huluobo.7036 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 I have been looking forward to one day. US service server Germany Spain China Guild Wars 2 players can visit each other across regions. Five years have passed. I thought this kind of thing will happen...., I want to know why this technology can't be realized? Is the future possible?  "") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offair.2563 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Imagine the ping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huluobo.7036 Posted September 26, 2019 Author Share Posted September 26, 2019 > @"Offair.2563" said: > Imagine the ping. Client integration accelerator may solve the ping? I don't know technology, but I have been playing the US Guild Wars 2 with accelerators in China for many years. Distance is not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a flesh wound.3589 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 The two games are not identical. The Chinese version has a separate trading post and slightly different character creation options and what is sold in their gemstore and in their trading post is not identical with what is sold in the EU/NA gemstore and trading post. The Chinese version is managed by a Chinese partner(?) because of Chinese laws regulating foreign ownership of companies that Chinese citizens interact with. Because of the differences and Chinese laws the two games can not be merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben K.6238 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 The technology could be realised, but ANet do not have the legal authority to do so. Unless the data centres and billing services are within PRC jurisdiction I don't think it's possible to host Chinese players on international servers. (I'm not sure what the rules are regarding Chinese players who circumvent this via VPNs etc., but from my experience this isn't often a ToS breach, it's just not supported.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a flesh wound.3589 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Another point I didn’t mention. The Chinese government strictly controls and restricts its citizen’s [[internet access]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China). I don’t think the Chinese government would like unsupervised mingling of its citizens and foreigners in a video game. Last I heard, if you own an EU/Na copy of the game you have to get special permission to buy the Chinese version. So even if it were otherwise feasible to guest I don’t think the Chinese government would allow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teratus.2859 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 I recall something about the distance and the ability to transfer the amount of information required between the servers just isn't possible with the cables that exist in the oceans atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyninja.2954 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 > @"Just a flesh wound.3589" said: > The two games are not identical. The Chinese version has a separate trading post and slightly different character creation options and what is sold in their gemstore and in their trading post is not identical with what is sold in the EU/NA gemstore and trading post. The Chinese version is managed by a Chinese partner(?) because of Chinese laws regulating foreign ownership of companies that Chinese citizens interact with. Because of the differences and Chinese laws the two games can not be merged. This. While technology, distance and ping might all be issues, what Jafw said is the main reason why cross NA+EU and Chinese clients will not game together. NA and EU might at some time see merging (if say player numbers fall to far in the future) which would come with some loss in quality of service. But as of right now, there is nearly no chance of having Chinese players and NA+EU players playing together ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huluobo.7036 Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 > @"Ben K.6238" said: > The technology could be realised, but ANet do not have the legal authority to do so. Unless the data centres and billing services are within PRC jurisdiction I don't think it's possible to host Chinese players on international servers. > > (I'm not sure what the rules are regarding Chinese players who circumvent this via VPNs etc., but from my experience this isn't often a ToS breach, it's just not supported.) Thank you, I finally understood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huluobo.7036 Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 > @"Just a flesh wound.3589" said: > The two games are not identical. The Chinese version has a separate trading post and slightly different character creation options and what is sold in their gemstore and in their trading post is not identical with what is sold in the EU/NA gemstore and trading post. The Chinese version is managed by a Chinese partner(?) because of Chinese laws regulating foreign ownership of companies that Chinese citizens interact with. Because of the differences and Chinese laws the two games can not be merged. Thank you, I finally understood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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