Disney Trash's Servers...

[Chimera Doll]

I do not like this change at all.
On every server today I have seen a lot of other pirates, although it is considered quiet.
I enjoy being by myself mostly and now I find I can't do that. Now I can't avoid rep stealers and rude people.
I would be okay if they took some servers away, but I think they need to add a few back if it would make a difference.

[JM Ohara]

It's not so much change in general. It's that it's not what some of us have been waiting for forever and a day. Most of us are still just waiting for a story chapter. Also, if you've never been in a guild with a home server, I can't explain how much like home it gets to feel like after months of playing on it.

[JM Ohara]

TY Chimera, you hit it on the head. There's no real quiet now.

[Slouyx]

It's not hard for me to find peace and quiet. Even since they removed the servers, I still find myself on a nice, quiet server. Even though now there isn't many ways to avoid other players, I now find it interesting to help a newer player. Usually, when I was on very quiet servers, I would just ignore a player asking for help. But since now we're going to be on the same servers anyway, I would just help them. Even right now, I'm on a quiet server. I still don't really see a problem with Disney removing some servers.
Edit: Yes, I have been in a guild with a home server, and I'm in one now.

[JM Ohara]

Well, I guess some people are lucky lol. I can't find a true quiet server for the life of me. BTW for all of us ticked about the server removals, last year Pixie Hollow slashed their servers too. They got such an enormous backlash over it they were back within weeks.

[Chimera Doll]

Aye, I can't find a good quiet server either!
Especially for Raven's Cove lol, :P

[Slouyx]

I wouldn't want to have a giant backlash against Disney for removing servers. They were just cleaning up the game. It probably makes updating the game a lot smoother for them.

[JM Ohara]

I believe they are already getting a huge fight about this. The thing is, POTCO is a game, its a product. Its purpose is to make the customer happy. Clearly this isn't. From a business standpoint this was a very bad idea.

[Captain Del]

What Slou and I are trying to say is.. is there really a reason to fret over this?

I myself prefer quiet servers. Do you see my throwing a fit about this? Well, no. And why is this?

Because, believe it or not, there are still plenty of empty servers, even on Ravens Cove, on a Saturday, in the afternoon, a few days after it's released. My proof? I'm standing on it as I post this. There are empty servers out there - just requires a little elbow grease.

I will say it again. Understand, this update is fresh and new. Of course all the servers are gonna be packed. But, give it a week or two, and then go to a quiet server, and see what you find.

And, let me ask all of you this. Are you posting against this because you have a real hate against this, whether your gaming is lagging more, or whatever - or did your favorite server get removed? I'm not necessarily saying that the later is the case for everybody here, but there's no doubt in my mind that's the reason for a few.

[JM Ohara]

Actually, I'm just trying to explain why it is some of us would rather not see other players in game. Yeah, I suppose if you server hop constantly you could find an actual quiet server. I'm saying I preferred when they were easy to find, and you actually didn't run into other people.

[Captain Del]

Originally Posted by JM Ohara

Actually, I'm just trying to explain why it is some of us would rather not see other players in game. Yeah, I suppose if you server hop constantly you could find an actual quiet server. I'm saying I preferred when they were easy to find, and you actually didn't run into other people.

That's the thing. I didn't have to. I was at a server, some people came and destroyed the enemies I was attacking, so I moved to the next one - still nice and empty.

[JM Ohara]

Originally Posted by Captain Del

That's the thing. I didn't have to. I was at a server, some people came and destroyed the enemies I was attacking, so I moved to the next one - still nice and empty.

Yeah but my point is it's not that easy for some of us. Personally, in game, I have awful luck with servers thanks.

[ex8404]

Originally Posted by JM Ohara

Actually, I'm just trying to explain why it is some of us would rather not see other players in game. ... I'm saying I preferred when they were easy to find, and you actually didn't run into other people.

And therein lies the problem. In my opinion, your request isn't really a reasonable one. There is no way in the world that Disney will keep servers open so pirates can have their own private little islands. Period.

There are no "guild servers" and to say that cutting costs is a bad business move doesn't take into consideration that business is bad right now. But like so many other online games, the option to lease a server isn't a bad one. That way a guild could really have their own little sandbox to play in.

Slouyx and Del are right. This really is non-issue. I just logged off. Out of 57 servers, 23 were ideal and none were full. That leaves 24 basically empty servers. 2 1/2 years ago, half the servers wouldn't be empty. Ever. Business is a little slow right now and keeping dead servers open and paying for the maintenance and electricity and upgrades makes less sense.

But look at it this way. Faster, more streamlined updates are a real possibility, aren't they? Not to mention the loading times...

[Chimera Doll]

It is an issue though....
But yes, I am glad pirates can load faster. That's great!

I hope they bring them back in the future for I liked it when some servers were really quiet.

[MacIronhawk]

If the reduction in servers means more money to spend on game content work, then I'm perfectly fine with that, but only IF that's what they're doing. Of course there's no way of knowing what they're doing with the extra money since they don't have to maintain those servers; we can only guess, really.