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Post by whitewraith on Aug 5, 2011 15:21:28 GMT -5
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Post by whitewraith on Aug 5, 2011 15:22:26 GMT -5
Full text from DeadMeat:
I am excited to announce that MegaServers will begin going live on Monday! The MegaServers expanded server system allows you to live in a world with more players and it will greatly expand the number of players available in Gotham and Metropolis, as well as the combat arenas, alerts and raid zones so you can get to some of the most fun areas faster. Here is the roll-out plan, starting this Monday, August 8th we will begin activating the new MegaServers across all platforms and regions in DCUO. We are very excited to get this live in the game. I wanted to let you know the details of what will be happening during the roll-out period and what you can expect. The full roll-out schedule is at the end of this note.
Once the servers are combined the main improvements you will see to your game play is as follows:
* You will see much larger populations!
* You will have a much larger pool of people to join in Alerts, Duos, Raids, Legends PvP, etc.
* It will be much easier to play with friends who were previously on other servers (plus lots of new friends to make).
* You will be able to switch between PvP and PvE style play by using the phase shifters in the Hall of Doom and JLA Watchtower.
* There will be a larger number of items in the Broker.
Because we are joining all of these servers together there will be instances where your character name may have been changed due to other players having the same name. We have implemented the fairest system possible to determine which players would be able to retain their name without change. Those players whose names have been changed will be sent an in-game email which includes a free Name Change token and instructions as to how to change your name if you do not wish to keep the name assigned to you by the system. We know that your character names are important to you and if there are any issues our Customer Support Group will be happy to assist you.
There may also be situations where your League name is changed as well due to other Leagues on the combined servers having the same name. Again, we have tried to be as fair as possible as to how we assigned new names. Those who are the leader of Leagues needing name changes will also receive an in-game email with instructions on how to make the League Name change and the Free Name Change Token with which to do will be attached to the email. So, please be sure to check your in-game email as the MegaServers go live over the next week. Like your character names we know that your League name is important. If there are any issues, our Customer Support Group will be happy to assist you.
The new servers will be arranged in "Phases". A phase can be thought of as a combination of all of the shared world areas of the game: Metropolis, Gotham, Police Stations and Night Clubs, the Hall of Doom, and the JLA Watchtower, etc. The MegaServer will always have at least one PvP phase and one PvE phase. You can transition from the PvE phase to PvP and vice versa by using the phase shifters in the Watchtower and the Hall of Doom. Because the server populations will increase dramatically after this change there may be times when there are multiple PvP and/or PvE phases on the server. If you find yourself in a different phase than a Friend, League mate or Group mate, you can always change to the same phase by using the "Phase With" command from the social quick menu. Please remember that you can only Phase with someone who is playing the same mode as yourself (PvE or PvP).
The great thing is that regardless of phase or whether you are playing in PvP or PvE, all other players on the MegaServer will be available to join you in all of the queued Alerts, Raids, Duos, and Arenas.
When a region and platform are converted to the new MegaServer configuration we expect the game to be unavailable for play for approximately 10 - 14 hours. The schedule for this conversion to MegaServers is as follows:
EU PC 8/8/2011 8:00AM PT/4:00PM CET
US PC 8/10/2011 8:00AM PT/4:00PM CET
US PS3 8/11/2011 8:00AM PT/4:00PM CET
EU PS3 8/15/2011 8:00AM PT/4:00PM CET
This schedule is subject to change as the process moves forward. At each step we need to verify that everything has gone correctly and ensure that our players have the best possible experience in this transition.
As I have detailed in previous notes and postings, we will combine the populations of all of our current servers into four worldwide MegaServers:
US PC
US PS3
EU PC
EU PS3
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Post by soar on Aug 5, 2011 15:48:27 GMT -5
Thank freaking god!
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Post by soar on Aug 5, 2011 15:58:57 GMT -5
Just to make sure people understand, WE get Megaservers on Wednesday of next week, August 10. Europe PC gets them on Monday.
White Wraith, you're Guytza?
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Post by whitewraith on Aug 5, 2011 16:12:14 GMT -5
Just to make sure people understand, WE get Megaservers on Wednesday of next week, August 10. Europe PC gets them on Monday. White Wraith, you're Guytza? umm....yes? *puts on his flame retardant suit* |
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Post by soar on Aug 5, 2011 16:23:05 GMT -5
No flames, just would like to talk to you about your views on DLC. I find them interesting.
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Post by Kallark & Stark Cold on Aug 5, 2011 18:48:15 GMT -5
WOOT!
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Post by Kallark & Stark Cold on Aug 8, 2011 9:39:10 GMT -5
Has anyone confirmed the world is down now for the loading of Mega Servers?
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Post by soar on Aug 8, 2011 9:55:34 GMT -5
The world is not down. Today is European Megaservers. Wednesday is us.
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Post by Kallark & Stark Cold on Aug 8, 2011 10:28:29 GMT -5
The world is not down. Today is European Megaservers. Wednesday is us. Sorry, I thought it was today! Ack! US PC 8/10/2011 8:00AM PT/4:00PM CET So my reading comprehension isn't what it should be, whadya know? |
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Post by soar on Aug 9, 2011 8:41:00 GMT -5
Just to let everyone know, the European PC servers have been down almost 24 hours not and are not back up yet. This is not shocking, what they are doing is incredibly hard and technical issues were to be expected (Not to mention NO mmo company has ever given an accurate estimation for major server work like this). I am just saying don't be surprised if our rollout gets pushed back a bit or takes longer than estimated.
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Post by Kallark & Stark Cold on Aug 9, 2011 9:43:13 GMT -5
Just to let everyone know, the European PC servers have been down almost 24 hours not and are not back up yet. This is not shocking, what they are doing is incredibly hard and technical issues were to be expected (Not to mention NO mmo company has ever given an accurate estimation for major server work like this). I am just saying don't be surprised if our rollout gets pushed back a bit or takes longer than estimated. Shyte!  |
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Post by imeco on Aug 9, 2011 10:07:49 GMT -5
well hopefully they figure everything out with the euro servers so that it will go much smoother when they do ours...
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Post by soar on Aug 9, 2011 15:07:35 GMT -5
Looks like total time for European servers was around 28-29 hours. Up now according to forums.
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Post by whitewraith on Aug 9, 2011 16:16:17 GMT -5
Man, I feel bad for the poor bastards that had to sit there and babysit that process to make sure it didnt blow up. I've done that quite a few times in my career.
I mean, at first you know your going to be there for 14 hours...and then around hour 7 you start to get the feeling somethings not quite right.
At hour 12 the clean up processing should be happening, but it's only just now hit 50% completion (if you're lucky enough to be able to calculate that part).
By hour 15 you have no idea how long your going to be there.
By hour 18 you have exhausted the internet of lolcats.
by hour 20 that couch in the front office looks really comfortable.
By the time hour 28 comes around you've built a fort out of office chairs and desks, have a necktie around your head like a rambo bandanna and have enough nerf weapons at your disposal to hold off the army of guatemala.
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