Now that launch date is announced with no new servers then we have to deal with layers, overcrowding and the problems they bring.
Here’s some suggestions….
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Have a mechanism for swapping layers that does not involve having to issue a chat request - currently these chat requests spam global channels making other uses for these channels get drowned. One way may be to have an NPC in inns where you can request layer swaps. Perhaps put a cooldown on how often you can swap to prevent the sort of exploits the bots use (they have level 1 alts parked on each layer that can invite - so can park where a rich thorium vein spawns and cycle through every layer).
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Have more layers - the existing layers still result in overcrowding in particular areas.
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Make layers zone dependent. Currently one layer can be overcrowded in one zone and empty in another - but the overall population per layer looks equal. It would be better if the population balancing was done by zone rather than across every zone.
- People don’t understand how layer swapping currently works and keep spamming zone chat for layer swaps not understanding everyone in zone chat is in the same layer… the bad implementation creates the mess.