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    I thought I'll open the floor & create a thread on what you think Evony should consider when they decide which servers get merged. Currently Evony takes into account the servers activity & cash flow. There may be more criteria but presently they escape me. Feel free to add them if anyone knows what they are.

    We could also discuss the pro and cons of mergers. Whether they improve the game play or not.
    Hi Morgan

    I have a few suggestions this follows from my last post so my apologies if I'm repeating myself.

    I'd suggest Evony factor war report numbers into their consideration of server activity - specifically the WR of the top 10 alliances by prestige on a server. From experience that's a very clear guide to the level of activity in an alliance. I'd also suggest that more transparency and openness about how decisions are made at Evony Head office might reduce the whining and even win back some trust in the guys who run Evony.

    IMHO Server Mergers should be an essential part of the plan for any server. At the moment on SS1 players are housekeeping, quitting or going into long term holiday mode. The last of those is the worst in a way. Today one of our largest, most aggressive and skilled players put his acct into HM 'until the server is merged'. There is simply nothing for him to do at this stage in the game. No challenges, other than farm and maintain his troop numbers - much easier to put the acct on holiday and wait for word of something interesting happening. Of course Evony earn from that, so if income is the deciding factor the coins he still buys and his HM fee counts against change/merger - although he is not playing.

    Personally, I'd prefer a list of dates when servers will be merged, regardless of the condition of or state of play on the server. That would eliminate the stories and assumptions about how and why Evony decide to merge servers. Just set a date and stick with it, and let players know the timetable so they can work towards it and can't argue with it. Evony has no 'end game' it was built that way, so IMHO the game would benefit from that sort of structure AND it would eliminate the constant carping on the forums which seems to imply Evony either don't have a plan or take action whimsically, when the mood takes them.

    Someone suggested that larger alliances should be gathered into one server. That seems like a decent idea to me, although difficult to put into practice. It would be great to be active on a server where, say, 30 or more large/powerful alliances faced off against each other with the intention of fighting for dominance!

    As things stand many of us play on mature servers where dominance is very well established and the game has become stale. Wouldn't it be great if Evony would clean house regularly and offer their players real seasonal campaigns on fresh uncluttered servers.
    Last edited by Badgeorge; 05-24-2011 at 10:36 PM.

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    Inactive accts and flat fillers are going to be the bugbear of any new merger. Here on SS1 we have masses of them littering the server. Now just think of another servers worth of them as well.

    That being said if those inactives were archived somewhere so they were not acting as pixel litter on the map then merge away.

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    well,im hoping for a server merge really soon on s133,no sign of one yet though

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    you never hear anybody from s128 on the forums whining to get merged... want to know why? cause nobody is left on s128. it is a ghosttown.

    evo is letting itself die

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    I often wonder whether there hasn't been any merges because of the recent hardware issues with the newer super servers or whether it is down to the flat filling, multi accounting and botting.

    Food for thought that.

    Thanks to Infinitus for the epic B'day pressie!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mati2 View Post
    Maybe that is what they would like us all to believe. I think they would like players to believe it's somehow all their own fault because it absolves them of responsibility for mass customer dissatisfaction. But, I think it comes down to simple economics and they've realized they can make more money pushing older players to play new servers.
    You maybe right there too.

    Thanks to Infinitus for the epic B'day pressie!

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    SS50 needs a merger or something you can not even random port anywhere. Which means people will be less likely to spend money to buy teleports. PLEASE DO A MERGER SOON OR SOMETHING IT SO BORING

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    Age2 servers are SLOWLY dieing.

    But I do not think we should merge.

    Reason 1- Rota said in age II discussion forums to think about the HCs being put into place. If you merge 4 servers together, what about the states being into Place. Also I don't play any SS servers in age1 but since they are made up of World server. This is how I'll explain the prob. with the SS servers merging.

    World1, 2, 3, 4=SS1 right???
    16 world servers= 4SS servers= 1 merged SS server. So there!!! Also same problem as age2.

    Main: Na27
    If you are wondering where I'm at please take a look at this post: http://bbs.evony.com/showpost.php?p=...ostcount=69243

    Cya everyone.

  9. #49

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    I know I'm not rep'ed, I've kept my mouth shut.but if you notice, I joined aug 07(jk 09) and I do read these board's.When my server (I think it was 26)merged it was just a mess,and never got better.At that time I remmeber someone saying that you should just merge the top allaince to an ss,call it a reward.do not anounce that will lead to corruption.Why is this idea never disscused and just dismissed?

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    Im from SS58 and our server is dead we have whole states of dead 1 city accounts, the others are filled with bot accounts, the only way for those of us who dont bot to enjoy the game is to merge servers, I for one have no interest in starting over on a new server, and I am a coiner, Im a wheelaholic....lol....as for reason why to merge is the shear fact of game play and to see how each server EVOLVEs, there are so many different styles of attacking and i love to see a well put together assult....even if its against me.....the first 3 months of a server is the best time ever so many battles, people beating their chests in WC the whole 9 yards....I love it and love this game all except this part of setting and waiting on someone to fight or to at least find a live account to plunder.

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