It is possible to keep both the new and the old TMW servers alive after the merge with Evol. This means you would see two The Mana World server in the server list: legacy server and new server. There is 2 ways to go:
Keep the two servers alive
The legacy server would still have all the items, accounts, etc (untouched data) and would still be running the old & rusty tmwAthena. No new content would be added to the legacy server and we would only patch outstanding bugs. All development effort would go to the new server (Evol+TMW, running Hercules). We would keep both servers running and let the new project naturally absorb the players of the legacy server with time. The legacy server would be kept online for as long as it has some online players (excluding bots & shops).
Pros
- Players get to keep their items and everything they possess
- No need to migrate anything to the new game or compensate the players
- The legacy server would receive no updates aside from some security patches and fixes for game-breaking bugs.
- Little or no moderation on the legacy server
- The GMs would either move to the new project or moderate both at the same time, at their own discretion
- Players would need to start over in the new world.
- We could still migrate the bare minimum of data (usernames, char names, guilds, parties, spouses) and maybe player levels, capped at 60
- Fragmentation
- The online players would be split across 2 servers instead of being concentrated on one, resulting in less players online until the legacy server fully dies out
The new server would be the only server online.
Pros
- More new content, faster
- Since we wouldn't spend time fixing bugs on the (inexistant) legacy server, we would be able to fully concentrate on the new server
- Better moderation
- The GMs would only have to moderate one game instead of 2 at once, making them more efficient
- No fragmentation
- Since there's only one server, all players are on the same one
- We can migrate some or most of the data
- It might not be possible to migrate EVERYTHING to the new server
This thread is NOT about item migration
See this thread instead: https://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtop ... =2&t=19717