The black flag has been raised, the servers have been targeted. Mythic has addressed the population issues in WarHammer once again. Certain servers are encouraged to transfer to target servers. This is a death sentence for the source servers. Here is the list from mythic;
Ironfist to Gorfang
Vortex to Volkmar
Monolith
Magnus to Badlands
Skull Throne
Transferring is easy. Log on to Mythic’s account management page and select character transfer /copy. Click on the free transfer button next to the character you wish to move. It will then ask you to enter a name. If the name is taken you will be immediately notified which will quickly prompt you to enter a new name. Finally hit confirm. Easy, just like that you are on your new server.
This is a good step from Mythic, it proves they are constantly looking at the servers, the player base, the population and attempting to keep the game going strong. I am glad they made this move. I have had no shortage of RVR on Magnus where my ruggedly handsome engineer was located. Now that we are moving to a more populated server the action should be more intense.
RVR was always easy or fairly easy to get into most nights. Scenarios on the other hand, not so much. I hope to see scenario pops more often now that we are on a higher pop server. Scenarios are an aspect of the game that I really enjoy. I love the instant PVP action, this is great when you are doing a “drive by” gaming session (when you tell the wife you’re doing laundry).
What does this means for Mythic? Well this means that they are being proactive to the issues the game is facing. This means they are listening to players complaining about population issues. This could also mean they intend to continually provide support for this game and do what it takes to encourage its survival. The other side of the coin is that population is dropping. Servers dying are a bad sign. Under populated servers could also have been a result of the overzealous opening of servers during launch. Good idea on paper, not so good in practice. I do hope this game succeeds, it provides a good alternative to the 400 lb gorilla. You know who I’m talking about. Until next time, I will be introducing a whole bunch of new destro to the business end of my trusty rifle. WAAAGGGHHHH!!