Idea for down servers

veta · Post by **veta** » Fri May 14, 2004 10:21 am

Perhaps an option could be added when a server is down to transport you to first screen of next server availible?I thought i read characters are saved to all four servers and was wondering if this is possible.

Shasz · Post by **Shasz** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:21 pm

First screen? How would you define the first screen?

If I'm entering server 1 from the silver road-black hills zoneline, but server 1 is down, how do you know where I meant to go? Should I be taken to the underdark (server 2) past the Yuan-ti? Or should I be taken to Old Town North (server 4) past old wyrm road? Or maybe I wanted to take the boat to Windale and I should end up there on server 3.

There's too many possibilites to just guess at one.

veta · Post by **veta** » Fri May 14, 2004 3:17 pm

well lets say say your character is on a server that goes down - you join and the option screen says enter or disconnect - enter just looping you back to same screen.

Perhaps you could add an option to port to another server? randomly? a specified point? nuetral point such as avendell?

I guess this may go against the devs thinking on searching out and exploring the world on your own - this could give you the ability to get someone you may not have been yet - unless there could be a script that only allows you to port to areas you have been already.

just thinking out loud while my cleric is in limbo

Shasz · Post by **Shasz** » Fri May 14, 2004 3:22 pm

Ah, I see... you were talking about characters stuck on the downed server. I understand now.

I think it would still be difficult to just drop you somewhere on another server though, unless there are safe, neutral places on every server to do so. Avendell might be a safe choice, but then what if server 4 is the one down?

And yeah, there's still the fact that you may not have explored to that point yet and be out of your league in the place you get dropped.

I guess you just get to start an alternate character

mole · Post by **mole** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:52 pm

I have one simple thing ...
Make two ways to the two different servers from each one. When I'm on beta1, why I need join Beta 3 and go thru (ONLY) two areas to join beta4 (Ancient road - > Avendale)? Why all exits from beta1 are only to the beta3? I dont know others transitions on others servers exactly (maybe there are 2 ways), but when one server is down, this could help. And noone will be locked in one server.

Kirg · Post by **Kirg** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:17 pm

There are plans for a direct transition from RK to AO. But alas as the alliance is fresh, the tunnels might not be finished yet

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BR

AndrewCarr · Post by **AndrewCarr** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:51 pm

Having everyone go to Avendell when their server is down wouldn't be too bad. Or having them set to non-hostile to NS ppl and having some go there as well. Still, same server i guess so maybe that wouldn't help too much.