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Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 3:02pm

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Quoted from "Zerienga"

Hmm... I saw this brought up on IRC, but what happens if there's more than one person with the same name being merged into a server (and the server host has the name available).

Answers can be found here for now: Server Merge Specifics

Specific answer to your question (again, for now):

Q1: What happens with characters with the same name?
When two characters coming together have the same name, the one from the target server will keep it, while the one being merged into it will have to be renamed. We will mark those characters, and when the account is logged in a character rename window will appear.

Note that "for now" means that some of the specifics are being reviewed for clarification and possible expansion. More information is likely to be available later.
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Thursday, April 2nd 2015, 7:28pm

Future server merge plans

Some changes to the problems regarding char and guild names - and also the date for the Thalia merges has been finalized.

It's only ~2 weeks away with April 14th!

Details? See my link above :)

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Wednesday, April 15th 2015, 3:35am

Turns out this thread is still open so I'll just post it up here

Characters and guilds that had their names the longest were supposed to retain them, I made my au characters long after my artemis chars and I have to rename my artemis ones... WHY?

Also Anzacs on Artemis were around a damned lot longer than thalia, why do we have to rename?

Grats on screwing up the dates somehow

Cheers

Edit, apparently it was highest levels that got to retain names, unfort i didn't keep up to date with the rules of merging, damn :(
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Wednesday, April 15th 2015, 4:19am

Chars: Highest level on any (one) class goes first, then total playtime. (=> both toons have one class capped, the char that was played more wins and keeps the name. One could powergrind a fresh toon to 90 but you can't powerlevel the playtime counter to overcome someone who has been actively playing for years on that toon)
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For characters, if you own BOTH characters that were affected and rather have your Artemis chars keep "your" name instead of your AU chars, open a ticket and we can try to get it solved.

Also, here's a short writeup of the current state after the merge - some minor problems occured, and 2 confusing things that will probably come up again and again for a while => Thalia merge - Issues FAQ

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Wednesday, April 15th 2015, 4:28am

Ahh so it was age but because I played on Thalia longer that's why they trumphed, thanks for that, I've renamed the guild n chars now xD
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Thursday, April 16th 2015, 10:16pm

No one has said it yet but honestly Congratulations are in order for Gameforge, Not only have they achieved the impossible (refer to old posting from years ago when the offical answer was "Sever merge is not possible /Thread closed"

But from what I have seen its all gone rather smoothly. Not sure if i will return to playing the way i was years ago but its nice to log in and see people on the server instead of wandering alone or seeing 5-6 people in the trade channels.

So a big thank you to the guys and girls that made the impossible possible and did so without a hitch :thumbup:

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Friday, April 17th 2015, 1:47am

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No one has said it yet but honestly Congratulations are in order for Gameforge, Not only have they achieved the impossible (refer to old posting from years ago when the offical answer was "Sever merge is not possible /Thread closed"

But from what I have seen its all gone rather smoothly. Not sure if i will return to playing the way i was years ago but its nice to log in and see people on the server instead of wandering alone or seeing 5-6 people in the trade channels.

So a big thank you to the guys and girls that made the impossible possible and did so without a hitch :thumbup:


In all fairness the people that said it was impossible had no idea what they were talking about OR they just straight up lied because they knew it was possible (Other games had done it already.. lol) and didn't want to deal with the discussion.

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Friday, April 17th 2015, 2:17am

I wouldn't applaud them just yet. The 10 actual active accounts on Thalia vs the 100's that are on the US servers. I'll applaud them when they successfully do the others without screwing it up in some way.
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Friday, April 17th 2015, 4:17pm

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I wouldn't applaud them just yet. The 10 actual active accounts on Thalia vs the 100's that are on the US servers. I'll applaud them when they successfully do the others without screwing it up in some way.

But it's good practice, I think applause, or at least a 'good job!' is in order

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Friday, April 17th 2015, 8:10pm

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In all fairness the people that said it was impossible had no idea what they were talking about OR they just straight up lied because they knew it was possible (Other games had done it already.. lol) and didn't want to deal with the discussion.

