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Auraya 
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Joined: 17 Nov 2011
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 Posted: 20 Nov 2011 at 21:33 |
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If/when new continents arrive, will all players have to start from scratch if they wanted to play or will there be an option to move current cities over? Or will it depends upon the amount of players on our current continent, Elgea?
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Celebcalen
Forum Warrior
Joined: 18 May 2011
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Points: 288 |
Posted: 20 Nov 2011 at 22:01 |
 Auraya wrote:
If/when new continents arrive, will all players have to start from scratch if they wanted to play or will there be an option to move current cities over? Or will it depends upon the amount of players on our current continent, Elgea? |
No we will all be moved with existing data which means that we will not be starting from scratch. I should add that there are no new continents planned for this move. It is just a move of existing data to bigger,faster server.
GM Thundercat wrote:
We're going to *MOVE* all the players and data from uk1 onto this new server
Please carefully note the word "move". This is not "Server 2", or a new landmass - it's the identical server with the same people on it doing the same things, but just on a bigger box. |
Edited by Celebcalen - 20 Nov 2011 at 22:12
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Auraya
Postmaster
Joined: 17 Nov 2011
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Posted: 20 Nov 2011 at 22:35 |
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Yes, I realise that Calen.. when new
continents arrive, if we want to play on them I would like to know if I will have to start a new account or if I will be able to transfer my current cities. Some games allow existing players to transfer to new servers if one is overcrowded. Others do not.
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Rill
Postmaster General
Player Council - Geographer
Joined: 17 Jun 2011
Location: California
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Posted: 20 Nov 2011 at 22:58 |
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New continents are still in that nebulous timeframe known as "soon(tm)" or possibly "someday." I doubt there are answers to this sort of question until there are firm plans for a launch.
Edited by Rill - 20 Nov 2011 at 22:59
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Klandor
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 Feb 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Points: 50 |
Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 00:12 |
Actually, I think it will happen slightly differently.
If a new continent opens up, new players will be placed there. At some point in time, maybe with the opening, maybe a little before, existing players may be able to research a new skill, something like Long Distance Sea Navigation...
Then existing players can send ships across the open ocean to the new continent, where they can found new cities somewhere near the shore that they land on. From there, they can spread out as they wish.
While they will have the advantage of an existing base to supply the new cities, the disadvantage would be the TIME that it takes to get Res from the old city(ies) to the new cities, the number of ocean-going ships and how much each ship can carry, and the risk of loss when travelling trans-oceanic.
I suspect they will not have a much better time than someone who starts there in the first place.
Klandor
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Kilotov of DokGthung
Postmaster
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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Points: 723 |
Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 00:45 |
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would be cool... yea, the new spawn zone shall be separated trough the sea! and sea shall be made impassable terrain !
whit maybe just the relocating spell being able to cross it! yea!
this would rock my socks... no more newbie feeding, and a separate continental chat to not hear their complaints and such ... i boy... it would be like a new day full of opportunity
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Julius Cofen
New Poster
Joined: 05 Nov 2011
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Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 01:03 |
Klandor wrote:
Actually, I think it will happen slightly differently.
If a new continent opens up, new players will be placed there. At some point in time, maybe with the opening, maybe a little before, existing players may be able to research a new skill, something like Long Distance Sea Navigation...
Then existing players can send ships across the open ocean to the new continent, where they can found new cities somewhere near the shore that they land on. From there, they can spread out as they wish.
While they will have the advantage of an existing base to supply the new cities, the disadvantage would be the TIME that it takes to get Res from the old city(ies) to the new cities, the number of ocean-going ships and how much each ship can carry, and the risk of loss when travelling trans-oceanic.
I suspect they will not have a much better time than someone who starts there in the first place.
Klandor
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Would be especially interesting if such ships were player-owned, *very* expensive to build, and there was some mechanism for auctioning voyages.
And as to risk of loss, a privateer diplo unit would be an interesting addition.
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Rymal
Greenhorn
Joined: 15 Sep 2011
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Points: 51 |
Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 03:15 |
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The server upgrade sounds fabulous, and I'm so impressed with the background on " Elgea". I hope that we can interact with the new continents to come ... for most at great distance. The borderland issues could provide great opportunities for a unique game experience. Perhaps the first new continent can be at great distance with an uncharted wilderness in between ???
I feel discombobulated at not being able to log into Illy on a Sunday nite EST. It is somewhat ameliorated by the fact that I have learned I can order an Illyriad T-Shirt. I think it would be fascinating to go on vacation, wearing the T-Shirt, and meet other Illy people world-wide.
Can't log in -- guess I have to go to bed ...
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Borealis
New Poster
Joined: 28 May 2011
Location: USA
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Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 03:37 |
As one who takes a long time to pick city names (Hebrew, Greek :) I am impressed at the linguistical genius of SC and the dev. team on coming to Elgea. The technical savvy of moving everythiing to a new server without missing a beat is a bit impressive too methinks.
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liberty6
Wordsmith
Joined: 04 Jul 2010
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Points: 131 |
Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 03:42 |
ILLY RULES AND SO DO THE GMS
now seriously UK1 was only on a 6 or so gigabyte RAM with dual quad cores my computer at home which ironically is also 3 years old is just a little better with tri quads with 10 GB ram (but thats because i over do it). I seriously have to applaud you guys for fitting UK1 on what you had
because i doubt i could have done it. well i know i couldn't because i don't program i fix other peoples computers. GOOD JOB AGAIN
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whats happened to the world? if intelegent life came to earth is RL would they consider us intelligent or not? probably not!!!!
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