Will server swapping be removed?

[SystemiK 366]

I can imagine shards being another 4 or 5 islands, set around Chernaurus. A boat mechanic, perhaps a rare rowboat spawn, could allow the player a chance to leave the island. This could be suggested as a simple cut scene in order to keep it simple.

I'm not really sure what the limitations are as far as having more than 1 map on a server. Obviously that would be preferable, but if this is not possible, it could be done less elegantly by placing the new maps on certain servers but it would be quite immersion breaking to have to switch servers in order to appear on the new island.

I could see it working like this. A new map is released. Players can't just go there at will, it takes a rare event / item (rowboat etc., maybe you find the keys to a boat off the coast as a rare loot item) in order for this to occur. This allows a more organic migration onto the new island as players are randomly given the chance to leave chernaurus. Once on the new island it would be pretty much business as usual. Chernaurus players would have a sort of end game goal to seek however. Over time the new island would become populated to an extent similar to Chernaurus previously, and at some point in the future a new island is released. Same mechanic.

Pretty rough, not very seamless. Though it would provide some flair, some new options, a choice about leaving for unkown territory, something to work toward. I would like the idea of slowly introducing 4 or 5 well chosen island maps over the course of 8 or 9 months.

It really comes down to whether or not a single server can simultaneously host more than one map. If it comes down to dedicated servers per map the mechanic becomes very unweildy. I know Rocket is thinking something along these lines when he has spoken of expanding the map. It will be very interesting to see what he comes up with.

[wolfstriked 143]

THis has to have been suggested already but I will post it out of stupidity.What about making it so that your characters life is lived out in one server only.You cannot jump to another server unless you wanna respawn.