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The Daily Grind: When has an MMO server merge actually benefited you?
I have always tended to be skeptical of server merges. Sure, they're sometimes a necessary portion of any game's life cycle, and I would...
World of Warcraft Classic opens additional server transfers while changing gold limits for transferred characters
So, how're you doing over there, WoW Classic? You doing all right? Everything going all right with your servers? We joke, of course, because...
Bethesda and id software turn on old official servers for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Back in the day, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was a team-based FPS that a lot of people really enjoyed playing. Some people enjoyed it so...
Final Fantasy XIV teases patch 6.2, Buried Memory, while announcing a North American data center expansion delay
So there's good news and bad news for Final Fantasy XIV fans this morning. Let's start with the good news: The teaser site for...
Final Fantasy XIV makes plan for opening home world transfers while banning RMT accounts
If you want to transfer your home world in Final Fantasy XIV right now... well, you can't. This is not for no reason, either....
Blizzard tells Wrath Classic players that new fresh start servers might not have transfers open after 90 days
So players who wanted fresh start servers for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic are getting their wish. (Since people who...
Elyon details February server merge, patches in Lunar New Year event and season pass
When the server merge happens for Elyon on February 16th, there are oh so many reasons why your character might be deleted. Do you have...
Final Fantasy XIV deals with character transfer congestion after re-opening the service
The opening of the Oceania data center for Final Fantasy XIV meant opening up the ability for players to transfer their characters across the game's...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines plans for sales resumption, server expansion, and server adjustments
If your server in Final Fantasy XIV is still crowded right now, you can be assured that Naoki Yoshida knows that, and the team...
The Daily Grind: Do server merges make you worried or happy for an MMO?
All right, let's start with what seems to be a pretty clear statement: The easier it is for people to play together and not...
World of Warcraft: Classic is planning to allow free character transfers off low-population servers
The direction of free server transfers can tell you a lot about what's coming next for a game's servers. If WoW Classic were offering players...
New World posts the names of its 176 launch day servers
With less than a week to go before New World's September 28th launch, there isn't much time left for interested players to make plans...
Final Fantasy XIV sets the entire Aether data center to congested
The massive influx of players in Final Fantasy XIV has continued unabated, prompting another update from producer and director Naoki Yoshida regarding the situation....
Runes of Magic offers an FAQ ahead of its upcoming server merges
Server merges! They're fun for the family, assuming that the family in question has some really weird definitions of fun. Also, they're coming to...
The Daily Grind: Do you follow Discord servers for specific MMOs?
On some level this might be a case of an old man yelling at clouds, but I really dislike joining Discord servers for specific...
Final Fantasy XIV temporarily disables world visits and housing demolition after patch 5.5
If you wanted to get some content done in Final Fantasy XIV yesterday, it was the perfect day to do it, as the arrival...
Runes of Magic announces two new servers coming to the game
These days it seems like most of the news about servers in any MMO is about merges or closures. So it's nice to know...
Wakfu launches Agony Unchained while outlining server merging plans
The latest update for Wakfu is off the chain. Or at least agony is off the chain, since it's literally titled Agony Unchained, strongly implying...
World of Warcraft plans more server connections for NA and EU realms
The trend (one might say spree) of realm connections for World of Warcraft rolls on. If you liked being on a nearly empty server? Well,...
World of Warcraft announces more low-population realm connections
Just like the next expansion is bringing players together with the dead in Shadowlands, the current server plans for World of Warcraft seem to...