News: Resolved - PS2 Region

[Naeadil]

I'm glad I don't have to play with Europeans anymore.

Good job SOE.

You won't play PS2 (a free to play game.....) because you can't play on a server with higher ping? QQ go play alone and stop bugging us MURRICANS

[IronMole]

Originally Posted by Naeadil

I'm glad I don't have to play with Europeans anymore.

Good job SOE.

You won't play PS2 (a free to play game.....) because you can't play on a server with higher ping? QQ go play alone and stop bugging us MURRICANS

Troll harder.

[Fenrys]

Originally Posted by ShockNC

probably because it's outside their ability to effect. I'm sure Higby and T-Ray are doing their best to get it fixed but this is beyond them and it's already in contract. they're more than likely (hopefully) brainstorming ways to get the players what they want but i dk

Yeah, they and theirs are getting screwed worse than anyone.

[Trolltaxi]

Originally Posted by Nephilimuk

...elite club that SOE disbands...

I think they feel for us, but they estimate a much larger playerbase than the elite club formed after the last merge... And they serve the needs of that larger playerbase. $OE >> everything...

[Sirisian]

https://twitter.com/#!/j_smedley <-- smed is tweeting

https://twitter.com/#!/j_smedley/sta...10938689236992

Lots of good feedback from our player base about our existing European community.. Guilds, servers etc. we will be discussing with Prosieben

Just wanted to make sure you knew we were listening.

[Higby]

Originally Posted by Sirisian

https://twitter.com/#!/j_smedley <-- smed is tweeting

https://twitter.com/#!/j_smedley/sta...10938689236992

I reached out to John about this tonight. He's off in Japan right now but was aware of the issues that everyone was bringing up (he's on here more often than you guys know about) and wanted to be sure you guys knew we were hearing the feedback and paying attention.

[kilroy]

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

LOL, sir yes sir, no more talk about bypass. Other than that.

Okay so, I'm fixing to get trolled.

To sound completely contradicting to my previous posts, I fully support the blocking of European and Asian countries to play on American servers and vice versa for selfish reasons.

When someone can kill you four feet behind a wall, it's just not fun. When someone is ADAD'ing and their ping is 600, it's just not fun. When you spend a full clip to the face of MCG rounds and they don't die....it's just not fun...

One of the reasons I believe SOE has decided to segregate the population is because of technological issues. Sure, BF3 can get away with a high ping or two on a 64 man server, even though high ping players are still extremely different to hit, Planetside 2 will not be able to handle it I believe.

Now being empathetic to those who have clan members and outfits in America that are not Americans, I understand and agree with your frustrations, they are valid and SOE should adhere to them.

But if they don't.... I'll enjoy playing lag free.

/troll begins

I'm just waiting for the day where region locks are the norm and some new company comes along and decides that inter region locks are necessary and I can't play with anyone outside of NY anymore (be it for the perfect lag free environment, $$, or any other conceivable reason).

It's 2012 and the only solution for high pings is region locking? Sounds bogus to me. I thought the internet was supposed to connect people around the world.

[MadKat]

Yay, Higby! Appreciate the info.

I see the pros/cons of the 'locking', sure hope a medium can be met.

[CaptainMaverik]

Originally Posted by Higby

I reached out to John about this tonight. He's off in Japan right now but was aware of the issues that everyone was bringing up (he's on here more often than you guys know about) and wanted to be sure you guys knew we were hearing the feedback and paying attention.

thanks Higgles, we know you're just in the middle of this, and contracts have already been signed, etc, etc

but we appreciate your efforts

dont know where im going to fit in now, being based in Australia, do i have to join the Chinese servers? lol

[RedKnights]

Originally Posted by Higby

I reached out to John about this tonight. He's off in Japan right now but was aware of the issues that everyone was bringing up (he's on here more often than you guys know about) and wanted to be sure you guys knew we were hearing the feedback and paying attention.

Thank you for being our advocate, we trust you

Never thought i'd say that to an NC XD

[FastAndFree]

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

One of the reasons I believe SOE has decided to segregate the population is because of technological issues. (

If we accept that Higby, the guy in charge of DEVELOPING THE GAME didn't know about this, then there could be no technological reasons behind the move. Just money

[Higby]

Originally Posted by FastAndFree

If we accept that Higby, the guy in charge of DEVELOPING THE GAME didn't know about this, then there could be no technological reasons behind the move. Just money

There are definitely sound technical reasons for regional servers and we've always planned on having them.

[MGP]

So, i need to create new Pro7 account to play. But i've used SOE account to play PS1. I guess that means "no PS veteran benefits" and "no early beta access" for me.
/sadface

[VioletZero]

Originally Posted by Higby

There are definitely sound technical reasons for regional servers and we've always planned on having them.

So why block people from playing on whatever server they want?

Does someone playing from far away really cause more server strain than people playing from up close?

[Mauser101]

Originally Posted by Higby

There are definitely sound technical reasons for regional servers and we've always planned on having them.

I don't think anybody would have realistically argued against regional servers, eg. Werner. They make great sense. It's the possibility that players will have options taken away from them by region/ip locking.

As I'm sure you're already aware the primary concern is for people on the wrong side of the Atlantic to be able to play with their friends that are not in Europe. People want options. Hell, I used to play on Werner every once in a while and Emerald was my home.

Sturmgrenadier has a large number of Euro players primarily because we are not a single game guild. The likelyhood is that if those Euro players cannot play with us many of them will simply not play.

Secondary concern is off peak time populations. Euros that enjoy playing on US server help stabilize off peak populations. Same can be said for US player that prefer Euro servers.