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Age of Conan Losing 63% of Servers
Chris Faylor
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The forthcoming server mergers for Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures will result in a total of 18 global servers for the PC MMO, down from 49 worldwide.

Following the initial merger of the Bloodspire and Hyperborea servers on January 7, the developer saw no major issues, and has now unveiled the next phase.

The mergers were announced shortly after the game's original director left due to his dissatisfaction with the project. His replacement, Craig Morrison, said the mergers would "ensure the best gameplay experience" as servers will now have more players.

In a forum post, Funcom noted its hopes to merge the European servers in one go and the US servers in another, though no timeline has been announced. The planned mergers are listed below, with the server retaining the bolded name.

    US Servers
    • Set (PvE)
      • Damballah
      • Bardisattva
      • Dagoth
      • Derketo
      • Hanuman
    • Wiccana (PvE)
      • Mannanan
      • Ajujo
      • Thog
      • Zug
      • Omm
    • Gwahlur (PvE - Oceaninc)
    • Tyranny (PvP)
      • Scourge
      • Bluesteel
      • Stormrage
      • Deathwhisper
      • Doomsayer
      • Shadowblade
    • Cimmeria (PvP-RP)
      • Bane
    • Bloodspire (PvP - Oceanic) - merged on 7th January 2009)
      • Hyperborea
    EU Servers
      English Servers
        • Crom (PVE)
          • Ymir
          • Bori
          • Bloodbrand (Ahriman)
          • Dagon
        • Hyrkania (PVE-RP)
        • Fury (PvP)
          • Battlescar
          • Wildsoul
          • Soulstorm
          • Twilight
        • Aquilonia (PvP-RP)
          • Corinthia
      German Servers
        • Mitra (PvE)
          • Ibis
          • Asura
        • Aries (PvP)
          • Titus
        • Asgard (PvP-RP)
      French Servers
        • Ishtar (PvE)
        • Ferox (PvP)
          • Strix
        • Stygia (PvP-RP)
      Spanish Servers
        • Zingara (PvE)
        • Indomitus (PvP)

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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  • nosseman legacy 10 years
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    January 12, 2009 9:39 AM

    Makes sense I guess.

    Any MMO not doing this after an hyped release where many sign up and play and the leave is doomed. More people quit bc their servers are wastelands.

    This way the remaining players get to play on populated servers.

    Hey, I am trying to be optimistic here!!!

    • Syrek legacy 10 years
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      January 12, 2009 9:54 AM

      Absolutely correct. I see this coming for Warhammer Online too. And very soon if those guys are smart.

      • disposition legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        January 12, 2009 10:10 AM

        Are the WAR servers barren now?

        • CoreContingency legacy 10 years
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          January 12, 2009 10:25 AM

          No, far from it. The main issue with Warhammer is that it is so heavily RVR based, a substantial population imbalance between the two factions can have dire consequences on the game experience. Some realms currently sport a substantially lower population on one faction ( I.E. low order vs medium destruction during prime time), resulting in a difficult task for that faction in completing RVR goals.

          The developers are aware of these problems and are making changes to Tier 4 RVR to address them (population caps during Tier 4 Keeps for attackers and defenders to start with) but they are at the moment mostly a band-aid. Their effectiveness has yet to be judged. They still have yet to address how a side with significantly lower numbers is supposed to even lock down two of the three keeps needed to siege a capitol city.

          I personally enjoy the hell out of Tier 3, and not so much Tier 4. Everything up through Tier 3 is just plain fun. Tier 4 is a chore and a bore.

          • f4lln legacy 10 years
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            January 12, 2009 10:36 AM

            That and the fact that even if servers are balanced the servers can't handle 8-10 or more Warbands in a single zone for Fortress takes, which makes the point of end-game ORVR null and void. Gotta love casting something and having to wait 8-15 secs for the game to recognize it.

          • ShadowRam legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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            January 13, 2009 11:04 AM

            They need is a Tier 5.. Inter-realm PVP only everywhere.... Kinda like a Scenario, but never-ending..

        • melkore legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          January 12, 2009 11:45 AM

          They have also been merging servers, just not advertising it.

          • thewindcriesmary legacy 10 years
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            January 12, 2009 7:20 PM

            There's free server transfer and yes they have been advertising it.

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