Runes of Magic US / AU

Canned response we've receive from the GM's and CM's: Server merging is not possible.

Runewaker has not given them the tools needed to do so. The logistics of duplicate character and guild names as well would make it problematic at best. Much less the assigned house numbers and such that are done separately per sever. Merging them would be a MAJOR undertaking that is beyond their current capability.

With all the other issues this game currently has that they continually prove they don't know how to fix, you'd do better to just go shoot yourself in the foot.
Less painful

NO SERVER MERGE NEEDED OR WANTED> Plus Frogster has said in other posts they will not do it.

Its not that they will not do it. Its the fact that they cannot as well.

You know what, I cannot believe that!! Other MMO's do it all the time. If that is what keeps the customers happy and makes the game more enjoyable then they definitely should correct whatever problem they are having. As for duplicate character and guild names, as with any database they require unique characters so just add a number to the ends...how simple is that? I think after that other game starts in August the player base on ROM will deplete even more ...Then what will they do? I am an end game mage and I play on Palenque! I was in an awesome guild that has now faded into the sunset .... I now play only a fraction of the time that I used to because there is nothing for me to do....

Palenque has one large guild that can run instances which leaves the rest of us totally dependant on them for gear and stuff needed to advance. That is really sad when you think of it. If they cannot merge servers then at least give us the option of moving our characters to another more populated server where we can once again play ROM!!!!

As mentioned before, It is simply not logistically possible to do a server merge. I could explain for days why this is the case, however the bottom line still remains. I apologize if this is a problem for anyone, however there isn't much to be done.

Quoted from "Aetherth;561979"

As mentioned before, It is simply not logistically possible to do a server merge. I could explain for days why this is the case, however the bottom line still remains. I apologize if this is a problem for anyone, however there isn't much to be done.

OK, what about being allowed to move your toon to another server then, is this not logistically possible either?? Maybe you guys need better programmers or something??

I cannot imagine saying that to my customers at my workplace. lol. Sorry, you have a problem and there is not a darn thing I can do about it!! Kind of opens the door for them to go to a competitor!! Not only that I would be out the door so fast my head would be spinning for days! Oh well " c'est la vie".... Just really sad because I love this game but honestly feel that I am being forced out of it but live goes on.....

As part of the community management team I'm all about pushing for things that will benefit the game and its players, I also have the sad duty of reporting back when requests cannot be fulfilled for whatever reason. As I mentioned before, A server merge is simply not possible.

Character transfers however are a different thing, I can look into that to see if it can be done. However, a feature like that would not surface overnight, there are a lot of considerations that need to be made that might not be obvious to the end user. So I will pursue the character transfer option and report back when I have something to tell you guys either way.

Remember that I am pushing for what you guys want and that you should try to remain positive as that is the optimal way to get things done.

Quoted from "Aetherth;561985"

As part of the community management team I'm all about pushing for things that will benefit the game and its players, I also have the sad duty of reporting back when requests cannot be fulfilled for whatever reason. As I mentioned before, A server merge is simply not possible.

Character transfers however are a different thing, I can look into that to see if it can be done. However, a feature like that would not surface overnight, there are a lot of considerations that need to be made that might not be obvious to the end user. So I will pursue the character transfer option and report back when I have something to tell you guys either way.

Remember that I am pushing for what you guys want and that you should try to remain positive as that is the optimal way to get things done.

Thanks so much for your response. That is all we can really ask of you and honestly appreciate anything that you could do. I will definitely hang in there as you suggested and see what happens. I do realize that your the messenger and that is not always easy. I apologize if I came across harsh but I am sure you can tell I am a little bit frustrated.

this sounds like an awesome idea. Palenque has essentially become a ghost town, i am in the guild that jada mentioned before and even we have issues assembling a party to run endgame. there just isnt enough people to play most the time. i would happily give up anything i have in game short of the gear i am wearing to be able to move to another server. i enjoy rom too much to quit now after all the work i have put in. as it was stated, i also feel like i am being forced to quit do to the lack of population on Palenque. there has to be some way that it can be done, for someone to tell me it is impossible to move data from one server to the next is insane and frankly, i just dont believe it. id like to thank you for you attention to this matter, and please keep us posted on this.

the idea is all fine and dandy, but do you even have an idea what server you would like to go to? go play on other servers. i have a couple toons on each of the us servers, and 2 in an eu server, and honestly, im not concerned that this game is dying. sell your gear for zeevex, roll another toon on a server you think is thriving and move on man. simple. sucks to have to go through all the quests again but, you could always just stay. other games can do that. but this is not them. not even close. dont give up though. the game poplulation fluctuates all the time.

