12hr realmtimer - Phoenix Freeshard

Yo yo guys!

So i like most of the rest of u dont like crossrealming.. it sucks when a realm looses 50% of their players in rvr from 1 min to another.. (saw it a lot on retail)
However... having a 12hr waittime to swap realm seems way too much imo. Even wtih 1½hr timer u wouldnt be able to affect the rvr scene.. but 12hrs

?

furthermore, i dont understand why this timer even applies to every1? it should only affect people whos been active in RvR. I mean whats the point in 12hr pausing some1 who is just gonna be lvling a new char on a new realm?

So guess i just wanna open up a debate wether or not that 12hr timer is too much, or if it could be adjusted to actualy affect the people who has an impact on realmbalance.. not just any1 cause its the easy fix (:

Wed 8 May 2019 2:47 PM by klaggorn

Would love to see this timer reduced. Maybe 4 hours? Less? Idk but either way if people want to cross realm, there's discord for that. 12 hour swap timer is just tedious.

Wed 8 May 2019 2:54 PM by Mura

What a new and interesting idea that has never been discussed here before.

The devs have repeatedly said that the timer is here to stay, and I doubt they'll change their mind.

12 hours is not a very long time. Between working and sleeping I have to pick my realm every day. If you want to swap realms it just requires the bare minimum of foresight, which I believe is the intent, to prevent people from swapping just because 1 realm took DF or is running a raid people can't just flock to that realm on a whim.

Wed 8 May 2019 3:07 PM by jandersen88

Why excuse me for being new to phoenix xD! So i looked through the first 4 pages in "suggesiton" and found no topics concerning this... Good thing i have heroes of the internet like you to tell me, Mura (:

However.. if u would have a look, the first comment actually said this sounds like a great idea... So maybe other people think it, and maybe devs should reconsider? Not saying i know better than them, im just saying that just because they've said something before doesnt nessecarily mean its not up for debate - like the topic here is called

!

Personally i dont see the reason for 12hrs.. yeh u can plan around it.. but why would u think 12hrs ahead? also what if u have played mid in the morning of a weekend, then ur buddies come on an say they planned to go alb.. Why would u want to ruin the experience of playing with ur mates?
If u can plan around it, Mura, good for u.. However if there are other people like me who find it unnessarily long, then i would like for the debate to happen.. if u dont like it, ur free to not comment on it (:

- a solution could be that the timer doesnt start affecting u, until u've taken part in RvR - Quite like the invasion mission thing they've implemented (:

Wed 8 May 2019 3:26 PM by kratoxin

it's easy it's called Discord, if they want to go alb pm on discord LOL not difficult, 12 hour realm timer is perfect the way it is and should remain, should be lucky they even have a realm timer on a classic server..

Wed 8 May 2019 3:31 PM by cere2

Though this has been discussed before, I hope they can change their minds.
12 hours is just an annoyance at this point. I end up just logging off.
Other day I decided to try out a Minstrel. Played for like 30 minutes, decided twisting was a serious p.i.t.a. that I wanted no part of....then went damn its 5:30 pm....cant go back to Mid or Hib....ended up logging for the night and playing some CoD and SC2.
If I could have come back a couple hours later, I would have.
On another note. I know leveling here is faster than Uth, but damn....still so slow....
Guess I was spoiled with Live

Wed 8 May 2019 3:34 PM by jandersen88

I dont see what the fuzz is..

Again, i get why people dont want crossrealming if it means 50% of a realm disappears all of a sudden..

However.. if the realmtimer thing applies to people whos been in RvR within 12hrs, they cant jump to another realm? I dont see how that hurts any1?
Also if the timer was reduced to 2-4hrs u still would not be able to affect the RvR scene one bit with changing realm...

I dont understand why people are so keen on keeping this 12hr timer. I mean, u dont loose anything by allowing people to play other realms?

Wed 8 May 2019 3:38 PM by cere2

jandersen88 wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 3:34 PM
I dont see what the fuzz is..

