They got frikkin SEGA backing them up!! So setting up a server would be so hard..
And if a EU server would be added.. the EU players would pay for it the same way as every player pays for the USA server right now. By buying Crystal Energy.
Servers in EU
Lun, 08/15/2011 - 14:33
#6252
If a EU server would be
Lun, 08/15/2011 - 14:43
#6253
but the catch 22 is they need
but the catch 22 is they need to pay into moving SK to EU in order for EU players to pay into SK. that in fact could cause them to flat line OOO financially from stretching their resources to the point of not being able to pay the bills
they need to have a server to clone the game, what ever legal issues they need to go through to legally bring the game through, a work space in the EU to work from, personnel to work from there, then theres the bills associated with the upkeep of the server, and payment to the personnel working there.
thats a lot of money i would think whether SEGA or OOO are paying
Lun, 08/15/2011 - 17:21
#6254
The servers are hosted out of
The servers are hosted out of the Amazon EC2 cloud, and Amazon has a data center in Ireland (yup, Irish servers). But it causes 2 logical problems... 1. Its impractical to link players between the EU and US instances so they can operate in the same games. So 2. you'd need to split the player base into EU and US regions, each with their own set of Haven's and clockwork instances.
They could reduce the size of the ECUs in the US region to cover the cost of the EU setup, but EU players would have to generate enough sales to cover the cost to operate, otherwise its just bleeding money on resources.
Lun, 08/15/2011 - 17:33
#6255
star as a but this could be
star as a point but this could be solved in the same way they divide the languages but instancing them if u go to haven and change havens eventually u will see different language districts
i can see it just adding "location" but it might not be possible
care to fork over the money for everything needed to do that?
just saying