Shadowdale and Thrane Should Be One Server

[The Outfit]

Not everyone feels that way. Thrane will have plenty to offer new players and casuals too—and that’s intentional. For survivability -- we want a well-rounded server.

When Thrane launches, new players will find help from Day One. Guilds that I see starting on Thrane run the entire gamut... and some will be ready to support players through every level—including endgame. And that’s something we at Tyrs Paladium are looking forward to.

So I look at Thrane as a guild focused server, with a strong end game option, that focuses at teamwork from Day One. Its a winning formula. I believe Shadowdale will have an excellent end game as well. This jump to new 64 bit servers are the BIGGEST BUMP to guilds I've seen in DDO in over A DECADE.

I am not a new player nor a casual. It's great that Thrane will be all that. What you just said to me doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

 

[Lagin]

I voted no. Thrane denizens want a endgame focused server. Shadowdale from what I am seeing in a shadowdale discord a more lax server with a vibrant endgame also. Sounds more my speed.

So no thank you.

LOL. perdictions on server demography before they're even online.

I need a good bet on a horse in the late trifecta, can you help me out?

 

[The Outfit]

LOL. perdictions on server demography before they're even online.

I need a good bet on a horse in the late trifecta, can you help me out?

I am not predicting anything. Everything is subject to change. It's not like I will be transferring on the first day let alone the same week.

You want a prediction. The 2 new US servers will split statistically even. Cormyr will be wayfinder.

If you were following horse races this year. No possiblity of a Trifecta.

 

[Kathwynn]

I remember the day I got this home and how excited I was to finally get my grubby little nerdy hands on it. It was almost a religious experience or maybe it was more due to the indigestion of the Italian sausage I ate for lunch that day. Anyways opening it and reading for the first time and seeing the map. Was a special moment. For a young adult living in a rural area. With no real contact with other tabletop players. It gave me ideas and possibilities that I could work with. Helped to expand the framework of my evolving world and being able to tell an consistent story.

As for my vote for two servers instead of one. Simple the players that zerg and run R10's regularly need a place to feel elite. That can be their special place on Thrane. While Shadowdale can be a place for the more casual player. Not be an an annoyance to those that zerg and run R10's as though they were running an Olympic event for the gold medal.

 

[The Narc2]

Cormyr will likely see some activity at the start from some Astral Shard farmers, people will take their good auction stuff there on one toon to pillage the relatively new players on that server who will spend astral shards for stuff, then after pillaging the astral shards available on the server move to one of the more playable servers via the free transfers and leave the Cormyr server for playing upcoming hardcore events.

 

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

I am not a new player nor a casual. It's great that Thrane will be all that. What you just said to me doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

Thrane has a LOT of EXPERIENCED guilds lining up, and guild leaders, and that's exciting to me. Guilds that have new, casual, average and/or end game veteran players will do great on Thrane. New players will be able to join guilds like yours and guilds like ours, and hundreds of other guilds. There will be a LOT of PARTYING on Thrane and that HAS to be great for the game.

Thrane wont only be a solely end game specific server -- sorry to burst your bubble. No 64 bit server will. There will be room for every playstyle here. Sure there will be a LOT of end game raiding that we will partake in, BUT WE BELIEVE IN Survivorability. We will nurture and support new players and casual players as well.

 

[The Outfit]

Thrane has a LOT of EXPERIENCED guilds lining up, and guild leaders, and that's exciting to me. Guilds that have new, casual, average and/or end game veteran players will do great on Thrane. New players will be able to join guilds like yours and guilds like ours, and hundreds of other guilds. There will be a LOT of PARTYING on Thrane and that HAS to be great for the game.

Thrane wont only be a solely end game specific server -- sorry to burst your bubble. No 64 bit server will. There will be room for every playstyle here. Sure there will be a LOT of end game raiding that we will partake in, BUT WE BELIEVE IN Survivorability. We will nurture and support new players and casual players as well.

That will be good for the greater Thrane community. I have no ill will for those that go to Thrane and wish you all the best. I still don't want one mega server. People have their reasons for not going one way or the other. All that can be done is respect those choice's, move on and enjoy the game however one wants to play it.

 

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

That will be good for the greater Thrane community. I have no ill will for those that go to Thrane and wish you all the best. I still don't want one mega server. People have their reasons for not going one way or the other. All that can be done is respect those choice's, move on and enjoy the game however one wants to play it.

Yeah, I TOTALLY agree with you. I don't want one mega server either. That wouldn't help anyone. The way they devised it seems spot on.

The EU server hurt us, as we will lose some of our long time EU players - however they will be leaving a few toons on our server but playing mostly on the EU Server. They still plan to communicate with us in our Discord and forums so THAT will make us happy. Friendships in Tyrs are real, and we plan on never losing the friendships that we've made in the past 18 years.. It'll all work out.

