Disney Trash's Servers...

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Its silly. The whole reason us players liked the quiet servers was exactly why they are called that, they are quiet! If I wanted to be in peace, train alone, or just sit and relax, I would go to a quiet server, and because of the large amount of them, I would almost never have to switch servers. But because they got rid of all those servers, its going to be a lot harder. And Mac, I will quote what Chimera said. Amen to your post! Couldnt have said it any better! They really do need to put more money into this game. Just watch Disney. Just give POTCO some good money, and more devs. Then just wait a few months, and watch as the money rolls right back in. As they say, when you put money into something, you will get it back.

[Davy Darkrage]

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.

http://www.toontowncentral.com/forum...e-project.html - happened a while back. Might seem like they took away less, but Toontown had fewer to start.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Davy Darkrage

http://www.toontowncentral.com/forum...e-project.html - happened a while back. Might seem like they took away less, but Toontown had fewer to start.

It's perfectly understandable for a game like toontown to do this, because many toons only get things done in the game when they're on full servers. The game takes nothing but team work if you want to get to 137 laff, so it's understandable, but POTCO is a solo game, why are they pushing us closer together? I don't want to have to tell people, "No, I don't care if you were here first, I'm fighting this boss anyways, because I don't want to jump servers."

I'm just upset that they did this, and it's obvious they lost some money if they had to do this, because even games that are almost dead have more servers than POTCO.

[Captain Sureshot]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

It's perfectly understandable for a game like toontown to do this, because many toons only get things done in the game when they're on full servers. The game takes nothing but team work if you want to get to 137 laff, so it's understandable, but POTCO is a solo game, why are they pushing us closer together? I don't want to have to tell people, "No, I don't care if you were here first, I'm fighting this boss anyways, because I don't want to jump servers."

I'm just upset that they did this, and it's obvious they lost some money if they had to do this, because even games that are almost dead have more servers than POTCO.

I understand what you're saying, regarding that a solo player can presently level up and complete most quests in the game. And it would be so great if Disney maintained enough servers so we all could go to a quiet server where we wouldn't have to see anyone else or just a handful of friends if we desired. To me that seems like an unreasonable expectation, since POTCO is a Massively Multiplayer game. Plus, I'm not sure I am willing to pay as much as it would cost for that privilege to continue, especially since I prefer busy servers. Though, I can relate to where you seem to be: I still haven't, and probably never will, recover from now having to play mini games to repair a ship in SvS. Deal breaker. Reason I went Basic.

While cost probably was a factor in closing down some servers, it is more about reasons like revenue (number of subscribers), the amount of active players, and the amount of time players spend per month playing the game. Regardless, maintaining servers which are not getting used certainly isn't going to solve any money problem. And throwing 10 million at POTCO isn't, in and of itself, going to do anything except postpone the inevitable demise of the game.

The popularity and/or success of ToonTown has virtually no affect on the decisions made about POTCO. And while doing good work is what developers should aspire to, successful business models are what multi-billion dollar companies live and die by. If POTCO is losing money, the business model gets adjusted or the game gets closed. Would you rather play POTCO with an increase in lag / lower graphic quality or not at all?

I think Disney/DIMG does comes across as lazy when they produce junk titles, or fail to realize the potential of an IP like they have with POTCO, but to say they are "undedicated" would seem to contradict the sheer amount of titles they have available and continue to add to, or the fact that they do things like acquire IPs (Club Penguin) and development studios (Junction Point, devs for Epic Mickey). That Epic Mickey sure looks swell.

Hang in there.