nimronn
Loyal Freddie
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- Jul 25, 2004
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SERVER CLUSTERING
To alleviate the problem where lower population servers often do not have enough players logged in simultaneously to foster a stimulating RvR environment, we have developed server clustering. The intent of server clustering is to give players more friends and enemies in RvR, but not change the home server's community unless the players seek to do so.
Traveling to a Clustered Server
- In order to travel between servers, we have added new Channeler NPCs to each of the main cities. These NPCs are the "travel agents" for the realms, which will teleport players between servers in the cluster.
Camelot - Channeler Kho'unas
Jordheim - Channeler Jith
Tir na Nog - Channeler Galia
- (Catacombs Client) When a character zones into a new area on a clustered server, the server name is printed in the centre of the screen.
Character and Guild Names
- Names currently in existence are not guaranteed to be unique for players or guilds. New characters or guilds created are subject to name duplication restrictions, but existing names are unchanged.
- Newly created guilds are subject to emblem duplication restrictions. Existing guilds with duplicated guild emblems will not be changed.
- If you have two characters with the same name on the cluster, you communicate with them by appending the server name if they are not from your home server. For example: If you have Bob of Excalibur and Bob of Prydwen and you're from Excalibur, /send Bob or /send Bob-e will go to Bob of Excalibur, and /tell Bob-p will go to Bob of Prydwen.
- In all chat messages, if a player is from the same server as you, the text you see will remain unchanged. If they are from another server, their name will be printed as "Name-ServerName:" (the same format you would use to /send to them).
- In any shared region kill spam messages, the kill spam will always contain the server name information of the two players (e.g.: Bob-Excalibur was just killed by PlayerX-Prydwen).
- Names over the heads of players will display as "Player of Server" to players on other servers in the cluster. Players from your home server will display normally as they always have. Realm Enemies will display normally as they always have (Race and Realm Rank Title).
Zone Sharing
- Based on player feedback, only New Frontiers, the Battlegrounds, Darkness Falls, Passage of Conflict, Capital Cities and Summoner's Hall will be shared in the server cluster. Trials of Atlantis and Catacombs zones will not be shared. Clustered servers will maintain separate versions of all other zones, including Trials of Atlantis and Catacombs zones - players from other servers on the cluster can use the "travel agent" NPCs to migrate to another server, and then travel to that server's Trials of Atlantis or Catacombs zones.
Bind Points
- Bind points will be server dependent. For example: If you bind at Mag Mell on Excalibur, then go visit Prydwen and die, you will release to Mag Mell on Excalibur.
- Releasing to your house bind will teleport you to the server the house is located on.
Restrictions
- Characters will only be able to purchase lots on their home server.
- Characters will only be able to join guilds from their own server.
- Guilds will not be able to join in cross-server alliances on their server cluster.
- There is a timer in place to prevent cross-realming characters. After logging a character into one realm on the cluster, you will have to wait one hour (real world time) before being allowed to log into another realm on that same cluster.
thats what it says on the patch notes that im currently downloading now...
ive heard it isnt today but ive also read it is today - so dont know which to believe...can anyone tell me the truth?
thanks
To alleviate the problem where lower population servers often do not have enough players logged in simultaneously to foster a stimulating RvR environment, we have developed server clustering. The intent of server clustering is to give players more friends and enemies in RvR, but not change the home server's community unless the players seek to do so.
Traveling to a Clustered Server
- In order to travel between servers, we have added new Channeler NPCs to each of the main cities. These NPCs are the "travel agents" for the realms, which will teleport players between servers in the cluster.
Camelot - Channeler Kho'unas
Jordheim - Channeler Jith
Tir na Nog - Channeler Galia
- (Catacombs Client) When a character zones into a new area on a clustered server, the server name is printed in the centre of the screen.
Character and Guild Names
- Names currently in existence are not guaranteed to be unique for players or guilds. New characters or guilds created are subject to name duplication restrictions, but existing names are unchanged.
- Newly created guilds are subject to emblem duplication restrictions. Existing guilds with duplicated guild emblems will not be changed.
- If you have two characters with the same name on the cluster, you communicate with them by appending the server name if they are not from your home server. For example: If you have Bob of Excalibur and Bob of Prydwen and you're from Excalibur, /send Bob or /send Bob-e will go to Bob of Excalibur, and /tell Bob-p will go to Bob of Prydwen.
- In all chat messages, if a player is from the same server as you, the text you see will remain unchanged. If they are from another server, their name will be printed as "Name-ServerName:" (the same format you would use to /send to them).
- In any shared region kill spam messages, the kill spam will always contain the server name information of the two players (e.g.: Bob-Excalibur was just killed by PlayerX-Prydwen).
- Names over the heads of players will display as "Player of Server" to players on other servers in the cluster. Players from your home server will display normally as they always have. Realm Enemies will display normally as they always have (Race and Realm Rank Title).
Zone Sharing
- Based on player feedback, only New Frontiers, the Battlegrounds, Darkness Falls, Passage of Conflict, Capital Cities and Summoner's Hall will be shared in the server cluster. Trials of Atlantis and Catacombs zones will not be shared. Clustered servers will maintain separate versions of all other zones, including Trials of Atlantis and Catacombs zones - players from other servers on the cluster can use the "travel agent" NPCs to migrate to another server, and then travel to that server's Trials of Atlantis or Catacombs zones.
Bind Points
- Bind points will be server dependent. For example: If you bind at Mag Mell on Excalibur, then go visit Prydwen and die, you will release to Mag Mell on Excalibur.
- Releasing to your house bind will teleport you to the server the house is located on.
Restrictions
- Characters will only be able to purchase lots on their home server.
- Characters will only be able to join guilds from their own server.
- Guilds will not be able to join in cross-server alliances on their server cluster.
- There is a timer in place to prevent cross-realming characters. After logging a character into one realm on the cluster, you will have to wait one hour (real world time) before being allowed to log into another realm on that same cluster.
thats what it says on the patch notes that im currently downloading now...
ive heard it isnt today but ive also read it is today - so dont know which to believe...can anyone tell me the truth?
thanks
