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  • A Few Important Notices - UPDATED

    04. 17. 2012 23:01


TeamNF_MK2

Hey guys,

There are a few important developments that you should know of regarding our in-game servers.

The first of which has to do with the new Double EXP Event; for every 1st battle win of the day players will receive twice the amount of EXP. This event will run on both servers and will be applied after this week's scheduled maintenance period. Of special note is that the scheduled maintenance is expected to run longer than usual this week on account of special diagnostics being run on the servers. Please expect the maintenance to last from 11PM PST - 3AM PST.

You are likely already aware of the special 50% EXP, credit, and point boost being added exclusively to the Kaiser server. In addition to this special event, all newly registered accounts are now registered to Kaiser server. Accounts that have never played on Nebraska server before are currently only able to select Kaiser server.  In addition, returning players who contact us for account recovery will only have previous account data restored to the Kaiser server through support.

As you can tell, unique preparations are being made on behalf of Kaiser server to help improve game play conditions for Kaiser players. The question on everyone's mind seems to be; "Why don't you just (favorite expletive of your choice) merge the servers!?" This question has been answered on a previous occasion but I'll try to provide details as to why merging the servers is not quite feasible at this time.

Technically, yes, it is possible to merge the servers. It is a very large undertaking, but it has been done before. Doing so will result in too many adverse effects however. Our servers have had to adhere to specific technical limitations which puts a hard cap on the total number of players able to join at any one time. These limits are not a result of a hardware issue so upgrading to some amazing hardware will not make any difference. If it could, we would of course choose to merge without hesitation.

Keeping those limitations in mind, having the servers merged at their current state would undoubtedly result in an increase of lag issues or players being dropped from the server or unable to join at certain times. We experienced a bit of this when we merged from 4 servers to 2. The last thing we need is another round of those conditions.

Ultimately, we really do wish that we could have a single server for all of our players but as with other matters, we have to work with what we have. When the positives outweigh the negatives we will reconsider our stance on this, but for the time being we officially cannot consider it.

For now, we will be running the aforementioned events, welcoming new users to Kaiser server, work on new advertising campaigns with popular websites like Facebook and Reddit, and be open to new ideas to continue improving the game play conditions for all of our players.

We thank you for your understanding on this,

-Randy

 

*UPDATE 4/18*

After going through your feedback our team agreed that there could be circumstances in which limiting access to Nebraska server would provide a negative impact. As such, we have decided to keep both servers completely open until further notice. We will still be pursuing other measures to help improve conditions and continue to welcome your feedback.

 

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 03:00


Humberto20

Originally Posted by ljsevern

Randy;

As you said, Hardware isn't the issue; Is it possible to remove this login cap? 



How about new features on  kaiser that nebraska doesnt have. I do believe that will bring more players into the server.

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 04:01


Greatgazoo2

I am sorry but I do not believe your logic on this your telling me two dead servers merged into one will cause overload of players? How is this possible when as of right now each is barely running anywhere near capacity (You cant say thay are just look at the rooms) 

Limiting new players too one server will not help either cause iof people are joining too play with friends that are on nebby then you just basically told them dont bother cause your not going too be able too tough luck. I had the greatest intentions of coming back too NF but with the amount of players there are atm I just dont see the point in spending money on a game that most likely at this rate will be dead in a few more years (maybe if it lasts that long)

Well in that case guess I will stay on a freee account and occasionally visit then and invest my money in other games that care.

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 04:25


hlong19

Originally Posted by Bart133

No more storage accounts?

Why would you need a storage account, when they have "HQ pages". That also may be the problem to why we cant get a server merge, they are seeing a lot of players on the Nebby server, but how many of those players are "storage" accounts. I think all storage accounts, should be deleted, and people forced to buy HQ accounts, that was the purpose of the HQ!

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 04:27


mako089

So a new player is forced to stare at a dead server and quit after day 1.

If anyone has ever worked in a restaurant, you generally seat people near the windows unless those seats have been reserved.  To the passerby, it gives the impression that the establishment is popular and possibly worth checking out.  Apparently in NF we just put up a closed sign.

I had another game I used to play.  I was emailed by the GM about coming back.  In the description the first thing he noted was the health of the server and the number of players.  Forcing new players onto a dying server?  Does any thought go into any of the decisions made here?

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 05:25


amiltonbr

You need to create incentives so blitzkrieg, ha moments that no one is playing,and I can not fight in battle because Greath enemy ships are much more advanced.

please accept my opinion, do not allow entry of small players in GB, so they will play more blits. Or&

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 05:45


Bullmania
Honestly if you merged our account info/data together for both servers I'd happily play on Kaiser. But the only reason I don't is because all my crew and such is on Nebraska .

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 05:54


Maistral

Originally Posted by Danilov

You people dont get it at all. You forced people to play on Nelson when you unveiled that 'amazing' server. That server died. If you force people coming back to the game to play on Kaiser, when their old friends are on Nebraska, they're just going to leave the game again.

zz GG NF.

Bullseye.

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 05:57


Maistral

Originally Posted by mako089

So a new player is forced to stare at a dead server and quit after day 1.

If anyone has ever worked in a restaurant, you generally seat people near the windows unless those seats have been reserved.  To the passerby, it gives the impression that the establishment is popular and possibly worth checking out.  Apparently in NF we just put up a closed sign.

I had another game I used to play.  I was emailed by the GM about coming back.  In the description the first thing he noted was the health of the server and the number of players.  Forcing new players onto a dying server?  Does any thought go into any of the decisions made here?

 

Double bullseye.

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 07:03


mako089

Well let's work from here:
1) Merging server not possible

2) Forcing new players onto Kaiser is a slap in the face of a potential customer

3) Events for Kaiser just a band-aid solution that will (and has already) worn itself out.

So let's brainstorm something that doesn't involve 1-3.

 

 

  • Re : A Few Important Notices

    04. 18. 2012 07:44


Silveryn

Originally Posted by Greatgazoo2

I am sorry but I do not believe your logic on this your telling me two dead servers merged into one will cause overload of players? How is this possible when as of right now each is barely running anywhere near capacity (You cant say thay are just look at the rooms) 

Limiting new players too one server will not help either cause iof people are joining too play with friends that are on nebby then you just basically told them dont bother cause your not going too be able too tough luck. I had the greatest intentions of coming back too NF but with the amount of players there are atm I just dont see the point in spending money on a game that most likely at this rate will be dead in a few more years (maybe if it lasts that long)

Well in that case guess I will stay on a freee account and occasionally visit then and invest my money in other games that care.


I agree 100%. How in the hell the Kaiser server with a max population of 100 players at time can overload the other server. Im tired of this "solutions", none will work.

GG $DE

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