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cthulhu reborn · Aug 08, 2008, 10:15 AM // 10:15

Hi,

Since European and American players can interact freely, I've noticed that a lot of players go to the US districts since the English population or even the general population is higher. This started for trading reasons and for finding people to play with at odd hours here in Europe.

Now, since the HoH has no bonuses for continents anymore, it seems that the point in having US and European (and even Asian I might add) districts.
Why not just have language districts?
If a lot of the European English speakers are going to the US districts now you may aswell accept it and it saves you on selecting districts.

Also, I would think that in the US there may be a fair amount of Spanish speakers who may be interested in a Spanish speaking district without having to travel to the European districts.
So there's my idea.

The Little Viking · Aug 08, 2008, 10:21 AM // 10:21

no, do not agree. I always play in europe or international because i cant move in american dist. If they do away with american...then im back to square 1 on finding an area i can move in. and the asian dist. just dont apeal to me.
Leave well enough alone. If its not broke dont fix it.

Free Runner · Aug 08, 2008, 10:26 AM // 10:26

/notsigned

I like the Euro districts. They are alot more calmer than the American districts.

DarkNecrid · Aug 08, 2008, 10:27 AM // 10:27

You do know that each regional district has its own datacenter, so what you're basically asking is to use the International District datacenter for the US and EU datacenter for English speaking people.

No thanks, I don't want lag forced on me and a ton of other people.

/notsigned x100000000000000

Pleikki · Aug 08, 2008, 10:27 AM // 10:27

Current system. like if we would just have 1 english disctrict, it would cause huge lag and server host would be there wherest most ppl (america probably?) and it would cause lag for european players

Pesi · Aug 08, 2008, 10:37 AM // 10:37

to alot of people the districts doesnt matter, but for another couple of players it does. They have worse ping/ms in america for example, and so on.

And i prefer to cruise around in the european dists.

/notsign but i see ur point

Elder III · Aug 08, 2008, 10:48 AM // 10:48

no, many people like European for the fewer amount of ppl and less lag... it would be very impractical to mess around with servers at this point anyways.

pumpkin pie · Aug 08, 2008, 10:50 AM // 10:50

i lol-ed at the suggestion.

You are so gonna get flame by people. *throws you a fire shield* I for one am always not on american server, why? less stupid people talking , peach and quiet ! and no lag!

pamelf · Aug 08, 2008, 10:56 AM // 10:56

/signed. I'm in australia, so i get rotten ping no matter which district. I get slightly better ping in Europe servers, but there's more people in American, so if I need a team I always go there. The ping difference in really quite negligible.

jiggles · Aug 08, 2008, 11:28 AM // 11:28

/notsigned

why would you want to put us all together, quite frankly american dis's have the most irritating people ever in them and i like going to asians dis's purely because they are so quiet.

farmerfez · Aug 08, 2008, 11:30 AM // 11:30

so where would these "language" districts be placed? A lot of people speak english around the world so where would you put it so it's fair.

/notsignedbecauseoffailuretothinkthroughkthnxbai

Gill Halendt · Aug 08, 2008, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by farmerfez

so where would these "language" districts be placed?

That's a problem.

Not everyone in Europe speaks English. That's why Europe has five different districts for the most spoken languages.

Stranger The Ranger · Aug 08, 2008, 12:59 PM // 12:59

I have a better idea,
remove the German and French districts and force them to speak English >: D

Anyways,
/notsigned (we don't need moar lag D: )

Accursed · Aug 08, 2008, 01:13 PM // 13:13

Are you retarded?

/notsigned - It's fine how it is.

Ariena Najea · Aug 08, 2008, 01:39 PM // 13:39

I find there to be significant differences between the two in player behavior, namely that it's often easier to find a group on the American servers (I live in New York on the east coast so that's when I'm playing) however the average European player is far more respectful and fun to play with. You can't count on an American PUG not to have one death and call it quits, having half the group ragequit out.

/notsigned because European servers > American servers xD

Numa Pompilius · Aug 08, 2008, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Are the EU servers actually physically separate from the International servers? I get the same 150-250 ping playing on either.

(and I've got a 100MBit connection)

I MP I · Aug 08, 2008, 03:04 PM // 15:04

Wouldn't bother me. I play in Korean districts anyway.

Stockholm · Aug 08, 2008, 03:10 PM // 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stranger The Ranger

I have a better idea,
remove the German and French districts and force them to speak English >: D

Anyways,
/notsigned (we don't need moar lag D: )

Why not remove the Englis speaking one aswell and make them speak Chines.

/not signed

DarkNecrid · Aug 08, 2008, 03:10 PM // 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

Are the EU servers actually physically separate from the International servers? I get the same 150-250 ping playing on either.

(and I've got a 100MBit connection)

Yes, they're located in a different place in EU IIRC.

Kanyatta · Aug 08, 2008, 03:40 PM // 15:40

I guess I'll /sign. This would also take a little financial burden off of Anet in GW1 with having to host less servers. If you like calmer districts, then just go to the Polish or Russian or Italian districts, I don't think I've ever encountered 1 person while playing those.

Honestly, the International district holds no purpose or use anymore since you can visit all districts freely.