Again, i get why people dont want crossrealming if it means 50% of a realm disappears all of a sudden..

However.. if the realmtimer thing applies to people whos been in RvR within 12hrs, they cant jump to another realm? I dont see how that hurts any1?
Also if the timer was reduced to 2-4hrs u still would not be able to affect the RvR scene one bit with changing realm...

I dont understand why people are so keen on keeping this 12hr timer. I mean, u dont loose anything by allowing people to play other realms?

I think it's the nostalgia that people seem to have about "realm pride".
I think most seem to forget we had multiple servers and I could play hib/mid/alb anytime I wanted.
Kind of like the nostalgia with OF. Wish there was a barf emoji....

Wed 8 May 2019 3:56 PM by nixxo87

shits dumb, i see how many albs are online, log alb here its 6+ fg roaming emain, wish i could go play hib at that time, oh wait gotta wait 12 hours. Log off and get mad.

Wed 8 May 2019 4:48 PM by Pie172

I have to agree, 12 hour lock out is just annoying. While this is not a huge problem during the week (because of work/sleep/gym), during the weekend, it just stinks. If I play one realm until late on Saturday night, when I wake up Sunday it’s either, play the same realm, wait on timer to switch, or just don’t play.

For me personally, the 12 hour time encourages me to simply not play sometimes, which is just disappointing.

Wed 8 May 2019 5:03 PM by Sayuri

kratoxin wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 3:26 PM
it's easy it's called Discord, if they want to go alb pm on discord LOL not difficult, 12 hour realm timer is perfect the way it is and should remain, should be lucky they even have a realm timer on a classic server..

lol back in the day you can have multiple account so no timer was meaning nothing

Wed 8 May 2019 5:10 PM by jandersen88

Yeh i feel you on that one!

Like right now im debating wether or not I should log in and play on my mid chars or if i should settle with a movie or something as i have the day off tomorrow and was considering trying another realm.. I mean.. that really sucks xD! If it was 4hrs it would be a whole different story.. if it was people who had taken part in active rvr i wouldnt even have to consider anything, as i havent done any rvr today and dont plan to do it on alb/hib either.. i just wanna try the chars xD!

Wed 8 May 2019 5:36 PM by kratoxin

Sayuri wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 5:03 PM
kratoxin wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 3:26 PM
it's easy it's called Discord, if they want to go alb pm on discord LOL not difficult, 12 hour realm timer is perfect the way it is and should remain, should be lucky they even have a realm timer on a classic server..

lol back in the day you can have multiple account so no timer was meaning nothing

back in the day you could only be on 1 realm or pick a diff server to play another realm. you must not have played in 2001 before clusters.
ALSO back in the day there was no bots. Just saying... lol

Wed 8 May 2019 5:49 PM by Druth

kratoxin wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 5:36 PM
Sayuri wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 5:03 PM
kratoxin wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 3:26 PM
it's easy it's called Discord, if they want to go alb pm on discord LOL not difficult, 12 hour realm timer is perfect the way it is and should remain, should be lucky they even have a realm timer on a classic server..

lol back in the day you can have multiple account so no timer was meaning nothing

back in the day you could only be on 1 realm or pick a diff server to play another realm. you must not have played in 2001 before clusters.
ALSO back in the day there was no bots. Just saying... lol

You were free to pay for several accounts.
There were people who ran 5 accounts, 1 main 2 buff and 2 spy accounts.
People will go to any length to win...

Wed 8 May 2019 5:49 PM by Sayuri

kratoxin wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 5:36 PM
Sayuri wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 5:03 PM
kratoxin wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 3:26 PM
it's easy it's called Discord, if they want to go alb pm on discord LOL not difficult, 12 hour realm timer is perfect the way it is and should remain, should be lucky they even have a realm timer on a classic server..

lol back in the day you can have multiple account so no timer was meaning nothing

back in the day you could only be on 1 realm or pick a diff server to play another realm. you must not have played in 2001 before clusters.
ALSO back in the day there was no bots. Just saying... lol

lol back in day in 2001 i was having at least 3 different account and 2 on mid and 1 on hib

Wed 8 May 2019 6:01 PM by alusnova415

This has been discussed before and I like the timer and needs to stay but 12h is quite long, I vote for 8 hours.

