EU Moonsea Server – Will it have a strong playerbase?
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Anurakh
Little Nixie
yup there is
At this time the Wayfinder main guilds have no intention to move to the server you mentioned.
Jhozam
Well-known member
Can you tell us what the intentions/thoughts/preferences are that you’ve heard so far?
Anurakh
Little Nixie
I don't think there will be any Wayfinder. I've seen several polls on Reddit and Discord, and depending on the poll, the winner was either Thrane, Moonsea, or Cormyr (probably because the participants had different demographics), but in all the polls, all the servers, including Shadowdale, had good participation. All four servers are going to be fine.
Who knows, maybe they'll even need to open another additional server like in LOTRO. I don't really think so, but all projected servers look like they'll be healthy.
Who knows, maybe they'll even need to open another additional server like in LOTRO. I don't really think so, but all projected servers look like they'll be healthy.
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Jack Jarvis Esquire
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That's good to know. I really don't want anyone feeling left behind or out in the cold over this. After the inevitable bedding in issues that are due to arise, the change should hopefully be a positive one for everyone over the long term.
IcyLokidottir
The Finnish Loki
I am mostly worried about folks who are on a DDO break coming back to this surprise of an announcement 
But hope the fact that there's a new expansion coming will mean that even folks on break will pop over in time to pack while 32bits still open normally.
But hope the fact that there's a new expansion coming will mean that even folks on break will pop over in time to pack while 32bits still open normally.
Our entire guild, consisting for 100% of European players, is still considering moving either to Thrane, because that server is bound to end up with the biggest population, or to Moonsea because the busiest time-zone will be better.
We don't really care about ping. We've survived 14 years on US-based servers, didn't we?
That said, it is a solo guild.
We don't really care about ping. We've survived 14 years on US-based servers, didn't we?
That said, it is a solo guild.
Anurakh
Little Nixie
I hope that when the 32-b worlds close in September, it will still be possible to create characters, because it will probably be necessary in this big move for people who haven't moved yet.I am mostly worried about folks who are on a DDO break coming back to this surprise of an announcement
But hope the fact that there's a new expansion coming will mean that even folks on break will pop over in time to pack while 32bits still open normally.
Dendrix Deathblade
Well-known member
I'm moving to moonsea as a brit the ping is way better
Monitor DDO audit when the servers come up to get us statics to make a final deceision 2 weeks after transfers begin to announce the name of the US server we will move to.
I came from Cannith (you know that if you remember). As European is a lonely server, I'm at my 104th TR, I would enjoy someone to play with. Wanna speak about end-game? I always have to consider that my build must be capable to solo high skulls quests, coz probably I'll not find anybody, still missing tons of threads coz I struggle to run raids. I'm in the most active (and probably the only one active) of the server, but when I play everybody sleep.
Honestly I don't care about lag, or "new server" or whatever, the only thing that I care is to fill a party.
Honestly I don't care about lag, or "new server" or whatever, the only thing that I care is to fill a party.
Natashaelle
Time Bandit
It's one of the great unknowns.
The first Euro-LOTRO 64-bit server Orcrist ended up being not just swamped but overran, in that more players wanted to log in than the server could handle.
SSG have no doubt learned from that particular disaster ; but the truth is that nobody can possibly predict the real impact of how many inactive players will return to the game for the 64-bit, exactly how many tertiary toons on secondary accounts there actually are, and so on and so forth.
I personally think they'll be forced to open a second EU server -- because it's not just players in Europe itself but those across all of Eurasia (including the Koreans), Africa, and Australia who might prefer Amsterdam to Las Vegas -- but then I could be wrong about that as these are all still complete unknowns.
If they ARE forced to open a second EU server, well I DO very much hope that turnaround will be quicker for DDO than it was for LOTRO ...
OTOH I'd guess that the three US servers will be enough.
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BTW as to my personal latency ; well I am in a very unusual situation, in that I am on the French Riviera except with a pretty much direct internet connection to Florida, so that latency is pretty much identical for me whether it's New Jersey, Las Vegas, or Amsterdam. But I'm still moving everything to Moonsea, except that I'll put most of my overflow into Cormyr, and assure a presence on both Thrane and Shadowdale ...
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Natashaelle
Time Bandit
One good thing is that the older and newer Euro-DDO players who ended up being scattered about Thelanis, G-Land, Wayfinder, and Cannith will finally all be back together again.
Natashaelle
Time Bandit
Ozz
Well-known member
It will happen, probably lfm's will go up and filled in the blink of an eye
Jack Jarvis Esquire
Well-known member
I just lost 2STR and other abilities from racial completionist. 
Will that count against me? 
Will that count against me?