We passed along the information that we were given by Those Who Actually Run Things Around Here. Kindly remember that the GMs do not program this game and that we are dependent on information handed down by Gameforge and, through them, from Runewaker.


To be honest, I have to say that I cannot be certain if the then-available RW tools allowed for server and database mergers. It just might not have been possible at the time. That's likely the case, whether or not you want to admit it.

But whatever tools that are available now do allow such merging, though, as I understand things, merging Thalia with Artemis posed its own special problems that should not be there with the other upcoming mergers. Caveat: we will have to wait and see.
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Friday, April 17th 2015, 8:34pm

So if Im correct thailia is merged now so when is the next one coming? also I vote for a totally new server name cuz artimus sounds weird its why I didn't pick that server for my first toon.


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Friday, April 17th 2015, 9:52pm

Whoo! You just insulted a Greek goddess ;p lmao. And ash, me and rusty vote for Piggo and Rat ;) lol
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Saturday, April 18th 2015, 3:00am

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So if Im correct thailia is merged now so when is the next one coming? also I vote for a totally new server name cuz artimus sounds weird its why I didn't pick that server for my first toon.
so is the name Asphodelix, but we will let you join us anyways.

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Saturday, April 18th 2015, 6:53am

I had to reply just to LOL

good answer there Drakka!
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Tuesday, April 28th 2015, 10:38pm

Without tying GF down to "carved in stone" information-

1. Is there a "probable" date for the next merger?
2. Will all those accounts moving to Govinda be moved at once, or one server at a time? One at a time would take longer, but probably would be more manageable.
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Thursday, April 30th 2015, 8:04pm

The name was from when I first played an rpg called runescape. I was going to name it Asphodel After the greek fields of asphodel but the name was taken so I added an ix and thus Asphodelix was born. You see that name on the internet its prolly me. Also its more of a normal name than Drakkarsdad soo yea I win :P.

It will NOT be named rat or pig or whatever zeri.


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Friday, May 1st 2015, 1:15am

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The name was from when I first played an rpg called runescape. I was going to name it Asphodel After the greek fields of asphodel but the name was taken so I added an ix and thus Asphodelix was born. You see that name on the internet its prolly me. Also its more of a normal name than Drakkarsdad soo yea I win :P.

It will NOT be named rat or pig or whatever zeri.

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Friday, May 1st 2015, 1:19am

Oi, children, stop fighting over who has a more normal name. :P I pulled mine out of an imaginery hat and stuck with it. :thumbsup: It did some magic and just popped out of nowhere.
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Friday, May 1st 2015, 1:51pm

One thing still to do

I agree congratulations are due. From a technical standpoint I have encountered no dramas :thumbsup: . However, at the risk of being negative, one billing issue has bitten me. The fastcard diamond cards on sale in Australia can no longer be redeemed. Having brought some last week I was disappointed to find nowhere to redeem them on the website. I lodged a support note with the billing team and have received the reply "unfortunately Fastcard payment method isn't available for your country" and no further replies to multiple follow up messages. Why are they still on sale if they cannot be used? It has taken the gloss off the merger for me ;( .
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Sunday, May 24th 2015, 7:47pm

Rant About Merging Pvp Into Pve!!!!

OMG!!!! why in the @^#$%^#$*@*@ would gameforge even consider merging pvp servers into pve and doing away with PVP on those servers???? it makes NO sense when there are two PVP servers that could be merged together to PRESERVE the pvp for all of us on Indigo that have put YEARS and Lots of cash into our PVP gear and such. Many people play ROM specifically for the pvp system and being a player since CLOSED BETA i will go out on a limb here and predict that if PVP is lost on Indigo, the server will lose MORE members. they will simply move to Grimdal...the only remaining pvp server.
Just my 2 cents....why get rid of pvp when you dont HAVE to..it makes No logical sense at all.
i am VERY disappointed that my pvp built warrior/rogue will have to be totally rebuilt.
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