163 replies to this topic

[Mycrus]

+1 -- Asia based server please

[ViperStriker]

Every time I see the mention of Oceanic servers I have to say "yes please"!

[Spleenslitta]

+1 I'm not in that region but i believe we should all have an equally good chance at enjoying the game.

[darthJaeger]

+1

Regional servers would be wonderful. Just think of the possibilities ... Clusters of servers in regions that mirror the great houses ... Battles for control of planets hosted on VM instances within regional clusters owned by the house with curent control of the plantet. I mean if your planning an invasion, you can hardly be expected to be greeted with open arms now can you ? So you should expect not to have the home field advantage right !

But we have to be realistic about global placement.

Have a look at this simplified submarine cable map. And keep in mind that it is very simplified, but you get the general idea about traffic forwarding capacity.



Ideally, regional servers would be placed at real world nexus points to be of most benefit to all the players in that region. Also there is always a higher concentration of tier 1 ISPs in these locations so competition for floor/rack space will work to our economic advatage. Nexus points are (excuse my geography) ... San Fran, LA, New York, London, Mumbai, Shang Hai, Singapore and Tokyo.

Australia is not the best option to be perfectly honest, But we would greatly benfit from the Singtel (Optus) Tier one circuits if the regional servers were placed in Singapore/China/Japan.

And no this does not mean that Aussies and Kiwis should have to join house Kurita or Lao.

Edited by darthJaeger, 19 October 2012 - 03:01 AM.

[VAHST]

+ 1

[Pobard]

With the amount of Australian based merc and faction groups, I'm sure its hard for the devs to ignore when theres an abundance of players with signature banners like the ARMD simply begging for server support.

so +1 from me too

[Devil Fox]

+1

Also nice for ARMD to be noticed, thanks Pobard xD

[ebea51]

MASSIVE +100000000

Since ever playing from WA in Australia ive has 295ms... ever match.
It was ok-ish in closed beta because not that many folk were on but lags a big issue now. I have to lead OFF my target to hit anything.

The only way i can play effectively is by using guided weapons: LRMs and SSRMs.
Otherwise i just cant contribute to the match...

[Thermal]

+1

[Wraen]

Terrible idea. Delete and burn this forum post.

[Ratmaniak]

An oceanic server would be paradise.
Unfortunately, housing and maintenance is expensive for the number of players it'd cater for - not to mention that MWO doesn't really have multiple servers built into its user experience / interface (so far).

Still, +1 for the dream.

[FAX MACHINE]

+1

I'm pretty damn good but at 250-350 ping a light just teleports around the screen ...... very disturbing to see your shots going through a Cat to hit the ground behind them, and even more annoying to have your Atlas taken apart by some noob in a light trial Mech because they have a 50ms ping.

[GalaxyBluestar]

i'm an aussie and my ping ranges from 240-300

by GOD the LAG

yep i fully support the notion of a oceanic server!

i can only speak for myself but i have 240-300 ping

my G...O...D the L....A.......L.....A.....G

yes i support an oceanic server for greater gameplay!

[Rusty Shackleferd]

I'm just in Taiwan for the fall and will be going back to the United States in a few weeks. However, I fully support having an Oceanic-based Server. I can still cause havoc as it is now, but wait and see what I can do when till the ping-shackles comes off. I'm sure everyone else agrees!

[Jade Vulture]

+1.

Cheers from NZ

[Bravo Cadets]

+1! An Australian or Oceania server would be a beautiful thing, cheers.

[Teralitha]

UncleKulikov, on 09 November 2011 - 12:16 AM, said:

I don't see why not.

Having a broad net of servers would encourage community growth around the globe and bring different communities together under the umbrella of incredible mechs beating the snot out of each other.

And lag would kill this kind of game for those customers, additional servers are the way to go.

You would also be splitting up teams that have both oceanic and NA players....

[Mounty]

I'm sure North American players would be more than welcome to join us on an oceanic server.

[F1yC4sual]

+1
and, BUMP.

[CaptainAwesome94]

First post, and for a good cause!
+1