 

[DDO Gaming]

Some players might be heading to Cormyr for the free move, but let’s face it Shadowdale is dominating in every way. There’s a reason people are flocking there, and other servers are not going to pull the numbers the same way.

you know transfer season hasn't actually started right? Nobody is flocking anywhere UNTIL transfer season actually begins

 

[Jack Jarvis Esquire]

I'm flocking now, apparently.

According to my missus, anyway, who says I'm a flocking eejit. At least, I think that's what she says...

 

[Frantik]

The illusion of choice...

I rarely find myself appreciating being forced down a path of somebody else's choice, but having the option of one faster server in Europe rather than three slower servers (for a European player) in the same city in NA is one of the few exceptions.

If I were a responsable and thoughtful person interested in the perenity of the NA 64 bit servers, I would lobby for the majority of players and guilds to organise themselves so that all three server populations were as evenly distributed as possible.

I'm now going to do my secret Moonsea dance of celebration and jump into my favourite game.

 

[Lagin]

I am not predicting anything. Everything is subject to change. It's not like I will be transferring on the first day let alone the same week.

You want a prediction. The 2 new US servers will split statistically even. Cormyr will be wayfinder.

If you were following horse races this year. No possiblity of a Trifecta.

No one here knows what the future holds. Your statement holds about as much weight as the OP's. :ROFLMAO: Cormyr will have a vibrant population. (it already does).

 

[The Outfit]

No one here knows what the future holds. Your statement holds about as much weight as the OP's. :ROFLMAO: Cormyr will have a vibrant population. (it already does).

It was a prediction. Not facts. Since you are into facts. Did you know that 90% of all facts are made up on the spot?

 

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

LeslieWest_GuitarGod that’s the kind of toxic, elitist nonsense that stifles conversation. Everyone here has good intentions with humor, and if you don’t like the post, don’t engage with it or keep changing the subjects to cause drama. I’m all for differing opinions, but there’s no room for rude, baseless comments.

Dradle, no one’s going to mistake me for an elitist, let’s be real. I’m simply sharing my opinion—just like you asked for with the poll.

You asked for feedback from everyone, and you’re getting it. If differing viewpoints bother you, maybe don’t host a public thread inviting them. I’ve completely enjoyed reading through everyone’s input here, whether or not they agree with me—and honestly, I expect my views to evolve as the transfer process unfolds.

I also brought up Thrane’s place in D&D lore, which is at least tangentially on topic. That’s hardly “stirring the pot.”

That said, limiting the poll only to the Thrane section and not posting it in the wider General section where it could reach a broader audience? That comes off as curated to generate a specific result. I’d call that questionable at best, and deliberately inflammatory at worst.

Bottom line: If you’re going to throw out a poll and then talk down to people who don’t vote your way, you’re not inviting discussion—you’re curating drama. But hey, I’m entertained! Carry on...

 

[Scarlett]

I think suggesting making it one server is extremely short sighted.
The audacity to think there isn't going to be enough problems with reducing one of 8 servers, but half of them? and for someone who isn't incurring all the cost of it then suggesting one less?
Sounds like speaking of a personal want without any consideration to anything else.

 

[Jack Jarvis Esquire]

This whole thread is troll baiting. Laugh at it or ignore it, but please don't make the mistake of taking it seriously!

 

[Scarlett]

Why are you being rude?

To whom specifically? I think the idea is silly on its face, I stated as much and why. I haven't targeted anyone.
Why are you being rude by targeting me?

 

[rabidfox]

I finally read this thread. It's all speculation and wild guesses about things that haven't even happened yet. And it's all pretty much irrelavent. If the player base wanted to they already could just go to 1 world and ignore the other 3; that folks are opting for different choices between the 4 indicates it'll likely be fairly equally spread out in the end (all for various different reasons).

 

[Scarlett]

Who are you insulting by calling out someone's audacity?

I didn't say a name specifically as everyone can read in the initial post because I was intentionally not targeting anyone.
That is why you can't answer the question "to whom am I being rude?" Because I wasn't. Tho that is what you specifically targeted me with.
So again, why did you specifically target me? ..when i raised and contributed my ideas to the initial proposal (that was specifically asking for feedback) with how silly it was with clear indications how and why, with specific intention not to target anyone.

 

[Scarlett]

Who is the one thinking? That is the unnamed person, being insulted by your claims of audacity. Also you where intentionally trying to be vague by not targeting anyone, with clear indications how and why, with specific intention.

What part of intentionally not naming anyone being intentional did not sink in?
The OP was asking for feedback, I gave it, and it appears you took it personally and are trying to blame someone else for your own fault. Just stop.