So im reading up on SOE's progression server

[oldhead]

Well the server went live a bit ago. I got on and reserved a few names. Most of the common names were being snatched up quickly. I logged off for a moment and can not get back on.

There were multiple copies of newbie chat rooms with 200 players in each.


Think im done for today. It should be great advertisement for this emu server.

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by Itchybottom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sony runs on Oracle. More-over, they mirror then snowball a base dataset for an entire group of servers in the same geographic location. Sony has always looked forwards, not backwards -- so there has never been a reason to isolate a single server or even add that type of functionality. Bloom filtering on their database is also enabled, so by that merit alone they have some neat optimizations in there that EQEMU won't have until someone moves it to Postgres (MySQL sucks, and it loses data.)

They also don't have data past 3 years old as policy. There have been too many changes, and its not mission critical to keep revisions with non-compatible databases and legacy features that aren't in your game anymore. They're running a business, not a hobby.

There's no reason to isolate a server or even add that type of functionality? Yet, this is the second time they've needed it.

Fail argument is fail.

[Omnimorph]

Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There's no reason to isolate a server or even add that type of functionality? Yet, this is the second time they've needed it.

Fail argument is fail.

Should really stop trying to apply logic to SoE, I mean the fact fippy was overloaded within a few minutes of being opened, and chatrooms flooded with a bunch of people unable to log in shows that SoE clearly have no idea what they're doing.

[guineapig]

Watch the end of this video for an idea of what the new server is like. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJrIqdikFnw


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[Lill-Leif]

Originally Posted by Omnimorph [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Should really stop trying to apply logic to SoE, I mean the fact fippy was overloaded within a few minutes of being opened, and chatrooms flooded with a bunch of people unable to log in shows that SoE clearly have no idea what they're doing.

Actually that shows SOE knows exactly what they are doing since the server obviously attracts a bunch of players?

[Omnimorph]

Practically any new server will have decent amount of interest from players, because alot of people still love EQ.

[Erasong]

Originally Posted by Omnimorph [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Practically any new server will have decent amount of interest from players, because alot of people still love EQ.

and thats the important part. we all still love EQ in its many forms.

[ooantipostoo]

Originally Posted by Lill-Leif [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Actually that shows SOE knows exactly what they are doing since the server obviously attracts a bunch of players?

It attracts new players because they offered 1 free month to every single EQ account out there which is millions id guess. So that being said Id really like to see how they are doing once a month or 2 passes by. This is the only reason why the server is crowded.

[eqdruid76]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So make a copy of the NPC, make the changes.. restrict it from spawning on normal servers and only spawn on the progression server.

Devs at SoE are retarded. But whatevs, they're incompetance results in our success.

Yep.

[Rogean]

Originally Posted by eqdruid76 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yep.

Oh damn, I got called out.