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[st1x]

As you may have guessed from the title....

I cant think of a better way to handle the whole debacle of who gets to play where and with whom, on what servers and with what ping....

I'm starting this thread to appeal to the enthusiastic masses to show your support for this.

Global accounts would ensure that this fine community keeps itself strong and whole instead of dividing us up into regions based on locality, because of this piranha can outsource (or infact keep inhouse) their login and authentication servers in one place, with suitable backups of course, to maintain a low housekeeping cost which will eventually filter back to us gamers by means of more dev time, more testing and more content. I simply cannot think of a con side of this...

Allowing us to chose where to play i can foresee as being a little more intricate, however it is very much doable with the correct server filters in place. You're a euro and want to game with North American friends? Simply form a group with them and start the match...or you want to join them after a match has started? Have a join friends game command in your friends list. This benefits people that want to play long distances and also helps reduce against troller gamers with horrendous pings that ruin other peoples fun....since you need to have someone in your friends list to join that far away game, your not going to be able to pug that far away and that will keep the puggers local to their area...pings lower...everyone is happy.

I know this is getting long, that wasn't my intention...so on to my reason to post.

I would like everyone who wants global accounts and regioned servers to post underneath...

Show the few in charge (and I mean this with the utmost respect because we have been waiting for this game for an awfully long time) what the masses want because it would be the best solution for both our wants and needs.

There is no need to flame, no need to troll, no need to ask questions or even comment on why other people have shown their 2 cents....

A simple /signed is all that's required and asked of you. Please show your interest and support for what i feel would be the best solution for all concerned....and if you would like to discuss this please start another thread as I don't want this to get derailed.

Respect and Regards,

St1x a.k.a. Nic

[Carl Wrede]

+1

[Roland]

Agreed.
We need global accounts, because most existing mechwarrior units tend to have players from around the globe...

Being able to choose the location of where you're playing would help alleviate unnecessary lag for people who aren't intentionally trying to play outside their local region.

Good ideas.

[The Crow2k]

+1

[Major Tom]

I didn't realize we were going to have regions.

[Hadet]

We need dedicated servers, along with this. People should be allowed to either rent or host their own Dedicated server.

[st1x]

Major Tom, on 08 June 2012 - 02:29 PM, said:

I didn't realize we were going to have regions.

If you bothered to read the post then you will know that I wanted neither silly questions, statements or any of that ilk. The truth is we don't know what we are getting, but by showing up to this we are letting them know that it would be a great option that we would prefer to see because it would be beneficial to all...

St1x a.k.a. Nic

[Radman]

+1. This would be of great help to merc groups and house units that have formed up and have a diverse player base.

[UncleKulikov]

Sure. SMNC has a region select as well.

[Harney]

All for less lag less ping so yes if it has to be region based so be it ..

[Tyra]

I don't see a con to this.

+1

[GHQCommander]

I would have thought it will be regional due to player numbers.

These things are not decided out of preference. The software and demand for it usually decides this.

The only way I could see a game allowing global accounts is as if each planet is split into multiple maps. A faction requiring majority control to have the planet and enough instances for all players.

[Faenwulf]

Total aggreement from my side.

[Zack Delphirian]

I've stated this many times in other topics since I'm from Europe :

Agreed !

[GreatSeaSpider]

yes please!

[Gorith]

Hadet player run servers are a BAD idea for many reasons.

OP you cannot seriously get on someones case for asking a question and discussion in a place designed for discussion questions and debates.

That being said It's a good idea
/signed

[GHQCommander]

Do devs come on the forum?

I would have thought this topic would get an official answer quickly or is this wrapped up in the beta secrets?

[Alfred VonGunn]

Hadet, on 08 June 2012 - 02:35 PM, said:

We need dedicated servers, along with this. People should be allowed to either rent or host their own Dedicated server.

Why? This ISN'T MW4... every battle is a faction battle(at least that is how they have described the game so far). They will have to be on PGI severs to count... It is the only way they can even have a chance of controlling the persistent Universe...

[SweetJackal]

Global accounts are becoming a standard these days. Even Starcraft is moving to this direction. Having accounts be restricted to regions only serves to segment the community. Playing outside of their region might not be ideal but at times it's required or desired due to the population for the time of day.

Two games that follow a similar design model to MWO with instanced pvp games is Tribes Ascend and SMNC. Both of them have global accounts and regional servers.

[Lauranis]

A global account with regional servers is the only sensible way to handle the situation, not only does it allow for everyone to get the best possible connection, it also allows PGI to launch the game with a limited number of servers, and expand into new regions as time goes on. By doing this every player that wants to can buy a founders pack and get access to the things they desire, whilst also getting a steadily improving gameplay experience as more localised servers come online. I am continuously amazed at PGI dragging there feet on this one, for so many people its a borderline deal breaker.