to be honest, and I have made a post on it, this game is slowly dieing due to the lack of attention it gets. I remember back when I first started playing this game, TONS UPON TONS of new players were joining it daily and things had a nice flow going. Now that that flow has come to a halt, the newer servers are going under. Aside from them needing to fix issues in the game so that they DO NOT run off new players... they need to advertise this game! EPIC ADS may I mind u. gotta spend money to make it. I have only ever seen ONE advertisement for this game... it was on facebook. and it wasnt even marketed correctly. It said some crap about "Find your true love" as if it was some dating service lol. But yea, it was for RoM. that's sad! (not that I didnt find my true love on here, but thats besides the point >.>) ...so yea. No need to merge servers (IF IT WAS POSSIBLE)... just need RoM to step their game to bring more positive attention toward this game.

This is for Trav42073. I am sure that if it is possible to move your character to another server, we would know which we would want to go to. The very first step is to wait and see if we can even do this. I have been playing this game for a long time and I realize that the population fluctuates from time to time but what we have now is not fluctuation, it is a stagmate population that do not have enough people to run instances. I am speaking about my server, Palenque, where so many people have left and I am afraid after the 28th of this month more will be gone. I do not want to be one of those people, I honestly really like this game and would prefer to stay with this game but I just can't if all I do is sit around doing nothing.

I have spent a lot of money to get where I am and I am sure other people have as well and I am not willing to just create a new toon on another server and start over. I have different toons and I get them to around level 30 and I am bored with the having to do the same quests over and over. So, what I really want is to do the instances, stat new gear, stat a new weapon, stat new accessories, make my toon stronger and advance to the next level of play. I dont and WON'T start from scratch.

So I will wait to see if moving my current toon is even an option and depending on that I will make a decision whether to stay or move on like so many others have done.

Quoted from "trav42073;562270"

the idea is all fine and dandy, but do you even have an idea what server you would like to go to? go play on other servers. i have a couple toons on each of the us servers, and 2 in an eu server, and honestly, im not concerned that this game is dying. sell your gear for zeevex, roll another toon on a server you think is thriving and move on man. simple. sucks to have to go through all the quests again but, you could always just stay. other games can do that. but this is not them. not even close. dont give up though. the game poplulation fluctuates all the time.

i think what you fail to realize is that with no population. who am i to sell my gear to for zeevex? lol
and yes i know which server i would like to move to. its not that hard of a decision.

Quoted from "Aetherth;561985"

As part of the community management team I'm all about pushing for things that will benefit the game and its players, I also have the sad duty of reporting back when requests cannot be fulfilled for whatever reason. As I mentioned before, A server merge is simply not possible.

Character transfers however are a different thing, I can look into that to see if it can be done. However, a feature like that would not surface overnight, there are a lot of considerations that need to be made that might not be obvious to the end user. So I will pursue the character transfer option and report back when I have something to tell you guys either way.

Remember that I am pushing for what you guys want and that you should try to remain positive as that is the optimal way to get things done.

I really love how Frogster always says it's not possible. Has anyone at Frogster ever talked to anyone from Tahadi??!!!! Just in case if anyone forgot, parts of the world where Tahadi runs Runes of Magic, they merged servers last year. It's the same code in the end that the game is simply Radiant Arcana, how is one company able to do it when the other can't?

I feel like allowing character transfers would end up being way worse and create more problems than it would fix. What would happen? Every endgamer would swap to Artemis to join PPK and/or create a new guild. Then all the endgamers would end up on one server and the rest of the servers would be SOL.

i also wouldn't agree with everyone moving to one server and being in the same guild. but on a server where you can count the endgame able players on yer fingers and toes its a necessity, but also if everyone were to move to one server and set up a diversity of guilds i don't see how that would be an issue.

I do not think a merge will happen. A merge would be held as Frogster admtting the game is losing players and dieing, which I do believe that it is a fact they are in denial of! But, a merge would prolong the inevitable.

Well its been almost 2 weeks and no response in regards to being able to move our toons to a more populated server. This really saddens me . The last 2 nights on ROM, I have not done a darn thing.... Well SW last night, which we lost because we were extremely outnumbered. However it was a awesome fight and Kudos to Noctuserus!!

I am just putting in time here waiting on this response and hopefully will have it by August 28, otherwise I am out. I really don't want to leave ..... But I can't take this lack of game play anymore, it is driving me insane.

Please, please, please let us know asap, if this is just another pipe dream or can moving our toons to a different more populated server become a reality????

""Enquiring Minds Need to Know"