Why 8 hours?
We work for 8 hours , we sleep 8 hours, go to school for 8 hours ...hehe , seriously though 8 hours for the weekend would be perfect, play some alb In the morning and log off and come back at night and play a different realm. 12 hours means forget it go to sleep and try tomorrow.

Please devs reduce it to 8 hours .

Wed 8 May 2019 6:10 PM by kratoxin

Kinda sad to see how many realm hoppers we have.

Wed 8 May 2019 6:37 PM by djegu

As i've stated in the other thread, 12h is boring as hell, it's way too long.

I understand the realm pride argument, although i don't fully agree with it, but 12h doesn't prevent realm hopping, it's just simply annoying. You want to prevent realm hopping ? Simple remove the ability to switch, period.

Obviously nobody want that, people want to be able to level a toon for fun on alb and go back to mid where their friends are. 8h is still a lot but it's way better than 12h. 4h make a lot of difference

Wed 8 May 2019 6:43 PM by cere2

kratoxin wrote: ↑
Wed 8 May 2019 6:10 PM
Kinda sad to see how many realm hoppers we have.

Kinda sad to see how many people think its 2001 still.

Wed 8 May 2019 6:56 PM by teiloh

imo

6 or 8 hours if you don't go into Frontier Zones

Wed 8 May 2019 8:03 PM by Mauriac

They should probably just remove the realm switch timer. With all these asinine changes the only way you're going to get any rvr action in the future is to constantly swap realms and fight yourself.

Thu 9 May 2019 9:20 AM by jandersen88

So... now im in a pickle.. both me and cousin have the day off and wanna play.. maybe even try a new realm, who knows? oh crap.. we cant.. we played 10-11 hrs ago... so either waste hrs of our day off or settle with midgard.. or find another game -.- Why is this something any1 would want? im oblivious to how this can serve any1 any good? all u are doing is keeping guys from joining a realm and boosting their economy etc.. its not like a level 5-15char can make ANY! difference on the rvr-scene... :/ Man I hope this gets reduced or rewoked

Thu 9 May 2019 9:28 AM by Druth

If you can't see the negative in a proposal, you should think some more before proposing it.

Fri 10 May 2019 4:30 PM by cere2

Per Uthred..

"Said it 100 times before, no plans on reducing the realm switch timer."

"Please dont open up new threads about the same topic again and again. Use the search function and you will find a lot of your questions/suggestions answered. Thank you."

So past just locking up threads, is there a reason why this is not even being considered?
Like what is the internal reasoning behind the 12 hour timer.
Is it realm pride? Staff is worried about it having an effect on RvR?
I mean obviously it's yall's server so you don't have to give a reason out, but just simply locking threads might be viewed as being obtuse

Fri 10 May 2019 4:34 PM by Lollie

Yeah, no plans, but doesn't mean they should locked the thread. Maybe read it and get peoples opinions and take them into consideration and maybe then put it on the table for discussion?

Fri 10 May 2019 4:36 PM by cere2

Lollie wrote: ↑
Fri 10 May 2019 4:34 PM
Yeah, no plans, but doesn't mean they should locked the thread. Maybe read it and get peoples opinions and take them into consideration and maybe then put it on the table for discussion?

In B4 Lock.

Fri 10 May 2019 4:38 PM by Lollie

Pretty much

Fri 10 May 2019 4:38 PM by

Uthred

Said it 100 times before, no plans on reducing the realm switch timer.

Please dont open up new threads about the same topic again and again. Use the search function and you will find a lot of your questions/suggestions answered. Thank you.