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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucas101 View Post
    Yes being the pioneer of online PVP and being completly original in the design of evony has its drawbacks

    That said I respect yor descion not to revel how mergers are determined, although anyone with half a brain could narrow down the variables which determine a merge fairly easily. It has to do with long run profits vs. short run costs
    Also it is very true that PvP is the basis of evony, but as humans it seems that we can only kill each others pixel soilders so many times before we become freindly with one another. I for one am happy that the mergers have ceased for the moment as I am assuming that evony is attempting to correct many of the glitches which have plauged all of the recently merged servers. Seems that evony is attempting to respond to many of the complaints about lag, and other glitches but by doing so is taking heat by not merging servers, seem like you guys can never win ....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucas101 View Post
    Yes being the pioneer of online PVP and being completly original in the design of evony has its drawbacks

    That said I respect yor descion not to revel how mergers are determined, although anyone with half a brain could narrow down the variables which determine a merge fairly easily. It has to do with long run profits vs. short run costs
    Also it is very true that PvP is the basis of evony, but as humans it seems that we can only kill each others pixel soilders so many times before we become freindly with one another. I for one am happy that the mergers have ceased for the moment as I am assuming that evony is attempting to correct many of the glitches which have plauged all of the recently merged servers. Seems that evony is attempting to respond to many of the complaints about lag, and other glitches but by doing so is taking heat by not merging servers, seem like you guys can never win ....
    No sounds like evony is run by a bunch of guys that cant multi-task. I don't see how it would be hard to give people their own roles like,

    Hey you, you're going to work on the server merges group
    And you, you're going to the glitches group

    The fact that it takes them months to fix glitches and other issues on servers sounds like they need better IT people working for them.

    To get back on topic, I think merges are good for servers. The idea of having a set schedule for merges is actually a great one. I don't mean like server so and so HAVE to merge on this date. But, like the other poster said, servers so and so would come up to qualify for a server merge.

    There shouldn't be this long of a time with no server merges because I'm sure there are servers that need merges and servers that are dead (like ss48 for instance )

    if evony IS holding off on merges to fix the issues they're having with other server's than that just seems like bad organization skills, They shouldn't (at least I think) put all their manpower on that one issue (Ever heard of that saying don't put all your eggs in one basket?[don't know if that analogy fits but too bad!])

    anddd I think I'm done now as I can't find anything else to rant about




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    Quote Originally Posted by gottibabe1 View Post
    No sounds like evony is run by a bunch of guys that cant multi-task. I don't see how it would be hard to give people their own roles like,

    Hey you, you're going to work on the server merges group
    And you, you're going to the glitches group

    What if they dont have enough employees to operate like this and adding employees would blow there profit margins? They are operating like a text book cash cow buisness should.

    The fact that it takes them months to fix glitches and other issues on servers sounds like they need better IT people working for them.

    Agreed it should not take nearly as long to fix these glitches, especially when they arent devolping any new aspects for the game, and by eliminating certain gitches that worked in the players favour promptly they do have the potential to be moe prompt

    To get back on topic, I think merges are good for servers. The idea of having a set schedule for merges is actually a great one. I don't mean like server so and so HAVE to merge on this date. But, like the other poster said, servers so and so would come up to qualify for a server merge.

    I'm kinda mixed on this ... on one hand yes knowing when servers are gonna merge would be helpful, but would affect gameplay as in alliances using it for diplo purposes. I would maybe suggest them ball parking the merge, as in them saying that a merge will happen between month x and month y, this will still affect gameplay but maybe not to th same extent.
    There shouldn't be this long of a time with no server merges because I'm sure there are servers that need merges and servers that are dead (like ss48 for instance )

    Define dead lol ... I think at this point in time most are dead and a merge would not help this much in the long run, as people will quit either at the merge or sortly after the question for evony is will they make more money by merging the servers, or will they make more by not undergoing the expense of merging a server and just milking the holiday players. Also I suspect that the amount of money a server spends is averaged out on a monthly basis, once a server falls below this amount a merge may be considered. As for assuming that the server is dead beause of no merge? I think that many use not having a merge as a reason to quit, but I would think that many would quit merge or no merge, thats the problem with games like evony they do get boring after a while

    if evony IS holding off on merges to fix the issues they're having with other server's than that just seems like bad organization skills, They shouldn't (at least I think) put all their manpower on that one issue (Ever heard of that saying don't put all your eggs in one basket?[don't know if that analogy fits but too bad!])

    See above cash cow statment

    anddd I think I'm done now as I can't find anything else to rant about

    Phew ... is it sad that I actually took the time to type all that up?
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    I know this is about a Merge Morgan But I do say its about time for Evony Age 3 SO... many age 1 and age 2 servers out there its about time they opened age 3 my self.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucas101 View Post
    No sounds like evony is run by a bunch of guys that cant multi-task. I don't see how it would be hard to give people their own roles like,

    Hey you, you're going to work on the server merges group
    And you, you're going to the glitches group

    What if they dont have enough employees to operate like this and adding employees would blow there profit margins? They are operating like a text book cash cow buisness should.

