Disney Trash's Servers...

[MacIronhawk]

Let's look at this from a logical stand point, for anyone saying the loading times are faster.

They've cut back on servers, meaning at least half of the servers are gone. They've also released the Raven's Cove quest, and added in new quest features, which drags the server loading down, because one person may be able to see Senor Clucks as the chicken, or as the ghost. That's some work on the server to be done.

Now, we also have to think, players have been condensed into a smaller area, meaning there's more players per server now than there was before the update.

Loading times aren't faster. I've noticed them to be slower by about 20 seconds on my computer. Loading was lightning fast before the update, but my loading speed went way down, almost scary low.

[Tiberius Fireskull]

^ Exactly! Since the fishing update, I noticed a slight decrease in my game performance. Once this came out, BOOM. Lag lag lag lag lag lag lag. Lag and loading screens that take at least twice as long as they used to. It started when the fishing update happened, so I'm almost positive it isn't my computer. If Disney thought cutting back servers would help increase lag, it isnt...

[Dog Firestack]

Maybe they're trying to get a dev or two to help with the development with the game instead of server maintenance.

[Slouyx]

I am not getting any decreased performance from the game. I rarely get lag on this game, and from what I've seen fishing and recent updates have done nothing to decrease game performance for me. I doubt removing servers had anything to do with decrease in game performance.

[stpehen]

raven's cove has made everything glitched. i don't get any rare weapon drops... blade storm is glitched...so many glitches.

[Chimera Doll]

Originally Posted by stpehen

raven's cove has made everything glitched. i don't get any rare weapon drops... blade storm is glitched...so many glitches.

Aye, agreed with the glitches.
I was just walking along on Raven's Cove and bam...I am now under Raven's Cove.

Also, I agree with ya, Mac!

[Tiberius Fireskull]

^ Agreed. I really hope that this game doesn't go under. If it does, I don't know what I will do. I have played this game since November of '07, and I have become attached to it. I almost feel as if I "own" the game, for lack of a better word. Not own as in "GET OUT OF HERE! THIS IS MY GAME!" I mean own as if this game is a big part of me, and that I know the game inside and out. I really hope this game stays for a long while...

[Dog Firestack]

They have population spikes because of Raven's Cove, in a week or two the population will go down.

[Sven Ironwalker]

Wow you guys are harsh. My take on it is that you cant really guess as to why they took the servers down but it does not mean that the game is going under. Based on other posts made in the forum it does not look like Disney has completely given up on things.

As a person that specializes in marketing technology such as this and having years of experience in it I can honestly say that the marketing of POTC is not what it should be and there is a lot of untapped potential. I hope that they do recognize this at some point. They seem to be totally lost when it comes to marketing online games however because of the way the corporate structure of Disney appears to work some of the issues kind of makes sense to me.

[Igor Greybeard]

Igor think Disney go GREEN Igor say now half the servers half the electric for use and cooling. Igor it is just the way it is.






Igor digs a hole and plants a tree... Igor can find treasure later now

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Here is the reply I got from Disney.

Ahoy _____,

Thank you for contacting Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

The issue you are experiencing is only intermittent. When we release an update or have a site maintenance, we schedule it during off hours, usually between 12:00 AM and 3:00 AM PST. We work very hard to keep the servers up outside of these maintenance hours. However, sometimes unforeseen events force them to shut down at other times. In most cases, the servers will restart themselves within a few moments.

We apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused you while the Pirates Online servers were down, and hope to see you in the Caribbean again soon!

_____
Pirates of the Caribbean Online Member Services


I don't think that the person who replied exactly understood my question, however I am glad they answered. I think this person thought I meant the servers were down, not completely gone. Maybe later I will send another email with slightly different wording, but not now...

And SOS, where there really 100 servers? I always thought forty or so....

[Nate Swordwalker]

I thought there were only around 40 as well... O_o Maybe he meant TT. I know they have quite a lot.

[Sven Osymthe]

Originally Posted by Davy Fireskull

And SOS, where there really 100 servers? I always thought forty or so....

Originally Posted by Nate Swordwalker

I thought there were only around 40 as well... O_o Maybe he meant TT. I know they have quite a lot.

Go edit your profile, below your character stats you can see a "Favorite Server" area. Every server that's been in the game (possibly less than the actual total, I know a few were missing at various times) is listed there, and if you count it up, there's well over 40. Even count the servers currently in the game, there's still more than 40 servers. Just to add, I could have counted wrong, but you get the point.

I guess that really shows there were too many servers.

[christopher cannonskull]

This is stupid they should keep the servers so ppl like me who laga alot can play the game lag free

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

More importantly, why haven't they taken servers from toontown? There's one of two things happening right now to explain why.

Either POTCO has lost so much money that they've had to throw out servers to save money, or... wait a second, that's the only reason!

Toontown has millions of players, around 50, and while not all of them are active, that's a lot of players for a game not as popular as WOW. If the toontown developers keep up the good work, they'll have no problems keeping the game alive.

POTCO is losing money, let's face it. How many people are upset that lag has increased because of the reduction of servers? Me!!!!! Dang it, now my graphics are down to medium because of the high amount of players. I WANTED the quiet servers more than anything, and they trashed them!

Disney, get off your lazy butts, and give the POTCO developers ten million dollars for development. Cry all you want, but when they start making billions from a single game, because they have 200,000,000 players, you'll be glad you spent that money on game development.

Disney is the laziest, most undedicated company when it comes to video games. Epic mickey is one of the ONLY good games that they look like they're working on, and that's only the developers hard work, not the big CEO and bosses.

This is the WORST thing they've done since I joined in beta 2. First they lowered the graphics, took away holes in sails, and now this! The people holding the developers back NEED to be fired IMMEDIATELY. There is NO excuse for server reduction, EVER,.

Well the holes in the sails were casuing extreme lag and so were some of the other old graphics its better they removed them but look at all the great things they've did and compare that to the bad ( the good far outweighs the bad )

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Christopher... holes in sails didn't cause a huge amount of lag as far as I know. I haven't had any significant lag ever in the game, until the fishing update, long after holes in the sails were removed. Its not better that they removed them, however I do agree that the good outweighs the bad. We should be grateful for what we have. I for one, am hardly ever mad about what we don't have, however I do get upset when they take something away.