Server merging has little to no benefits that I've seen while playing Sea of Thieves with my friends. We were in the same server for multiple hours doing voyages, turning in chests and waiting for the skull to arrive the next hour on one of the forts. We knew it would arrive within the next 15 minutes, as we noted the time of the last skulls appearance 2hrs. and 45 minutes before then. Unfortunately, before the next skull could pop up on our server, we were merged with a different server, losing out on a skull fort that we had intended to complete. In fact, we decided to stay on this server and see if it would pop up at the normal time of our last server (15 minutes), and it took an extra two hours to show up. I believe server merging presents many problems that ruin the games flow, and this happens to be one crucial aspect of it.
Put an end to server merging
Server merging has many benefits, It stops players from staying ina empty server where they can take full advantage of the sea / skull forts
It also compliments social interaction with other players and keeps the game forever going and also makes sure that you're playing the game they intend you to play it.
If you're wanting to wait that long for one fort that offers 10k Gold I'm baffled if you really want gold do merchant voyages I've earned over 200k in less than 3 days from them alone with basic playtime.
@captain-lumbo said in Put an end to server merging:
Server merging has many benefits, It stops players from staying ina empty server where they can take full advantage of the sea / skull forts
It also compliments social interaction with other players and keeps the game forever going and also makes sure that you're playing the game they intend you to play it.
If you're wanting to wait that long for one fort that offers 10k Gold I'm baffled if you really want gold do merchant voyages I've earned over 200k in less than 3 days from them alone with basic playtime.
Pretty sure I stated we were doing voyages until the next skull popped up. Also, server merging can bring people with bad connection over and cause many issues
I've never experienced a server merge, so I am not fully aware of the mechanics involved - but it sounds like some of the complaints might be addressed by indicating to the player that they are going to server merge in X minutes. Give players time to react and to ensure that they are not negatively impacted by the merge.
@cr-trooper-014 yes, that message indicates a server merge has occurred.
I've gotten a little benefit from them, where I had a half finished gold hoarder X marks the spot done that yielded all seafarer's until the merge... Server merge reseat the map, and when I went back to the first X's, two were Captain's, and the already dug up loot was still in my hold!
