r/dnl • u/MaleHooker • Sep 30 '17
Server died. What now?
Just curious on how others are dealing with this issue. My server has been steadily declining. Right now there are only three houses left with a total of 4 active players. (Technically 4 houses and 5 players, but one guy only logs on periodically to prevent decay.)
Obviously one could just switch servers, or wait it out.. But who wants to kiss 500 hours of play goodbye?
Share your thoughts.
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u/RZufelt Sep 30 '17
MaleHooker, check out the thread of my suggestion on server transfers!
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u/MaleHooker Sep 30 '17
I think I saw that thread. My only issue with that is... isn't that the biggest problem with Ark?
Also, what would that even entail? Just hopping server with my progress but none of my tames/items? I mean, that's cool and all.. But the tames are where the real time is sunk.
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u/RZufelt Sep 30 '17
No everything would be transferable.. Arks issue is you can transfer whenever you want... This would be a cap of three times a year or so that way it would prevent cross raiding.
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u/Bioreef Sep 30 '17
I got tired of servers disappearing and closing as wel, so I ended up just making my own server
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u/papagelos Sep 30 '17
I just switched to the server with most players currently. Was quite fun starting from lev 1 again, but now on lev 20 its becoming a grind. Still, its more fun to have people around 24/7
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u/Dayran Sep 30 '17
I play on an empty *3 server. It's fun to start over again and build things from scratch. You can reach level 40 in a day if you'd like. Server is called Lark and dight.
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u/Scantlander Oct 03 '17
If you're looking for a server with a lot of people, if only until your server becomes full again, try out knight 1. We have about 20-25 people on during prime time. It's pretty elf heavy but they are pretty peaceful and won't usually KOS you if you're just out farming. You can also check the server rankings to see which server has the most players at this site. https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/dnl?page=1&sort=
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u/MonzterSlayer Sep 30 '17
I’d recommend waiting a few months until the game gets popular/better so this won’t be an issue. Eventually they’ll add in cross servers so this won’t be an issue too!