Disney Trash's Servers...

[Chimera Doll]

It is an issue though....
But yes, I am glad pirates can load faster. That's great!

I hope they bring them back in the future for I liked it when some servers were really quiet.

[MacIronhawk]

If the reduction in servers means more money to spend on game content work, then I'm perfectly fine with that, but only IF that's what they're doing. Of course there's no way of knowing what they're doing with the extra money since they don't have to maintain those servers; we can only guess, really.

[ex8404]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

If the reduction in servers means more money to spend on game content work, then I'm perfectly fine with that, but only IF that's what they're doing. Of course there's no way of knowing what they're doing with the extra money since they don't have to maintain those servers; we can only guess, really.

Isn't it just possible that they are cutting back in order to just keep the game going? Or to save a job or two on their team?

And are HALF the servers really gone? This isn't a dig or anything. I just don't have a feel for the number of servers they used to have, pre-Raven's Cove.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by ex8404

Isn't it just possible that they are cutting back in order to just keep the game going? Or to save a job or two on their team?

And that's why I'm upset. If they're trashing servers to save money, then odds are the game isn't making near the amount of money they need to pay developers, maintain servers, and then profit later.

It's frightening that they even had to think about cutting servers off to save money. This is where I stop to think, "Should I keep paying for this game? If it dies, then the 80 bucks a year I spent went to what? The trash? If I'm going to pay and play a game, I want to KNOW that it will be there for a very long time. Why? Because, to me it's just a waste of money if I can't play the game when I paid for it.

I buy a console game, and I have it forever. But with an online game, if the company messes up, I can't do anything about getting back on the game to play. It's gone, and trashing servers only makes me think they're losing money, and I don't want to be upset if the game dies, knowing I spent 360+ dollars.

[Igor Greybeard]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

And that's why I'm upset. If they're trashing servers to save money, then odds are the game isn't making near the amount of money they need to pay developers, maintain servers, and then profit later.

It's frightening that they even had to think about cutting servers off to save money. This is where I stop to think, "Should I keep paying for this game? If it dies, then the 80 bucks a year I spent went to what? The trash? If I'm going to pay and play a game, I want to KNOW that it will be there for a very long time. Why? Because, to me it's just a waste of money if I can't play the game when I paid for it.

I buy a console game, and I have it forever. But with an online game, if the company messes up, I can't do anything about getting back on the game to play. It's gone, and trashing servers only makes me think they're losing money, and I don't want to be upset if the game dies, knowing I spent 360+ dollars.

Igor ask has anyone tried live chat with Disney to ask they why. Igor know they usually not have straight answers but maybe this time they just say why they did this?

[ex8404]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

It's gone, and trashing servers only makes me think they're losing money, and I don't want to be upset if the game dies, knowing I spent 360+ dollars.

Mac, I hope I didn't sound the least bit happy about this latest go-round with POTCO. But I have been saying for a while that their little experimental movie promotion is losing steam. I would hate to see it go but I won't cry over spilled milk...or the money I have spent over the past 2 1/2 years. I paid it and enjoyed what I got. They don't owe me a thing. Heck, they even kept me out of the DVD rental store some weekends. My 10 bucks a month isn't an investment. It's a user's fee.

Can anyone answer this for me? Out of curiosity?

How many servers were there before they thinned out the herd? No guesses. Anyone have the number?

[Sven Osymthe]

Originally Posted by ex8404

Can anyone answer this for me? Out of curiosity?

How many servers were there before they thinned out the herd? No guesses. Anyone have the number?

Look at your profile, when you go to edit it, you can choose your favorite server. There may be a few servers missing, but it's not guessing. I probably messed up, but I counted over 100 (102), and I counted 57 or so currently remaining in the game.

Just saying, I don't mind them removing a lot of the servers. It doesn't bother me, and I still find half the servers to be empty.