What are your plans come Server Merge time?
After carefully looking at the active populations of all servers, we have determined which servers will be involved in the merge process and how they will be combined. Once these servers are merged, the resulting new servers populations will be roughly equal to our high-population servers.
Aier and Orchidna will be merged to form Anthalon.
Im on an affected server! What are my choices?
The Evolution is all about offering choices to you. If you do not want to participate in the physical merge, you wont have to! All affected players will have the following three options to choose from.
Option 1 Elect to transfer your character to one of the high-population servers.
If you do not want to participate in a merge of servers, you will be able to perform a one-time, free transfer of your characters to one of the servers on your region that is not affected by the Evolution. In order to transfer, you will have to fulfill certain requirements before making the move (as noted below). You will also have to sign up for a transfer on the official website between August 25 and September 4, 2015.
Important: Please be aware that we may shut off transfers to a specific server if it receives too many transfer requests. Transfers are on a first come, first serve basis. (Example: If too many players elect to transfer to Ollo, we may discontinue transfers to Ollo, but still allow transfers to Kyrios, Tahyang, etc.)
In order to qualify for a free transfer, you must fulfill all of the below requirements:
All characters involved in the transfer will be sent to their new servers on September 8, 2015.
Choosing your name on your new server
When transferring to your new server, the system will automatically check to see if someone else already has your name.
If your name is untaken and available, you wont have to take any action. The system will reserve your name on the new server, and no one will be able to take it. After your transfer, you will retain the same name.
If your name has been taken or is unavailable, the system will ask you to choose a new name. The name you choose will be checked and, if it is available, it will be reserved for you. Once you receive a reserved name, your character will continue under their normal name until the transfer period. After the transfer, they will be automatically re-named to the name you reserved on your new server.
Option 2 Stay on your server and be involved in the merge process.
If you choose to stay on your server (or if you take no action to apply for a transfer), your characters will be involved in the upcoming merger. Once complete, your characters will live on the final Evolution server noted above (Kraken, Hanure, Nazar, Anthalon, Sirothe, or Leviathan).
We will increase the max number of characters on a server to 6 after the Evolution.
Items that are normally destroyed during a land demolish must be packed up into your characters inventory or warehouse in order to prevent their destruction.
We will be providing full kits to all land owners as well as an additional compensation package. The exact items that will be provided in this package are still being determined by Trion and XL.
No guilds or families will be carried over to the new server. All guilds and families must be reformed after the merge.
No castles will be kept during the merge. All castles must be reclaimed after the Evolution is complete. Castle owners will receive a compensation package after the Evolution. The exact items available in that package are still being determined by Trion and XL.
We are still discussing with XL how name conflicts (two characters with the same name on the same server) will be handled. Once the final details of this system are set, we will formally announce them.
Option 3 Create a new character on a Fresh Start server.
If options 1 and 2 dont sound appealing, you will have the ability to restart your ArcheAge career from the beginning by playing on one of our brand-new Fresh Start servers.
One new server will be added to each region. The only way to play on this specific server will be to create a new character at level 1. No characters may transfer to this server, and transfers will be locked out for a period of time after the server opens.
We are also evaluating the use of in-game items like the Hasla Tier 2 and 3 weapons and the Lunar Scarecrow Farms available on the marketplace. These items may be temporarily removed from the game during the release of the Fresh Start servers. These plans are still being discussed and are not final.
Important: Fresh Start servers will still count towards your maximum character limit. If you do not have enough character slots to create a new character, you will be unable to play on one of these servers. Make sure you have enough slots open before we begin the Evolution process in mid-September!
For players in Europe: Your Fresh Start server is Rangora.
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After carefully looking at the active populations of all servers, we have determined which servers will be involved in the merge process and how they will be combined. Once these servers are merged, the resulting new servers populations will be roughly equal to our high-population servers.
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Im on an affected server! What are my choices?
The Evolution is all about offering choices to you. If you do not want to participate in the physical merge, you wont have to! All affected players will have the following three options to choose from.
Option 1 Elect to transfer your character to one of the high-population servers.
