Server Names - Back with the Old!

[Zekeen]

I've only seen posts on Continent naming, so I figured I'd call attention to a very not-so important feature that I personally would LOVE to see.

As I said, this is very unimportant, it has no impact on the game, but for a lot of us Vets, it would really pull us back into Planetside 2 with even more vigor.

Let us have all the old PS1 server names return as their PS2 counterparts!

We have a lot of people associated with a specific server in PS1. They might have tried others, but they were a community of specific servers.

Markov.... Werner... Emerald... bring back these old names so we can be sure that we will return to our comrades in arms as well as our most hated rivals!

More than just the sentimental value though, some players might only remember the server they were on and be able to reconnect with old friends that way. Some might not know where to go without these names, because, just like empire they served, they served in a certain specific world as well.

[Bags]

As I said, this is very unimportant, it has no impact on the game, but for a lot of us Vets, it would really pull us back into Planetside 2 with even more vigor.

That's a bit of a stretch.

Not against this however.

[RNFB]

I'm not playing if there's no Emerald.

[Zekeen]

I'm not playing if there's no Emerald.

Hell yeah brothe...wait, which empire were you on? *Polishes Guass Rifle*

[RNFB]

Hell yeah brothe...wait, which empire were you on? *Polishes Guass Rifle*

VS, and your Gauss won't do much against my MAX.

[GreatMazinkaise]

Getting Markov back as a West Coast server is an absolute must.

[Zekeen]

VS, and your Gauss won't do much against my MAX.

That's ok, I prefer my Galaxy, I had a lot of fun running over VS MAXs that jumped too high back in the Emerald glory days.

[Graywolves]

I'm Emerald TR.


Looks like we got ourselves here a good old fashion Mexican stand off.

[SKYeXile]

I'm Emerald TR.


Looks like we got ourselves here a good old fashion Mexican stand off.

Cant say i really care what you guys do over your side of the border, there better be Markov though.

[Mastachief]

Bring back the Werner Hamster.... and put it in the Netherlands (My ping is hideous to Germany)

[Zekeen]

Bring back the Werner Hamster.... and put it in the Netherlands (My ping is hideous to Germany)

I'm afraid to ask.... but why is it the Werner "hamster"?

[Mod]

Would definitely like to play on Werner again.

It did seem like there were a lot of times the server would just give up and die, as if the hamster had stopped running on its wheel so there was nothing to power the server any more :p

[Coreldan]

Doesn't matter much to me. I play from EU, but wasnt around while EU servers still existed.

[Shade Millith]

Markov VS were the elite of the elite...

At least sort off. We did have the problem of the Chinese guys blowing the gens at one point, even on already captured bases we were waiting for the hack timer. They were annoying.

[SKYeXile]

Markov VS were the elite of the elite...

At least sort off. We did have the problem of the Chinese guys blowing the gens at one point, even on already captured bases we were waiting for the hack timer. They were annoying.

Yea, we were pretty good.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

Doesn't matter much to me. I play from EU, but wasnt around while EU servers still existed.

You didn't start playing till after the Gemini/Werner merge? Sorry, but you missed an amazing game called Planetside.

OT - While it would be cool to play on Emerald again, it doesn't really matter to me.

[SgtMAD]

Markov VS were the elite of the elite...

At least sort off. We did have the problem of the Chinese guys blowing the gens at one point, even on already captured bases we were waiting for the hack timer. They were annoying.

now this shit is pure comedy

[EVILoHOMER]

I'd like them to be the names of the old Conts in Planetside as it looks like the islands in Planetside 2 have different names.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

I'd like them to be the names of the old Conts in Planetside as it looks like the islands in Planetside 2 have different names.

Indar is using Oshur base names (everyone had assumed it was Ishundar), but the other 2 ready for launch were mentioned in the PC Gamer artical as Amerish (also mentioned other places by devs, confirmed in) and Esamir (not confirmed).

[Shade Millith]

now this shit is pure comedy

Oh the stories I could tell you.

Every time we took a base, there would be screaming of "DEFEND THE GENERATORS!" in chat. Everyone would pile into the room, pointing their guns at everyone else just waiting for someone to fire at the thing.

5-6 people would stand at the door and block the entrance, screaming "Anyone trying to enter the generator room will be shot"

And we would stay there for 15 minutes while these Chinese named blokes tried over and over again to get in and blow it up, and we'd be forced to TK them over and over again.

Was pretty funny in hindsight though.

[Xyntech]

I can has Johari?

Yes please.

[Snipefrag]

Werner, Markov, Konried, Johari, Jackson, Gemini and Emerald please !

[Shott]

Oh man, thank God there's a few fellow Johari-ans here. I made the mistake of changing my name after the merge so I didn't have the hipstercool '-J' for a few years.

JOHARI TR FOR LIFE

[Sabrak]

I'd be happy to go back on Werner :)

But if servers' names are changed, that's definitly not a problem.

