Creepside Consolidation

[ScribeEzra]

Yeah Yeah, we all know the latest pathetic concession to creepside was a botch job and is 99.9% unlikely to stop the 'Creepside Slide', so how about we dedicated Creeps petition for Free Transfers to ONE dedicated PVP server, all that's needed is a vote on what server. We all have our Favourite server sure, but for the sake of pvp we need to consolidate at least 1 decent creepside to maintain interest. Freeps, even you see the sense in this right?, unless you want to grind Renown Tortmund Cliffside stylee???....nnooooo surely you dont.....or maybe you do!

[siipperi]

Sure way to kill pvp is for everyone to transfer to one server. Its just insane lag x5 and ettenmoors is full all the time and ones who actually manage to log in will get bored to endless zerg and lag after few weeks of unplayable gameplay.

[ScribeEzra]

Noooo, turbine has shoehorned us into 'Improved' servers so we don't get any lag, but freepside the massive increase of players on my server, Crickhollow, hasn't really effected performance. I can't remember the last time my freeps suffered with lag in Bree for instance, which they nearly always did before. I think a lot of the problem with lag creepside is that certain players dont turn off fellowship effects from displaying, since I did it my performance has improved a lot, in fact the only problem creepside right now for me is the 'Ghosting' of TR and Rop, too many times lately I've mapped there and no npc's show up at all and I'm running about an empty keep unable to interact with other players who I know are there.

[Aineas.]

Noooo, turbine has shoehorned us into 'Improved' servers so we don't get any lag, but freepside the massive increase of players on my server, Crickhollow, hasn't really effected performance. I can't remember the last time my freeps suffered with lag in Bree for instance, which they nearly always did before. I think a lot of the problem with lag creepside is that certain players dont turn off fellowship effects from displaying, since I did it my performance has improved a lot, in fact the only problem creepside right now for me is the 'Ghosting' of TR and Rop, too many times lately I've mapped there and no npc's show up at all and I'm running about an empty keep unable to interact with other players who I know are there.

creepside is different then freepside, if I'm on creep I barely have lag. If i'm on freep then it's a problem: more then half a creep raid and few freeps and skills are lagging out, raid vs raid or more it's tough to move although it has been better lately regarding the moving. Skills are still a problem on freepside.

[LabadalofDorlomin]

I don't know why we bother posting on these boards as they are noticed not a jot.

However, he we go:

I think that a new server should be opened and not a mass move to an existing.
This would be like a Bullroarer except that you only have monsterplay areas.

You would then copy your character over (free)as you do with BR and within 5
mins your copy is their waiting. Battles commence, hopefully less lag as most
resources are directed to this area and then a database would copy your progress
and update your live client once a day.
There would be no world or access there of the world outside the monster play
areas.
Therefore, freeps would have to stock up with what they can't get from GV before
they copy over.
Creeps would also need to copy over for the following reason.

There would be once a day (dawn?**) a server database copy of progress back to
original server and then a character wipe of the server. Forcing new copies over
every day.
Obviously this database would be backed up. (old codemasters players will
remember all to well the daily server reboots at 6am)

Benefits would hopefully be that more resources are available to the region and
therefore a reduction in server lag. Players from both sides of the server split
can play together as on BR and obviously help the quieter servers to get some
good action.
Downsides would be having two clients or more if you have bullroarer or palantir.
But storage isn't the huge problem it used to be. There are obvious things like
what happens if you copy over and have a really bad day and then just copy another
over the top to cover this up.... maybe one character copy only per day?




**If all servers/time zones were allowed access then there would need to be
found a common quiet time to enable this.

[Felathurin]

+1 for 1 Ettenmoors for all Servers, United we stand!

[subadar]

fix creeps and pvmp will balance across all servers.