    Evony not having enough employees for that sounds a little silly I think. Lets say they have 20 employees TOTAL (yea.. right) we'll set aside 10 for administrative purposes like Thalin, Dave, Dawn and any others we probably don't know. That would leave around 10 people who work on development and Technical stuff. That's 10 people working on 1 issues... why on earth??? It would make much more sense to give people their own tasks to work on

    The fact that it takes them months to fix glitches and other issues on servers sounds like they need better IT people working for them.

    Agreed it should not take nearly as long to fix these glitches, especially when they arent devolping any new aspects for the game, and by eliminating certain gitches that worked in the players favour promptly they do have the potential to be moe prompt

    To get back on topic, I think merges are good for servers. The idea of having a set schedule for merges is actually a great one. I don't mean like server so and so HAVE to merge on this date. But, like the other poster said, servers so and so would come up to qualify for a server merge.

    I'm kinda mixed on this ... on one hand yes knowing when servers are gonna merge would be helpful, but would affect gameplay as in alliances using it for diplo purposes. I would maybe suggest them ball parking the merge, as in them saying that a merge will happen between month x and month y, this will still affect gameplay but maybe not to th same extent.

    There shouldn't be this long of a time with no server merges because I'm sure there are servers that need merges and servers that are dead (like ss48 for instance )

    Define dead lol ... I think at this point in time most are dead and a merge would not help this much in the long run, as people will quit either at the merge or sortly after the question for evony is will they make more money by merging the servers, or will they make more by not undergoing the expense of merging a server and just milking the holiday players. Also I suspect that the amount of money a server spends is averaged out on a monthly basis, once a server falls below this amount a merge may be considered. As for assuming that the server is dead beause of no merge? I think that many use not having a merge as a reason to quit, but I would think that many would quit merge or no merge, thats the problem with games like evony they do get boring after a while

    When I say dead, I mean players quitting because of boredom and active players fighting boring wars that just end up in holi/tru/port. Now yes, people are going to quit because of boredom regardless of having a merge or not (real life issues, just pure boredom, etc.) But, that will still leave a server with just more dead accounts. I do see merges as a solution long term, Obviously 1 merge is not going to help in long term but when your constantly merging it brings new people together on a new server who are on the same level playing field (because I certainly don't mean JP's crazy idea). Had evony NEVER done merges imagine what your orginal server would be like (yes deader than dead)

    if evony IS holding off on merges to fix the issues they're having with other server's than that just seems like bad organization skills, They shouldn't (at least I think) put all their manpower on that one issue (Ever heard of that saying don't put all your eggs in one basket?[don't know if that analogy fits but too bad!])

    See above cash cow statment

    anddd I think I'm done now as I can't find anything else to rant about

    Phew ... is it sad that I actually took the time to type all that up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ-Hunter View Post
    i think alot of things makes a server worth mergeing... how many citys are taken how many alliances get declared on would be good for them to add in...
    god no, we have fake declarations every hour on the hour!

    Evony should not count people in holiday for more then 5 days as a active player. I hope they dont, but probably do
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    Quote Originally Posted by G0UD View Post
    Evony should not count people in holiday for more then 5 days as a active player. I hope they dont, but probably do
    Well. I have been in holiday mode for over a week, because I was actually on real holidays, and a friend is currently having 2 and half week travel holiday, so he is also in holiday mode. It is not only people who are bored, who holiday, but especially round summer also people who just go away for a period of time.

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    Hey we really need a merger on SS50. There is no flats to port to and so many dead accounts. When people cant port they don't spend money.

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    HEADS UP!

    139 will do a server wide shutdown of all activity starting at 19:00 server time on 6/24/2011 until 19:00 server time on 6/26/2011.

    There will be no attacks, no coining, not even using daily amulets. Other than good old fashioned farming, server 139 is going to stage a "sit in".

    Why?

    Because the "powers that be" on 139 have convinced themselves that this action will force Evony to merge the server with others.

    Evony - don't even think about it. There is a massive number of people on 139 who do NOT want to endure the hassles of your ineptitude and inability to merge servers properly.

    Evony has proven, time and again, IN EVERY INSTANCE, that you do not know how to do it without causing MAJOR issues.

    Let these yo yo's stage their protest, laugh at them, and then let the server go on as usual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFDKS View Post
    HEADS UP!

    139 will do a server wide shutdown of all activity starting at 19:00 server time on 6/24/2011 until 19:00 server time on 6/26/2011.

    There will be no attacks, no coining, not even using daily amulets. Other than good old fashioned farming, server 139 is going to stage a "sit in".

    Why?

    Because the "powers that be" on 139 have convinced themselves that this action will force Evony to merge the server with others.

    Evony - don't even think about it. There is a massive number of people on 139 who do NOT want to endure the hassles of your ineptitude and inability to merge servers properly.

    Evony has proven, time and again, IN EVERY INSTANCE, that you do not know how to do it without causing MAJOR issues.

    Let these yo yo's stage their protest, laugh at them, and then let the server go on as usual.
    Ok this is the dumbest idea I have seen in a while. How is shutting down for 2 days going to change long run profit margins? Shut down for 3 months if you want to force a merge ...

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