Petition: Increase AB Servers!

4ssassin

4ssassin

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

none

W/E

plain and simple, this is a petition fix the AB wait times. As of late, the wait has gotten longer and longer, and now its just stuipd, no matter the time of day. theres plenty of ppl, so i dunno what the problem is.

please sign.


Edit: as ppl seem to be crying over my word choice, changed it from "servers" to "wait times."

All you babies can go back to your bottles now.

Helcaraxe

Helcaraxe

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

On top of a mountain

A Bad Moon Rising [Moon]

Me/Mo

/signed

I would love to AB more, but the wait times keep me and several other players away from it. AB is a wonderful aspect of this game, but as it is, Few people can enjoy it.

The Wolf Within

The Wolf Within

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

none

W/E

Ya, i just spent almost all day just getting 10k, and thats just way to long for baby feed, make mroe servers!!!!1

Terra Xin

Terra Xin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

New Zealand

Me/R

oh geez. I bet they haven't even increased the support for FA or JQ.... if anyone still plays those two.

Carth`

Carth`

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Has an Anet employee specifically said that is why there is a long wait?

Faer

Faer

La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Terra Xin
if anyone still plays those two.
Plenty of us still do.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth`
Has an Anet employee specifically said that is why there is a long wait?
No, but as per the usual, the community (in general terms, of course) is assuming that they know the entire story and are determined to prove that they know exactly what the problem is and exactly how to fix it.

Detraya fullvear

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

I l Power Overwhelming I l [HaX]

Mo/Me

the reason their is a wait is not because their are not enough servers. every server in a-net hq can run any explorable, town, or mission, and they are re-arranged based on where traffic is. your problem is a lack of opponets.

Maria The Princess

Maria The Princess

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aequitas Deis

the wierd thing is that when we go AB some groups have been waiting for several minutes, but sometimes we just go in before them! i think its a "glitch"

anyhow, /signed

frojack

frojack

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

London, UK

Rite Of Passage [RP]

E/Mo

It is bizarre that's for sure. It would be nice to actually know what's going on. The wait-times in some of these arena's are quite annoying.
On another note, it would good if Anet reconsidered and made it 12 per team again. I'd settle for 6 per team. Come on Anet work with me ^_^...

TB_

TB_

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by 4ssassin
plain and simple, this is a petition to increase the number of AB servers. As of late, the wait has gotten longer and longer, and now its just stuipd, no matter the time of day. theres plenty of ppl, and not enough servers. time for a change.

please sign.
sigh.... there isnt a sever problem its simply to many people are on 1 side. Most the poeple went to the Kurzick side not thinking about what itd do so now kurzicks have to wait for ever to get a game while thwe luxons dont but they get virtualy no choice so they always lose.

If you got issues, join the other faction, if you still got problems take it up with ANs designers.

??Ripskin

??Ripskin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/

I don't ab anymore. Takes too long and really boring when people run off. So I gotta take yours guys word for it and sign this.

/sign

Kais Unduli

Kais Unduli

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Room V

I don't AB much anymore, but I rarely have a problem entering the match when I do. Are you guys sure there are an equal amount of problems on both sides? I've heard Luxons don't have to wait as long as Kurzicks do.

TheSlyOne

TheSlyOne

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

On the other side.

New Order Dexworld

N/Mo

I don't know if using more servers would fix the problem, but I will /sign to ANet doing whatever has to be done to make it easier for us to get in. If it really is just a lack of opponents, then make something new in AB to draw players back to it. They want so much of a PVP base in this game, give us more options with IMO the best PVP this game has to offer.

Strider77

Strider77

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Wandering alone...

Last Of The Dark Hunters [MINE]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Detraya fullvear
the reason their is a wait is not because their are not enough servers. every server in a-net hq can run any explorable, town, or mission, and they are re-arranged based on where traffic is. your problem is a lack of opponets.
This is the LEAST of the problems, there are plenty of people all around the world to play with. If you havent noticed, when there aren't enough people in your home servers, they group you with europeans or asians. please pay attention, the problem isnt players, its servers.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

[QUOTE]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Strider77
This is the LEAST of the problems, there are plenty of people all around the world to play with. If you havent noticed, when there aren't enough people in your home servers, they group you with europeans or asians. please pay attention, the problem isnt players, its servers.[/QUOTE]
just plain wrong.

a server is assigned according to conditions at the time to give you the best connection.

if the best connection is another server that is where you wind up FOR THAT SESSION.......it is not constantly switching everybody around all the time in mid session

4ssassin

4ssassin

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

none

W/E

^^; less debate pls. this isnt a thread to argue around in. /sign if you want something changed to decrease the wait in AB, dont if you dont care.

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

And they should bother doing anything with Alliance battles because?

If you haven't heard, it was stated that they would not be altering old campaigns, except for the ocasional bug fixes and maybe adding a green weapon.

What you're proposing is a big change. It costs money to buy and maintain servers, it doesn't cost money to add a green weapon (the guys who make it get paid the same).

The last thing, Alliance battles aren't very popular anymore. Usually, if I go to the outpost during the week, there are around 10 people max. If you still want to do something little used, expect a long wait.

4ssassin

4ssassin

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

none

W/E

^^ been to international dists lately? thats where everyone is.

bungusmaximus

bungusmaximus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guild Of Handicrafted Products [MaSS]

W/Mo

definitely signed, I'm addicted to AB...

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by 4ssassin
^^; less debate pls. this isnt a thread to argue around in. /sign if you want something changed to decrease the wait in AB, dont if you dont care.
the only debate is that you seem to think it is servers rather than another cause.

they do not......repeat......do not....have separate AB servers.

therefore there are no AB servers to upgrade

they in fact recently (you must have missed the announcement) upgraded their servers which serve the game not just a portion (AB) on this server and another (arenas) etc on another set of servers......the whole game.

if it were server delay it would affect the GAME not a small portion of it while letting everything else perform well

Sniper Corps

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

Zero Mercy

R/Mo

I missed AB when it was like RA. Just hit Join and Go. I think that might be more fun but i dunno.

4ssassin

4ssassin

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

none

W/E

Edited first post. Maybe ppl will stop crying over my word choice now.

shardfenix

shardfenix

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Il Power Overwhelming Il [HaX]

The reason you're waiting so long is because there aren't enough teams on the other side.

The general solution is to move to international districts where everyone else goes.

kazjun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

HoVa

W/N

/signed

Used to be lots of fun before all the waiting, haven't ABed for a while now.

nightwatchman

nightwatchman

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/

/signed

I don't care if there are dedicated AB servers or not. All i know is that there are plenty of players.

One other thing I'd like to see is for it to make sure that people go into AB in a first-come first-served manner. Some people seem to wait for 10/20 mins with "No opposing party found" messages, while others just go straight in using the reset trick etc.

rong626

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2006

hell

Woot

P/W

/signed
If its ethrane keys on the map luxon can wait for ages
And pls at least make AB more attacting

Hell Marauder

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

/signed
Anet need to realize the importance of 12 vs 12 random/unorganized pvp plays in shaping GW's future. Increasing servers is just the bare minimum Anet should do. They should incorporate more such play modes in all future chapters. After all, this is the only type of pvp most pvers are willing to try.