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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 eleven live publically accessible servers that run the City of Heroes game. These servers are: Champion, Freedom, Guardian, Infinity, Justice, Liberty, Pinnacle, Protector, Triumph, Victory, Virtue
Additionally, there are the [[Beta Testing Shards]], of which there are presently four.


There are also four European servers that are only accessible when using the European City of Heroes or City of Villains game client. They are: Defiant, Union, Vigilance, Zukunft (''[[wiktionary:future#Translations|future]]'')
== 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.


In addition, there is a test server called the [[Training Room]] in which patches and other changes are tested before being rolled out to the live servers.
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.
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== Geographic Division ==


Although any player may play on any server, the servers may be divided into geographic divisions based on where the servers are physically located.  They are as follows:
== Server List{{anchor|Servers}} ==
 
{| class="wikitable grid" width="90%"
=== East Coast Servers ===
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Server
 
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Average Population
The east coast servers are physically located in Virginia.  They are:
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Notes
 
! class="header" style="text-align: center;" | Community
* Freedom
|-
* Infinity
|
* Liberty
'''Torchbearer'''{{Anchor|Torchbearer}}
* Pinnacle
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
* Triumph
| The first server to be brought up by Homecoming
* Victory
|
 
|-
=== West Coast Servers ===
| '''Excelsior'''{{Anchor|Excelsior}}
 
| <font color=darkred>'''High'''
The west coast servers are phycially located in California.  They are:
| Currently the highest population server
 
|Unofficial PvP server
* Champion
|-
* Guardian
| '''Indomitable'''{{Anchor|Exalted}}
* Justice
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
* Protector
|
* Virtue
| Used to be the unofficial PVP server
 
|-
The Training Room server is also located in California.
| '''Everlasting'''{{Anchor|Everlasting}}
 
| <font color=goldenrod>'''Medium'''
=== European Servers ===
|
 
| Unofficial RP server
The European servers are physically located in Frankfurt, Germany. Any European City of Heroes player may log into any of the four servers, but they are generally split by language as follows:
|-
 
| '''Reunion'''{{Anchor|Reunion}}
* Defiance, English
| <font color=darkgreen>'''Low'''
* Union, English
|
* Vigilance, French
| The European server.
* Zukunft, German
|}
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 ==
* [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/status/ Server status]


* The [http://support.cityofheroes.com/cgi-bin/cityofheroes.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=884 FAQ entry] on the City of Heroes support site that gives the locations of the U.S. servers
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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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