[kaffis]

Meh. I'd rather see all new server names. We'll have more servers than PS1, so I'd rather not screw some servers over with a shortage of PS1 veterans.

[DirtyBird]

I'd like to see the old server names, might make it a little easier for returning players to hook up with their old outfits as well.

[Hamma]

Id love to see the old servers back but I'm sure they will go with new ones.

[Warborn]

If anything, they should avoid the old names so as to prevent an ungodly pile-on to those particular servers.

[Xyntech]

If anything, they should avoid the old names so as to prevent an ungodly pile-on to those particular servers.

A PS2 server will be able to hold at least as many players as a PS1 server, assuming they hit their 2000 per continent goal. Not all of the PS1 players will be returning, so it's not like the servers couldn't handle it.

The only problem would be having servers that were mostly new to Planetside vs servers full of vets, but considering this will be a different game in a lot of ways, I'm not sure that's a horrible thing. I'd probably make some alts on one of the new named servers to play with some of the new crowd.

Besides, if they end up having a ton of servers at launch and then fold some of them together as more continents are added, they could just give the old school named servers priority, so we would all end up playing together anyways.

[Alduron]

If there is an Emerald in the server list, I won't even look at the other names.

Soooo many good people/times.

[Mastachief]

Its not like the VET outfits are going to............. "Psst which server you heading for"................. "that one over there"............."Coolbeans, kill you there"................ or anything is it?

Also consider the amount of new outfits and increase in size of outfits as a result of beta. These new outfits should be on par with the VET outfit by the end of closed beta (I'm hoping for a 6month closed beta)

[Kurtz]

I'm not playing if there's no Emerald.
LOL QFT

[Canaris]

as long as 1 Euro server is called Werner, 1 East coast Emerald & 1 Markov West Coast I'll be happy ;)

my planetside nostalgia is waxing

[NewSith]

Werner for US and Emerald for EU. How do you like that? *trollface*

[Soothsayer]

I think it's not fair to new players that old players would get to play on servers that are called the same name as when they were playing in the original.

The feelings of nostalgia would give them an unfair advantage and allow them to reconnect with people they played with a long time ago.

Shouldn't vets have to reconnect with their old friends the hard way? ie by asking people when they played, what outfit they were in, etc... By not including server names you actually ENHANCE the social aspects of this game.


[EDIT: hah hope this can be seen as it is meant... I voted keep the old names I'll be rolling a character on Konried.]

[Zekeen]

Werner for US and Emerald for EU. How do you like that? *trollface*

Now that is just plain cruel man

[Atheosim]

I want old server names so that people from Markov will go back to Markov etc. I want to see old buddies that I've lost contact with.

[SgtMAD]

Its not like the VET outfits are going to............. "Psst which server you heading for"................. "that one over there"............."Coolbeans, kill you there"................ or anything is it?

Also consider the amount of new outfits and increase in size of outfits as a result of beta. These new outfits should be on par with the VET outfit by the end of closed beta (I'm hoping for a 6month closed beta)

it will take 90% of all the outfits months to figure shit out,there will be a few old outfits that have the discipline to control their ppl while working out the kinks,
it will take new outfits longer because they have to learn all the ppl management skills needed to control large groups of FPS players.

and I am all for playing on Markov

[Fuse]

I'd say go for new names.

Seems like it could be a bad idea to have the vets emotionally attached to a server like this. It's a new game, people should pick the server that fits them best, not the one with a name familiar from 5 years ago.
(Yes, I am a PS1 vet. I'll miss Markov and Emerald, but I don't want my nostalgia to be a drawback for the devs.)

[Irish]

Yea, we were pretty good.



this.

[Johari]

Doesn't really matter what they call the server but it'd be nice brownie points if they did.

Also
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Johari/Markov

[Hmr85]

Cant say i really care what you guys do over your side of the border, there better be Markov though.

Qft

[Haro]

Man, I'd love to go back to NC-Emerald. Then again, you'd probably get such heavy concentrations of players going to the retro servers, it'd be imbalanced. I would love if they referenced the old servers in some way though.

[QuantumMechanic]

Being F2P, there are going to be many many more PS2 servers than PS1 had at it's peak. So even if they used the old server names... they'd have to make up new ones to add in as well.

Although if there's a Markov server for PS2 you bet I'm there.

[Fuse]

Being F2P, there are going to be many many more PS2 servers than PS1 had at it's peak. So even if they used the old server names... they'd have to make up new ones to add in as well.

Although if there's a Markov server for PS2 you bet I'm there.

This is why it's a bad plan.

There are likely going to be a lot more servers, but using the legacy names will only guide vets to pick certain ones. I don't see any reality in which that is a good thing. There are just so many reasons you don't want that to happen.

[Jownzorz]

If you didn't play on Johari/Konreid, you're not a vet. TRUE STORY.

