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More of a question for Intrepid staff, but curious how others do it also. A group of 3 of us have pretty much played most MMORPGs the first day of release since EQ in 1999, and the question has always been on day 1, which server do we make our chars on at initial logon? How can Intrepid help 'newbies' figure out which server may fit their playstyle/goals?

Some logon screen information will share info on populations such as 'high', 'med', 'low', or 'roleplaying server', etc... Is Intrepid thinking of any other additional info to help guide new players on a server which may be more appropriate for them?

So for my small team, we usually pick races/classes in advance, trying to plan our trinity group coverage, and then when we can finally get to a login screen after first day crash/wait issues, the first person logs in and tells the other guys which server he was able to login on, and the others go to that server for login. Sometimes the server is great, other times we wish we were on another server, but after time investment it is too late to change unless server transfers are offered, which is rare.

Can anything be done to make initial server choice more successful rather than guessing or waiting for first open server?
8 months ago - Vaknar - Direct link
NiKr

There're no different types of servers for Ashes https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Server_types

And afaik it's industry standard to have "low/mid/high population" indicators during the server choice stage of login.

The only way for you to "pick the right server" is to get involved with the game's community before release and see what's their plan for servers is. There'll be community-designated RP servers, streamer servers "pve" servers and "pvp" servers, but Intrepid have nothing to do with that.



Nice wiki drop 😏👍