If you do not want to participate in a merge of servers, you will be able to perform a one-time, free transfer of your characters to one of the servers on your region that is not affected by the Evolution. In order to transfer, you will have to fulfill certain requirements before making the move (as noted below). You will also have to sign up for a transfer on the official website between August 25 and September 4, 2015.
Important: Please be aware that we may shut off transfers to a specific server if it receives too many transfer requests. Transfers are on a first come, first serve basis. (Example: If too many players elect to transfer to Ollo, we may discontinue transfers to Ollo, but still allow transfers to Kyrios, Tahyang, etc.)
In order to qualify for a free transfer, you must fulfill all of the below requirements:
- Your character must be on a server affected by the Evolution.
- Your character cannot be online.
- You may not possess over 200,000 gold.
- You may not be a member of a guild or a family.
- You cannot have any marketplace mail or in-game mail.
- You may not have any items listed on the Auction House.
- You cannot own any land.
- You cannot have a dry dock under construction.
- Your character cannot be queued for deletion.
- You must have all summonable vehicles and items fully repaired.
- Your character must be level 15 or above.
- You can only transfer everything in your inventory, warehouse, and equipped to your character. If you have more items that cannot fit in this amount of space, we recommend sending those items to your alternate characters and then transferring them to the same server. Players with storage chests will have to unpack their chests if they wish to transfer. We know this is a major pain point for everyone involved, but we were unfortunately unable to find a workable solution to this issue within the architecture of the game.
- You cannot transfer while you own any items specific to the server.
- Once you fulfill all of the above requirements and submit your transfer request, your character will be locked. Once locked, you will be unable to perform any action that would break one of the requirements above.
All characters involved in the transfer will be sent to their new servers on September 8, 2015.
Choosing your name on your new server
When transferring to your new server, the system will automatically check to see if someone else already has your name.
If your name is untaken and available, you wont have to take any action. The system will reserve your name on the new server, and no one will be able to take it. After your transfer, you will retain the same name.
If your name has been taken or is unavailable, the system will ask you to choose a new name. The name you choose will be checked and, if it is available, it will be reserved for you. Once you receive a reserved name, your character will continue under their normal name until the transfer period. After the transfer, they will be automatically re-named to the name you reserved on your new server.
Option 2 Stay on your server and be involved in the merge process.
If you choose to stay on your server (or if you take no action to apply for a transfer), your characters will be involved in the upcoming merger. Once complete, your characters will live on the final Evolution server noted above (Kraken, Hanure, Nazar, Anthalon, Sirothe, or Leviathan).
We will increase the max number of characters on a server to 6 after the Evolution.
Items that are normally destroyed during a land demolish must be packed up into your characters inventory or warehouse in order to prevent their destruction.
We will be providing full kits to all land owners as well as an additional compensation package. The exact items that will be provided in this package are still being determined by Trion and XL.
No guilds or families will be carried over to the new server. All guilds and families must be reformed after the merge.
No castles will be kept during the merge. All castles must be reclaimed after the Evolution is complete. Castle owners will receive a compensation package after the Evolution. The exact items available in that package are still being determined by Trion and XL.
We are still discussing with XL how name conflicts (two characters with the same name on the same server) will be handled. Once the final details of this system are set, we will formally announce them.
Option 3 Create a new character on a Fresh Start server.
If options 1 and 2 dont sound appealing, you will have the ability to restart your ArcheAge career from the beginning by playing on one of our brand-new Fresh Start servers.
One new server will be added to each region. The only way to play on this specific server will be to create a new character at level 1. No characters may transfer to this server, and transfers will be locked out for a period of time after the server opens.
We are also evaluating the use of in-game items like the Hasla Tier 2 and 3 weapons and the Lunar Scarecrow Farms available on the marketplace. These items may be temporarily removed from the game during the release of the Fresh Start servers. These plans are still being discussed and are not final.
Important: Fresh Start servers will still count towards your maximum character limit. If you do not have enough character slots to create a new character, you will be unable to play on one of these servers. Make sure you have enough slots open before we begin the Evolution process in mid-September!
For players in Europe: Your Fresh Start server is Rangora.