Idea WarZ Server Numbers

Since my return to Brawl, i've noticed that one of the big discussions regarding WarZ at the moment seems to be the number of servers dedicated to WarZ. Currently there are 4 WarZ servers running and in brackets i'm going to add how many players are currently on the servers as I am looking at them now:

• WarZ 1 (7/100)
• WarZ 2 (9/100)
• WarZ 4 (2/100)
• WarZ5 (10/100)

(Obviously being in EU timezone i'm expecting these to be less than during US time and I will be adding US values later this evening)

Now, I noticed that many people are calling for the rest of the 6 servers to be reopened and return WarZ to it's 10 server-self, however, I couldn't help but look at this and think... Why doesn't WarZ just have one dedicated server, in the same fashion of Wild West?

Surely this would considerably decrease upkeep costs associated with WarZ, and could also bring more of a community back into WarZ, by flooding all players onto one server where everyone can interact when online, instead of spreading the (already thinning) community across a number of servers.

This is kind of a Server Idea / Server discussion so I look forward to seeing everyone's constructive feedback on this matter.

 

Very true, and I was aware when writing this post that one of the key issues associated with this idea would be the fact that many WarZ players do like to be able to switch between servers after they've died or whatever...
Regarding the echest maybe the single chest space could be expanded to a Double chest size to tackle this issue.

 

When you say start fresh, are you referring to spawning in a high-end level area with full diamond armour and weaponry? If this change were to be implemented it could lead to a change in many peoples fighting style on WarZ - a much more reserved, tactical style as oppose to simply rushing and hoping for the best (similarly to the actual DayZ game)

 

I agree with the loot spawning, perhaps even something as simples adding more chests, but definitely some aspects of the mechanics would have to be edited in relation to all players being on one server.

Not too sure about the map, I mean, the map as it is is rather large and by condensing all WarZ players onto one map it would mean that coming into contact with players all over the map becomes much more of an aspect than it currently is - as oppose to northern area being the only real threat.

 

I agree with you in the sense that all this change should come with the release of WarZ 2.0, but I think we need to stop focusing on disappointing those who have played for years. Those players will have a loyalty to the server and even if they don't like initial change, they'll get use to it as they're part of the community. The focus has to be redirected towards making WarZ attractive to a newer, larger playerbase - and to do this big changes, possibly, such as this are needed.

To quote the man himself:

 

I understand where you're coming from and currently you may be correct... however if the map were to contain to areas that you can acquire equally high-level loot then this issue becomes easily resolved. as:

1. If there is a good group in one area, any other group can collect good loot and attack the other team.
2. Not everyone is on 24/7, so inevitably at some points players in high level areas with good loot will be offline during which time other players can take advantage of this.

 

That's quite a cool idea to be honest, something that would obviously become more compelling if WarZ were to be condensed onto one server.
I also think it would do a lot for teams as well, having all players on the same server all the time, teams instantly become more important for survival. Team vs Team combat grows as large teams look to dominate the server etc.