why so many servers?
usually there is one per region. why so many for new world? will I be able to migrate my characters to a different server?
Posted Sep 26, 2021, 1:24 PM UTC
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I hope this is helpful. You may not play a lot of MMO games, but you aren’t accurate that “usually” there is one server per region. I’ll try to explain!
Servers can only handle so many characters online at the same time. If a game is really popular, it physically needs more physical servers in the world to spread out the workload. Some games use tricks to make you think you’re on the same server as your friends when you aren’t, like SWTOR which switched to “mega-servers”. LOTRO used to have approx. 5-10 servers per region, but isn’t as popular now and shut down many servers and merged the players down to less. World of Warcraft used to have hundreds of servers, and even after closing many down, it still has dozens per region.
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thanks, I used to play TESO and I guess they just ran different servers without letting users know, sometimes I couldn't see my friends but when you travelled to them you could. I just wish this game handled this stuff better: finding a server that isn't full of people wasn't easy and me and my friends all needed to pick the same
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Yup, I 100% agree! It is one of the biggest things that can deter from the digital experience of an MMO.
Amazon Studios did this in one of two ways:
- They are new as an MMO maker and didn’t anticipate this problem. It seems probable and logical. However…
- I personally think they are smarter than that. Perhaps this is an example of a company who knows marketing and business exceptionally well using the principle of scarcity. It’s a gamble in the context of an MMO, but think about this. The general idea is for the average person, when they see a line out the door for a club, a movie, a roller coaster, a store or something… they go “wow that must be good because so many others like it, I want to try it… but I can’t because I can’t get in.” That psychology of “everyone wants what they can’t have.” Exclusivity. Facebook blew up at first because only college kids in Boston could use it, and people wished they could. Then they opened it up to all colleges and people went nuts. Then it opened further and further. I think Amazon is building hype with these server queues- everyone is talking about it and people are still playing it, sure some people are pissed but I’m not hearing about massive boycotts. Eventually they’ll prune low population servers and merge players like other games before them.
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Because it is a popular game.