Are the rest of the Cryptic games undergoing a similar magnitude change? (The long-sought transformation from individual shards to the Megazord, I mean, mega-shard.)?
The rest of the Cryptic stable of games (STO and CO) are already in this configuration. It was intended from the start to bring Neverwinter into a single shard setup.
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Funny thing is abell....Most people already know about how Perfect World does things with there games and yes i know they are complicated as I am a computer programmer and repair technician and have been for 15 years so yes i know they are complicated but a good programmer usually can foresee what will happen or not happen. Also if you read the post properly i was not knocking on the devs as you put it. Simply stating facts and said i hope it doesn't happen and the game be down for days is all.
If they make something idiot proof. They will come out with better idiots
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aesculaepiusMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 70Arc User
edited October 2013
They announced this weeks in advance, and they said what was going to happen. The Foundry is an integral part of how Neverwinter works. So, too, is the Gateway. The systems are all interlinked, and there's no reason - or feasible way for that matter - to have the ancillary services up while the game is down. For the technical people, this is a massive SQL Server merge, no doubt, of all of the records. The game has to incorporate three databases into one, and then those instances (once merged and verified) need to be reallocated to support the new, single shard. The fact that this is only taking six hours is rather impressive. Would I like to see all of the other bugs fixed? Yes. But this is about merging the various servers into one; nothing more and nothing less than that, really. And for all the talk about the devs, it's important to note that there are many people who do not code that put effort into the game, like the artists and designers who make things pretty. Now...when a cleric can again turn undead, the world will be a better place.
I am excited about the merge, but i'm also afraid of the possible bugs from it. Like characters/guilds/items being lost in the transfer. Hope it all goes smooth.
As announced on our blog post, the upgrades are happening next Tuesday, October 8th, starting at 8pm PDT (Pacific). The estimated downtime will be 6 hours.
Thanks so much for understanding. We'll have more information as we near our maintenance period, but this is just a week-long heads up so you can prepare (auctions, Celestial Coins, etc.!). For now, please feel free to read our extended FAQ regarding shards.
Cheers,
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Why in the hell wasn't in the NEWS section on the launcher the last 7 days ???!?!?!?
I only go to the forums when the game doesn't work ... I have been relying on the news section of the launcher for "important" things ... And of course I was working all day, so I never even saw the red message there either .. but if they had put a news listing yesterday regarding it at the very least I could've cancelled my ongoing auctions, etc ...
I don't even see why they need to end the auctions for this ..
What will happen to active auctions during the shard merge?
All auctions will be automatically expired during the shard merge. If you have a pending auction it will either go to the highest bidder at the time of the merge, or be sent back to you as unpurchased if no bids have been made.
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I am anticipating this union of shards for a long time, but annoncement in the launcher should have been done anyway
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gerbilswrathMember, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild UsersPosts: 1Arc User
edited October 2013
Just wanted to say something. Does this server merge mean that Neverwinter is failing and its loosing players? I personally enjoy the game so far even tho I've only been playing for about a week now. I invested 50 bucks into it after I hit level 20 and so far I like the game. I really hope that its not failing. Thanks.
Just wanted to say something. Does this server merge mean that Neverwinter is failing and its loosing players? I personally enjoy the game so far even tho I've only been playing for about a week now. I invested 50 bucks into it after I hit level 20 and so far I like the game. I really hope that its not failing. Thanks.
No.
Due to how much interest they had a launch, they did three servers, but the goal has always been to consolidate them to one when they knew they tech/software could handle everyone on a single shard.
Cryptic prefers to run single shards for their games - STO and Champions are both that way, as I recall.
Single server economy is great for the player base. Just wait till guild housing is released, millions upon millions to be made. This merge is a great thing for everyone.
nwnghostMember, Moderators, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild UsersPosts: 0Arc User
edited October 2013
My internet connection is up and running just fine, but since the merge, being in Protector's Enclave causes massive ping spikes as per netgraph and I constantly get "Server not responding" and extreme rubberbanding
Since the patch it's usually terribly lagging for me and long lasting "server not responding" error before disconnects. So since the patch I can only play early in the morning. Will be there an other patch to fix that?
My other problem is that my launcher is german now... What happened?
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The rest of the Cryptic stable of games (STO and CO) are already in this configuration. It was intended from the start to bring Neverwinter into a single shard setup.
Great Weapon Fighter: Because when is today not a good day to die?
PC and PS4 player. Proud Guildmaster for PS4 Team Fencebane. Rank 5 Officer for PC Team Fencebane. Visit us at http://fencebane.shivtr.com
oo yes, forgot to clean out my guildbank
Why in the hell wasn't in the NEWS section on the launcher the last 7 days ???!?!?!?
I don't even see why they need to end the auctions for this ..
Great Weapon Fighter: Because when is today not a good day to die?
PC and PS4 player. Proud Guildmaster for PS4 Team Fencebane. Rank 5 Officer for PC Team Fencebane. Visit us at http://fencebane.shivtr.com
No.
Due to how much interest they had a launch, they did three servers, but the goal has always been to consolidate them to one when they knew they tech/software could handle everyone on a single shard.
Cryptic prefers to run single shards for their games - STO and Champions are both that way, as I recall.
On to a different note, the server keeps disconnecting for me since server merge. Was this an anticipated problem?
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Krass Mustang
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My other problem is that my launcher is german now... What happened?