Sharding

Domora Profile Options #11

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jessetrev0r on 2012-02-07 23:14:09 UTC
after about lvl 40 or so there arent any iirc.

As Jessetrevor said, the channels are pretty much gone after 40. Prior to then, there's going to be a lot of people. I wouldn't be surprised if the main zones (cities) are also channeled just to reduce the amount of people in one area. I know come Friday we'll all be glad that there are channels.
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Im never pro sharding in main citys under ANY situation. Why do i want the mmo community sharded out ? Id rather us all be togather and being able to interact without having the shards spliting ppl up.yes it helps preformance blah blah but it also killes immersion and player to player interaction .
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The biggest problem with sharding is that quickly after launch there is very little reason to have shards rolled out. Unfortunately most back-end design teams go with shards because it requires very little extra changes between each zone. What this means is that as more and more people spread out, they can roll back the number of shards in those starting zones and have the same performance.

As much as I disagree with the usage of shards, I agree that on launch the initial starting zones are probably better off with it. It's a tactical decision by the team.
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kayfed29 on 2012-02-07 23:40:27 UTC
Im never pro sharding in main citys under ANY situation. Why do i want the mmo community sharded out ? Id rather us all be togather and being able to interact without having the shards spliting ppl up.yes it helps preformance blah blah but it also killes immersion and player to player interaction .


Guess you never did AQ opening event. Thousand+ in one area = unplayable.
You kill immersion and player to player interaction when you can't fricken move.
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I would just like to drop in and say the first time I experienced channels I was like THIS IS AMAZING!!! YOU MEAN I DONT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 50 PEOPLE TO CLEAR OUT OF THIS AREA SO I CAN FINISH MY KILL 10 QUEST?! YES!!!

So, I still support them.
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Lady.Amalthia Lvl.25
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ya, i like channels. they are helpful, sorry if u like waiting around and taking forever to do a one or two quests because people keep stealing my mobs and quest items. i sure dont enjoy that, i dont see how anybody could tbh..
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I acctualy was at the opening of AQ 40 "played wow for 8 years" and having thousands of ppl in one spot WAS epic!!!!! sharding would of killed that for shur. and to Skan yah you didnt have to compeat for a mob...kind of pointless in a gamge calleda mmo dont yah think .=P
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Skan on 2012-02-07 23:47:59 UTC
I would just like to drop in and say the first time I experienced channels I was like THIS IS AMAZING!!! YOU MEAN I DONT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 50 PEOPLE TO CLEAR OUT OF THIS AREA SO I CAN FINISH MY KILL 10 QUEST?! YES!!!

So, I still support them.


My thoughts exactly. First time I ran into channels I fell in love, but I'd like that to be kept to lower lvl OR just the high pop areas. I am glad to hear there's gonna be channels (as far as I know, unless it's changed) b/c Launch will be so messy when a TON of ppl log in for the first time to do all the lowbie quests! All I can think is LAAAGGG and OMG a mob! ...nvm.