[KiddParK]

I honestly don't care. I love the old Markov server, but it's the game i love, and the people i play it with, not the name of the server i play it on. Hell, i went all nuts posting the thread in the main planetside forums June 24, 2003 about all the base names...

http://ps.warriornation.net/index_files/image162.jpg

... but even i don't care that much. To the people who feel a loyalty to their faction, their outfit, and now even their server... i respect your opinion on the matter, i just have zero amount of care what the server names are.

kp

[sunzen]

http://ps.warriornation.net/index_files/image162.jpg

Someone did a name research back then... ^^

Beta is round the corner and I was just thinking about servers, names and such, then this thread popped up. I'm not a PS1 vet so cant say anything about its server names, however, I remember playing Dark age of camelot in its early days on a server called Avalon. Good times. I like that name in general. Its not a biggie just a name in the end but still I place a request for a server called Avalon in the EU realm :wave:
(there's a chance a dev reads this and during the naming process Avalon might spring to mind again ^^)

[infected]

VS, and your Gauss won't do much against my MAX.

challenge accepted.

does your MAX come with some sort of extra armor faceplate? didn't think so. but sounds like a possible request for a new cert.

[exLupo]

Konried... if only.

Kicking myself, to this day, for renaming and getting rid of the -K.

[HEISTT]

Can't believe I actually read all the posts in this elitism thread :D.
All jokes aside, seeing as the Planetside community was (and is) a tight-knit one, I think it would be fair if there was some way for the vets to hook up with people that played on their server back in the day.

I am against using the same server names (because the new servers will probably not have that many vets). However, maybe you vets can hook up with each other on subsections of this forum (or the official PS/PS2 forum) which are named after the o-so-famous server names from back then. Maybe there already exists such sub-forums, then you can disregard this post entirely.

[MCYRook]

Oh yeah, the nostalgia...

But taking off the nostalgic glasses, I think leaving out the old server names is for the better. I don't really want all the old PS1 faces sitting on their select few servers, creating just their own little community of grumpy old men (and thinking they do things so much better than those new guys on the other, "new" servers). :p
Also, "Werner" was never a nice name.

On that note, I'm not too fond of all the oldies getting together on the same server (old name or not) either. There are a few Wernerite groups I'd like to play with and against again, but not all of them certainly. :D

Let go of the old, embrace the new.

[Policenaut]

I don't see how it could hurt, honestly. New players are unaffected, and old players get that tingly nostalgia feeling.

[Gimpylung]

Oh yeah, the nostalgia...

But taking off the nostalgic glasses, I think leaving out the old server names is for the better. I don't really want all the old PS1 faces sitting on their select few servers, creating just their own little community of grumpy old men (and thinking they do things so much better than those new guys on the other, "new" servers). :p
Also, "Werner" was never a nice name.

On that note, I'm not too fond of all the oldies getting together on the same server (old name or not) either. There are a few Wernerite groups I'd like to play with and against again, but not all of them certainly. :D

Let go of the old, embrace the new.

I dunno Rook, as an old Wernerite I'd welcome seeing a bunch of old faces. Primarily because I'm an old git now, and a Werner server would draw a lot of old faces whom I'd feel more at home with. And not because I know every Werner player personally, but because I know they are likely to be of a 'certain' maturity. I have this fear that if I join some random server that VOIP will be smothered with teen and pre-teen F2Players that will get on my nerves and I won't identify with.

Not that I have anything against teenagers, I was one myself, I hope they have as much juvenile fun as I did when I was that age, I just don't need to relive it at this stage.

So I guess the point I'm making is if I'm on a renewed Werner server there's a higher likelihood that I'll find old gits like myself and vice versa.

I do understand your fears about PS Veteran elitism and condescension but that will be resolved pretty fast I reckon, when it's apparent that this is a whole new game, in fact I reckon BF3/BC2 clans will feel right at home and embarrass a few veteran outfits pretty swiftly, hopefully that will kill any of that pointless veteran posturing pretty quick.

I reckon the most relevant experience veteran outfits can bring is showing the way with regard to managing very very large groups of FPS players in big exercises and events.

[Canaris]

unlike a rose a server by any other name...... doth not sound as sweet :D

[Death2All]

I'd like the old names back just so my outfit would be to agree on which server to play. There's also fair bit of nostalgia involved and being able to play with all the friends and foes you've made from the old server. It's nice to have heads to herd all the vets too as well. Everyone seems to really fear all the old "bitter" vets from the first game...Why not give them their own server and steer clear of them if you're so afraid of their elitism?



That probably came off really elitist...Oh well.

[Gonefshn]

Emerald is everything!

[Malorn]

Old server names would be a huge mistake. Last thing PS2 needs is the "good server" nonsense where all the "good" outfits go. Every mmo has this problem and in every MMO the result is the same. The server gets slammed, has horrific queues, and most of the "good" outfits move to other servers because they dont want to sit in 3 hour queues every day. SWTOR has been one of the few to foresee this (though cool-named servers in beta were plagued by it), and for the most part avoid the problem.

[Shadowrath]

It'd be cool to play back on Emerald however I don't really see it being relevant.