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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[First Age of Conan server merge successful]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/07/first-age-of-conan-server-merge-successful/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/07/first-age-of-conan-server-merge-successful/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/07/first-age-of-conan-server-merge-successful/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/age-of-conan/" rel="tag">Age of Conan</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/forums/" rel="tag">Forums</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/server-downtime/" rel="tag">Server downtime</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/age-of-conan"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/01/genjutsu425.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />When <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/02/age-of-conan-server-merge-information-released/">news of impending server merges</a> in <a href="http://www.ageofconan.com "><em>Age of Conan</em></a> broke in December, it caused a bit of a stir -- particularly in the post's comments. <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/age-of-conan"><em>Age of Conan</em></a> Producer Craig Morrison later said the merges would take place in stages, but then technical issues arose, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/08/age-of-conans-producer-announces-server-mergers-postponed/ ">postponing these changes for roughly a month</a> before <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/funcom">Funcom</a> was confident it could go off without a hitch. <br /><br />Earlier today, one month after the initial plan, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/us-age-of-conan-servers-down-for-the-merger-of-bloodspire-and-hy/ ">the first set of servers</a> were merged in <em>Age of Conan</em>: Bloodspire and Hyperborea have now merged into Bloodspire. Apparently <em>AoC</em>'s virtual realm did not implode as the worlds were spliced together. Glen 'Famine' Swan, <em>Age of Conan</em>'s US Community Manager, jokes, <em>"I'm currently on Bloodspire now watching the global spam."</em> Well there you go, business as usual in Hyborea. For the <em>Age of Conan</em> players among our readership, did the server merge affect you in any way -- be it positive or negative?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/07/first-age-of-conan-server-merge-successful/">First Age of Conan server merge successful</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=179322>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/07/first-age-of-conan-server-merge-successful/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1422332/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/07/first-age-of-conan-server-merge-successful/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>age-of-conan</category><category>aoc</category><category>bloodspire</category><category>community-manager</category><category>craig-morrison</category><category>famine</category><category>funcom</category><category>hyborea</category><category>hyperborea</category><category>server-downtime</category><category>server-merge</category><category>servers</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Egan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
