the farming server these days. Since there are more people on Excelsior than any other server, and that tends to draw people who then end up making farmers, tending to keep them on the same server for at the very least alt farming in addition or recipe/influence farming, can you provide any statistical information that supports the claim that Indom is The farming server? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player2 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Excelsior has the most people, so Excelsior is going to have the most variety of play styles and themes. Excelsior has become the everything server... which is what all the servers should be. I agree with TraumaTrain above, stop putting labels on things. People will do what they want and may end up making those labels obsolete or outright wrong. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralock Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Krimson said: We should merge Shards after we figure out how to keep names, Super Groups, and associated bases. Number Six has made quite clear that that will never happen. Running additional shards other than Reunion doesn't cost any additional funds as the four North American shards share the same hardware, and some people prefer playing on small shards. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Krimson said: My statement is still valid. It's possible that progress could be made on names, SG and Bases. I don't think it will happen, but it is possible. I think people would be more agreeable to having one Shard if the option for everyone to keep their stuff was present. I don't want lag though, that's why I play on Indomitable. Bringing all of the players together on one shard would make it Summer 2019 all over again. Queing to play this game is silly! 4 I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic_Flea Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 13 hours ago, Krimson said: We should merge Shards after we figure out how to keep names, Super Groups, and associated bases. No, we shouldn't. That wouldn't solve a single problem but causes many. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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