Mythic Take on Overpopulated Servers

Typically when an MMORPG experiences server overcrowding due to one reason or another, the developer of said game attempts to alleviate those issues by introducing new servers to the game. This was commonplace for Blizzard’s World of Warcraft at the end of 2004, well into 2005 and continued sparingly even into 2007. However, Mythic Entertainment is trying something new. Rather than simply deploying new, empty servers for players to migrate to in the hopes of a server’s population decreasing, they’re creating “clones” of the overpopulated servers in the hopes that it will be more enticing for players to make the switch.

The five servers in question, which you can read about here, are Phoenix Throne, Skull Throne, Volkmar, Badlands and Dark Crag. Essentially, Mythic Entertainment will be taking all data from these servers and making copies of them – allowing you the choice of playing on another, potentially lower population server, without having to re-level. Your characters, guilds, auctions, mail, and everything else related to the game will be copied over to the clone server.

Below are the servers being cloned and the names of the new ones they are being copied to, these servers will maintain the same ruleset as their parent:

Phoenix Throne (RP) => White Tower (RP)
Skull Throne (Core) => Tower of Doom (Core)
Volkmar (Core) => Magnus (Core)
Badlands (Core) => Mordheim (Core)
Dark Crag (RvR) => Eerie Downs (RvR)

The cloning process will require several hours of downtime, Phoenix Throne will be cloned first, our anticipated downtime is approximately 7AM EDT this morning. We will then begin cloning the other servers once Phoenix Throne and White tower have been brought back online

Will this make a difference in the queue times for the five overburdened servers? Obviously it’s only launch day, so to see this already taking place is very reassuring that Mythic Entertainment is interested in making sure the playerbase has the most enjoyable experience possible while playing, but how do you think players will react to this new opportunity?

How many of you on these overpopulated servers will be making a switch to the new cloned versions?

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