Cities And Housing Archive
Thread: In regards to server and housing
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Slapor
Wed May 04, 2005 10:28 am
#1
Hello all, I have been on and off this game since beta and have returned to try out the new patch. This isn't a post about the patch or the new mechanics of the game, but instead about server population and housing. From what I have noticed since my return, there are a lot of shops and homes that are empty and seem to have not been in use for sometime. I think there should be a server wide reset of some sort for these types of homes. For instance, if a home has not been in use for the past month or so, the house is automatically redeeded into the players inventory. This can also be applied to harvesters and the such. Along the lines of this form of a reset, I also believe that the 20 servers that are up and running is currently far to much for the overall population of this game. I think if we consolidate the servers into 10 or so, by combining two server populations together by having one of the servers automatically transfer all players to the other server and allow for redeeding of all their assets that this can be accoplished. It will be as if the server started anew, but people have all their items, xp, and homes. I know it can be done for I have seen many other mmos do the same type of thing. It gets tiring trying to find a weapon vendor or an armor vendor and going to 8 different shops that are completely empty of items but are still listed on the map. I will also repost this on a few other forums to see if anyone else agrees with me and maybe catch the attention of the developers. Any other suggestions in regards to this would be most appreciated and helpful. Thanks for the time and see you online!
Factol_Pentar
Sat May 07, 2005 12:14 am
#2
While I may agree with you that some of the clean up needs to happen, my house sat for 6 mo before I just returned to check out the CU.
While others may still be trying to decide to come back, ridding the houses now could have disasterous issues.
Shinyu
Sat May 07, 2005 4:48 am
#3
I hold to my opinion that people who have not paid to play the game in months should not have their houses sitting on a server taking up space and resources (I PERSONALLY have to wait for a house to load of someone who has not PAID TO PLAY in over a year, is that fair?) While I do understand people who have left for months at a time and then come back to "try" the game again, it's just plain not fair to others who have had a more dedicated record with the game. I can't wait for some kind of "cleanup," though I don't see it coming anytime soon, if at all.....
CaptainStormy
Sat May 07, 2005 10:12 am
#4
but what about people like me, who play daily, and have paid for a year at a time, but dont go to our houses much?
I have a house in the middle of tatooine that I havent been to for probly 4 months now, why should it be redeeded? I still play the game.
I have a house in the middle of tatooine that I havent been to for probly 4 months now, why should it be redeeded? I still play the game.
Shinyu
Sun May 08, 2005 8:49 am
#5
but what about people like me, who play daily, and have paid for a year at a time, but dont go to our houses much?
I have a house in the middle of tatooine that I havent been to for probly 4 months now, why should it be redeeded? I still play the game.
I have a house in the middle of tatooine that I havent been to for probly 4 months now, why should it be redeeded? I still play the game.
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I don't think this is what anyone is trying to say. You have paid to play, you have every right to have your house wherever you want, regardless of if you use it or not. We're talking about the people who no longer play, and haven't done so in months or even years in some cases. Those are the people that should have their houses taken down to make way for future building by new players and citizens, etc..
Rapidwolf
Mon May 09, 2005 6:24 am
#6
I completely agree at the moment it looks rediculous, follow this story:
Driving out of town, you pass out of the city walls, hoping to explore the countryside, you go over the hill 1km from the city and GASP. Millions of houses like a wall round the city!
This is just plain ridiulous!
Roemek
Tue May 10, 2005 11:35 am
#7
I agree there should be a standard cleanup method. Maybe after 3 months of being condemned it is destroyed or re-deeded.
And before I get grief from people complaining about homes being destroyed I would like to note one thing. I have been playing since original beta. I havent played this game strait, I've had times when I was away from months at a time.
I have lost a Large house / Small House / PA Hall / Food Factory /Heavy Moisture harvestor / and a couple other misc harvesters that i cant remember size when I was away. And EVERYTHING inside of them.
Then one time I come back and find that no longer are buildings and property being destroyed? Where is my reimbursement? Ya I dont get anything. But thats no big deal, I never even complained because I knew that would happen if I was away.
Now I'm not saying going back to that way is the best choice, BUT atm it is to severe in opposite, there needs to be a happy middleground.
I am all for property re-deeding into inventory, people can re deed a home or harvester and it still has the furnature or items in it when the re-deed i dont see a problem with that method.
As it stands I think its retarded to go to a player city and find that there is 2 active players with 75 registered residents ....... Where I cant move into town because the city is max size but no room for buildings. But only a hand full of active players.
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