Dying Servers and Allied Server Mechanic to Ensure Guilds Remain ALIVE!
TLDR: ASK DEVELOPERS TO ALLY YOUR SERVERS AT START OF SEASON 3 IF LESS THAN 150 ACTIVE PLAYERS IN YOUR SERVER CURRENTLY. YOU CAN CHECK BY SEEING HOW MANY TOP 200 PLAYERS ARE IN YOUR SERVER DREAM REALM LEADERBOARD FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS.
Infographics below are based on my State of the Game Report as at mid November 2024.
For all players in S-servers, I wish to draw to your attention that the number of active players in S-servers (created between 27 March 2024 to 8 August 2024) are not doing well. This is because our servers operate on a closed loop system where no new players can join our servers but existing players can leave. My best estimate of the current situation as at 7 Jan 2025 (based on past surveys and estimated attrition rates are as follows):
I have raised this to the attention of as many players as I can as well as content creators. If you feel your server is dying, please raise this issue to customer service and ask your server to be allied.
THE ALLIED SERVER MECHANIC WORKS AS FOLLOWS:
- Your SERVER Arena and Dream Realm rewards remain unchanged.
- However, both you and your allied server GUILDS can recruit from each other servers. This is a way to keep your Guilds alive. If your server drops below 90 active players, it can reasonably only sustain 2 active guilds assuming some active members do not wish to move.
- To understand further, you can read the PDF in the link here or watch the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EtOq7BrKhQ
A sample format of a message you can send to customer service as follows:
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Hi,
I am contacting you as my server S[???] has less than 150 active players daily. This situation will get worst in the upcoming in season 3. I know that developers will put such servers into ALLIED status if they meet certain requirements.
I wish to request my server to be allied with another server at the start of season 3. This will ensure my server remains healthy and we can recruit enough players for our Guilds. Further, I would appreciate if you could clarify your criteria for allying servers and what your plan is for season 3.
Thanks.
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