Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by Mattomattic » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:36 pm

I've heard that our server shares itself with the Australians (which I have no problem with, don't see too much of a ping difference), but when the server loses most of it's functionality because there just aren't enough people on here, it's depressing to say the least. Watching most of the gameplay from this channel... (http://www.youtube.com/user/TehGodlyPerfection ) -- it shows how much truly goes on. I never even knew it was possible to do stronghold missions, because we've never been attacked. My team only have 2 territories, but haven't had the opportunity to even go against other teams, as there just aren't any free matches nor conquest invasions going on. When we managed to farm enough team points to actually go on a conquest mission, we were against AI.

Over the course of the last week I had changed teams a couple of times, being in one of the larger ones with a majority of Huge Canyon. In the course of the three days I was in this team, they weren't contested in their holdings at all. Am I just missing these events? Or is the population for the server really just that small?

We don't even have a subforum to post in, this is how much attention this game is getting. With the change of the seasons and the resetting of team points/territories, can you not consider merging the two servers to promote an active playerbase? Having just us and the Aussies on the server just isn't enough.

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by DDay » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:50 pm

I feel they need to rework the match making to help find a battle because there is teams just waiting for battle both in attack and defense just the fact that the server is meant for a high volume of players which only Japan could provide, that needs too change and the team lobby is screwed up like team member getting thrown to different sub lobby in my option which is bull ****.

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by Elfishgene » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:42 pm

Our team have been playing constantly since day one of it's european release and we hold a few territories but as of yet have not even seen another team to fight against, something needs to be done with the EU server otherwise this great game will completely disappear!

At the moment we are grinding the same zone over n over again (very very tedious) just to earn enough points to fight bots! For the love of god Bandai don't let this game go the way of Chromehounds, support the damn game and merge the servers, no-one in europe even knew the game was released, in my city (Bristol UK) there was two copies on release day! WTF!

This game has the potential to be genuinely awesome online, but without support you may as well turn the EU server off now.

PS: There are also problems online with the game not starting in domination, you just sit in a lobby with a dead timer!

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by doragonpawwa » Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:37 pm

Price it much cheaper simples

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by PiroDragonfist » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:54 pm

PLEASE MERGE ALL SERVERS - I WANT TO FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPANESE AND US.

THIS GAME IS WORTH LESS THAN A 5 POUND BOOK TOKEN AS IT IS...WHICH IS A SHAME, BECAUSE IT COULD BE AWESOME....


FIX THE CHAT, MAKE A GLOBAL CHAT SYSTEM WITHIN GAME. MAKE A TEAM CHAT CHANNEL.

THANKS,

HOPE THIS PATCH IS GOOD.

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by jokodi » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:00 am

Elfishgene wrote:
PS: There are also problems online with the game not starting in domination, you just sit in a lobby with a dead timer!

The game will sometimes turn your invasion mission into a stronghold mission. That happens when you're holding a territory in the area you are trying to invade. The problem is, the number of EU players is way too small so the chances of catching invaders is pretty slim. I've been playing this game for a month now and so far I've only encountered strongholders twice and only met invaders once. In those encounters there's only one guy in stronghold fighting 2 invaders, and in my case I faced 4 because most team members dont play anymore and there's not enough mercs to hire. In every season reset all the EU teams will ever do is destroy gun batteries or fight AI teams, with very little chance of pvp encounters.

A lot of players have already dropped the game due to Namco Bandai's lack of updates and support. Until now the game is still in 1.01 and they didn't even bother giving us a decent game manual, just a piece of paper with a list of phone numbers. And where the H.E.L.L are the multiplayer Bosses?

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by TaranTatsuuchi » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:26 pm

I play on the US servers, as I live in the US and ended up buying a local copy.


I have experienced how difficult it can be to find PC opposition...

And when looking at the 'sold copies' lists it's just...


As of the last time I looked at the list... Compared to the Japanese the US is at about 10% of their playerbase, and the EU is at about 10% of the US...

It puts the EU at a piddly 1% of the Japanese playerbase...



I just feel kinda sad for them...

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by Nomrah » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:51 pm

Seriously, they need to just merge the damn servers, at least merge NA with EU if it's too much of a problem to bring in the Japanese. Also someone above already mentioned adding some sort of in game chat or lobby, I cannot not express just how much that would help things out. Players and teams would have no problem encountering each other that way, game becomes more enticing due to quick and active engagements. No one would get bored waiting on some screen and online activity would increase dramatically. I feel terrible for EU, bring them on over Bandai/Namco!

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by Ryuyuki » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:14 am

I feel like the server problem should have been forseen and dealt with before the game even released. Both FROM and Bandia Namco should have seen the trend already, they know that the game series isn't a huge seller outside of Japan. Servers should have already been merged.

Needless to say, I agree that a merge would probably be best. As well as getting our patches that Bandai Namco owes us. I don't believe it's taking that long for Microsoft or Sony to approve them, since we've not even released half the patches Japan has received. Someone, somewhere, is sitting on them.

Re: Armored Core V EU/US Split

 by TaranTatsuuchi » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:09 am

Ryuyuki wrote:Needless to say, I agree that a merge would probably be best. As well as getting our patches that Bandai Namco owes us. I don't believe it's taking that long for Microsoft or Sony to approve them, since we've not even released half the patches Japan has received. Someone, somewhere, is sitting on them.

If they were in the process of getting the patches approved, wouldn't they have something more to reply to questions on that topic other than 'currently no information...' ?

We need to be told exactly what is up with the support Namco Bandi is 'giving' this game and why things are in their current state. People are getting upset.