I'm posting here because I find R2 Support's response to my ticket regarding ArmorGames US West and US East time zone servers being merged with a server on GMT to be very distrubing and extremely detrimental to players. R2 Support stated that they changed their policy so that servers on different time zones can be merged. They also claimed this was the decision of the devs and out of R2's hands (which is confusing since their wording made it sound like R2 are the ones who changed the policy). However, support also said that it is impossible for players to move to another server.
I'm sure you can see where this is heading. R2 and/or 7Road (the devs) just stranded the US West and US East players on Armorgames on a server that is in a time zone hostile to our schedules with no recourse and no way to move to a time zone where we can actually participate in most events.
Since this is a policy change, that implies that this can be done to any server at any time with no recourse and no way to move back. Hence, I can't help but cry foul. I can understand the need to merge servers to keep head count up, however, if you're going to move people to another time zone, you need to give those players the ability to move to another server on a time zone that suits their needs.
Previously, R2 claimed changing servers was impossible due to "game balance" (basically, to prevent older players from flooding to newer servers, which would create a very hostile environment for new players). However, I think this needs to be re-examined in light of this policy allowing us to be arbitrarily moved to another time zone. I'm certain that it would be possible to give players the option of moving to specific servers close enough in age that disruption would be minimal, and to prevent floods of people shifting for BR advantage, it could be limited to those affected by a merge to another time zone.
I'm sure you can see where this is heading. R2 and/or 7Road (the devs) just stranded the US West and US East players on Armorgames on a server that is in a time zone hostile to our schedules with no recourse and no way to move to a time zone where we can actually participate in most events.
Since this is a policy change, that implies that this can be done to any server at any time with no recourse and no way to move back. Hence, I can't help but cry foul. I can understand the need to merge servers to keep head count up, however, if you're going to move people to another time zone, you need to give those players the ability to move to another server on a time zone that suits their needs.
Previously, R2 claimed changing servers was impossible due to "game balance" (basically, to prevent older players from flooding to newer servers, which would create a very hostile environment for new players). However, I think this needs to be re-examined in light of this policy allowing us to be arbitrarily moved to another time zone. I'm certain that it would be possible to give players the option of moving to specific servers close enough in age that disruption would be minimal, and to prevent floods of people shifting for BR advantage, it could be limited to those affected by a merge to another time zone.
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