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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
There are five publicly accessible '''servers''' that run the City of Heroes game. Four of these servers are all physically located in Canada, with Reunion in Germany. [[Server Transfer]]s are free and plentiful, so it is not necessary to carefully select a server before starting a character.


There are fifteen publicly accessible '''servers''' that run the City of Heroes game, these servers are all physically located in Dallas, Texas, as of [http://help.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/ncsoft.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=884 November 11th, 2010]. Originally eleven of these servers were available to only the North American version of the [[Game Client]] and four were available to only the European version of the Game Client. Following a [http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/news_archive/global_server_access_is_nigh.html global merge of the server list] all fifteen servers are now available to all City of Heroes players, accessible through either of the original Game Clients, or the new NCLauncher.
Additionally, there are the [[Beta Testing Shards]], of which there are presently four.
 
Additionally, there is a test server called the [[Training Room]] (available for both US and EU players) on which patches and other changes are tested before release on the live servers. In preparation for [[Going Rogue]], a new test server was launched called '''GR Closed Beta'''.
 
{{bug|With the global list merge, EU players can now use the one and only Training Room (aka Test) Server. However, the function for EU players to copy characters from the Live Servers to Test has not been implemented yet, but is coming... soon.}}


On the server selection screen, the first server listed is the most recent one accessed. The remaining servers are listed in increasing order of '''current load'''. While the load does not ''directly'' mean population, high populations are the largest and most common causes of server load. If a server starts having technical issues, it will shoot to the top or the bottom of the list, depending on its current load, regardless of how many or how few players are connected to it.
== Server Order ==
On the server selection screen, the first server listed is the most recent one you have accessed. The remaining servers are listed in increasing order of current load. While the load does not directly correspond to population, high populations are the largest and most common causes of server load. An account that has never logged in before will not have a "last accessed" server at the top of the list, but instead will show all servers in current-load order.


The only real differences between servers are the hardware requirements (more popular servers have more/better hardware) and the fact that Zukunft and Vigilance are displayed in German and French, respectively. A more "emotional" difference between the servers depends on the community that has built up surrounding each one.
Please note that if a server starts having technical issues, it will shoot to the top or the bottom of the list, depending on its current load, regardless of how many or how few players are connected to it.


== Servers ==
== Server List{{anchor|Servers}} ==
{| class="wikitable grid" width="75%"
{| class="wikitable grid" width="90%"
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Server
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Server
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Average Population
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Average Population
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Notes
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Notes
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Community
|-
|-
|  
|  
'''Champion'''{{Anchor|Champion}}
'''Torchbearer'''{{Anchor|Torchbearer}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| The first server to be brought up by Homecoming
|  
|  
|-
|-
| '''Defiant'''{{Anchor|Defiant}}
| '''Excelsior'''{{Anchor|Excelsior}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| Defiant was one of the four EU servers prior to the global server merge.
|-
| '''Freedom'''{{Anchor|Freedom}}
| <font color=darkred>'''High'''
| <font color=darkred>'''High'''
| Typically the most populated US server. Popular [[PvP]] server. Originally named "Prime" during the beta-test, but was renamed upon release.
| Currently the highest population server
|-
|Unofficial PvP server
| '''Guardian'''{{Anchor|Guardian}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
|
|-
| '''Infinity'''{{Anchor|Infinity}}
| <font color=goldenrod>'''Medium'''
|
|-
| '''Justice'''{{Anchor|Justice}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
|
|-
|-
| '''Liberty'''{{Anchor|Liberty}}
| '''Indomitable'''{{Anchor|Exalted}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
|  
|  
| Used to be the unofficial PVP server
|-
|-
| '''Pinnacle'''{{Anchor|Pinnacle}}
| '''Everlasting'''{{Anchor|Everlasting}}
| <font color=goldenrod>'''Medium'''
| <font color=goldenrod>'''Medium'''
| Popular "Badge-Hunting" server
|-
| '''Protector'''{{Anchor|Protector}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
|  
|  
| Unofficial RP server
|-
|-
| '''Triumph'''{{Anchor|Triumph}}
| '''Reunion'''{{Anchor|Reunion}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| Formely a testing server, before being relaucnhed as a regular one.
|-
| '''Union'''{{Anchor|Union}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| Union was one of the four original EU servers prior to the global server merge. 
|-
| '''Victory'''{{Anchor|Victory}}
| <font color=goldenrod>'''Medium'''
|  
|  
|-
| The European server.
| '''Vigilance'''{{Anchor|Vigilance}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| This server is intended for French-speaking players and was one of the four original EU Servers prior to the global server merge.
|-
| '''Virtue'''{{Anchor|Virtue}}
| <font color=darkred>'''High'''
| The unofficial "role-playing server. (see also: [http://www.virtueverse.net The Unofficial Handbook to the Virtue Universe])
|-
| '''Zukunft'''{{Anchor|Zukunft}}
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
| This server is intended for German-speaking players and was one of the four original EU Servers prior to the global server merge. (Zukunft is German for [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/future#Translations "Future"].)
|}
|}
The PVP and RP servers are "unofficial" in the sense that there is no obligation to engage in PVP or RP on these servers, or to (for example) pick an RP-appropriate name. Reunion is physically in Europe and has a higher proportion of European players, but there's no requirement to play there or not based on where you live.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/server_status/server_status.html "North American" server status] on [http://www.cityofheroes.com cityofheroes.com]
* [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/status/ Server status]
* [http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/news/server_status/ "European" server status] on [http://eu.cityofheroes.com eu.cityofheroes.com]
* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/news_archive/global_server_access_is_nigh.html Global Server Access is Nigh!] on [http://www.cityofheroes.com cityofheroes.com]


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Latest revision as of 00:53, 10 March 2023

Overview

There are five publicly accessible servers that run the City of Heroes game. Four of these servers are all physically located in Canada, with Reunion in Germany. Server Transfers are free and plentiful, so it is not necessary to carefully select a server before starting a character.

Additionally, there are the Beta Testing Shards, of which there are presently four.

Server Order

On the server selection screen, the first server listed is the most recent one you have accessed. The remaining servers are listed in increasing order of current load. While the load does not directly correspond to population, high populations are the largest and most common causes of server load. An account that has never logged in before will not have a "last accessed" server at the top of the list, but instead will show all servers in current-load order.

Please note that if a server starts having technical issues, it will shoot to the top or the bottom of the list, depending on its current load, regardless of how many or how few players are connected to it.

Server List

Server Average Population Notes Community

Torchbearer

Low The first server to be brought up by Homecoming
Excelsior High Currently the highest population server Unofficial PvP server
Indomitable Low Used to be the unofficial PVP server
Everlasting Medium Unofficial RP server
Reunion Low The European server.

The PVP and RP servers are "unofficial" in the sense that there is no obligation to engage in PVP or RP on these servers, or to (for example) pick an RP-appropriate name. Reunion is physically in Europe and has a higher proportion of European players, but there's no requirement to play there or not based on where you live.

External Links

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