2010-07-15, 03:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 2010-07-16, 04:12 AM by endomorphin.)
To prevent the common knee-jerk reaction people often have to these kinds of threads, allow me to explain myself.
First we shall examine the server release dates, dating back to Bellocan (6th server)
Bellocan: Sept. 6, 2006
Mardia: March 21, 2007
Kradia: Oct. 2007
Yellonde: Aug. 2008
Demethos: Nov. 12, 2008
Galicia: Dec. 2009
The delays from one server's release to the next, starting with Bellocan->Mardia, are approximately:
(~6.5 months)->(~7 months)->(~10 months)->(~3 months)->(~13 months)
Giving us a reasonably accurate average (for our purposes) of 7.9 months.
It has been approximately 7 months since the last server release date, making it close enough to the average that a new server is a definite possibility during the next patch.
But there are three reasons the release is all the more probable excluding the 7 months reason above.
1) The Kradia to Yellonde delay was relatively above average at ten months which may explain why Demethos came early. We see the same phenomenon here: The Demethos to Galicia delay was exceptionally long at about 13 months, and therefore even a below average release time of 7 months between Galicia to (insert server 12's name here) may be possible since the server before that--Galicia--had a (really) long release delay.
2) Nexon America has seen financial growth despite an economic recession, meaning the number of new players is likely getting relatively higher year-to-year, further justifying a faster new server release delay.
3) Dual Blades. A new server came out with 2 of the 3 major new class releases. Pirates had Demethos and Arans had Galicia. Pirates may explain why Demethos came out early however, possibly invalidating point 1.
As for the usual "but the other 12342 servers are ghost-towns" platitudes, Nexon obviously has a financial interest in releasing a new server. And even if there are eventually 10 servers that are ghost-towns, then they could always do server merges as they have been a number of times in KMS.
The point is, your complaints about the "empty" servers largely do not matter when profits are at hand and there is a solution to such complaints anyhow.
First we shall examine the server release dates, dating back to Bellocan (6th server)
Bellocan: Sept. 6, 2006
Mardia: March 21, 2007
Kradia: Oct. 2007
Yellonde: Aug. 2008
Demethos: Nov. 12, 2008
Galicia: Dec. 2009
The delays from one server's release to the next, starting with Bellocan->Mardia, are approximately:
(~6.5 months)->(~7 months)->(~10 months)->(~3 months)->(~13 months)
Giving us a reasonably accurate average (for our purposes) of 7.9 months.
It has been approximately 7 months since the last server release date, making it close enough to the average that a new server is a definite possibility during the next patch.
But there are three reasons the release is all the more probable excluding the 7 months reason above.
1) The Kradia to Yellonde delay was relatively above average at ten months which may explain why Demethos came early. We see the same phenomenon here: The Demethos to Galicia delay was exceptionally long at about 13 months, and therefore even a below average release time of 7 months between Galicia to (insert server 12's name here) may be possible since the server before that--Galicia--had a (really) long release delay.
2) Nexon America has seen financial growth despite an economic recession, meaning the number of new players is likely getting relatively higher year-to-year, further justifying a faster new server release delay.
3) Dual Blades. A new server came out with 2 of the 3 major new class releases. Pirates had Demethos and Arans had Galicia. Pirates may explain why Demethos came out early however, possibly invalidating point 1.
As for the usual "but the other 12342 servers are ghost-towns" platitudes, Nexon obviously has a financial interest in releasing a new server. And even if there are eventually 10 servers that are ghost-towns, then they could always do server merges as they have been a number of times in KMS.
The point is, your complaints about the "empty" servers largely do not matter when profits are at hand and there is a solution to such complaints anyhow.