Dev response to Server Merge please.

[Sapphire]

Guess what? Something Major did come up! They announced the end of content making thus causing even more people to quit playing rather than having more people start playing like they expected.

Your numbers are NOT their numbers. Though I clearly can say this till I am blue in the face. Their numbers for ages have not pointed to a merge. Heck Every Single Time a server crashed Salvage II due to congestion, guess what?! YOU JUST TOOK MERGES OFF THE TABLE. You see a drop at the moment. They see a blip that will be made up with returners who figure they'll "finish the story." They aren't expecting these returners right now. They are expecting them in May when Rhapsodies hits and they do another "Return/Discount" campaign. Whether is happens or not is irrelevant. The money people took a look at the ACTUAL log-in numbers, made the decision and you get to live with it. As far as they are concerned, no, nothing major has happened, everything is proceeding as they expected post announcement.

[InpendingDeath]

Your numbers are NOT their numbers. Though I clearly can say this till I am blue in the face. Their numbers for ages have not pointed to a merge. Heck Every Single Time a server crashed Salvage II due to congestion, guess what?! YOU JUST TOOK MERGES OFF THE TABLE. You see a drop at the moment. They see a blip that will be made up with returners who figure they'll "finish the story." They aren't expecting these returners right now. They are expecting them in May when Rhapsodies hits and they do another "Return/Discount" campaign. Whether is happens or not is irrelevant. The money people took a look at the ACTUAL log-in numbers, made the decision and you get to live with it. As far as they are concerned, no, nothing major has happened, everything is proceeding as they expected post announcement.

Their numbers are wrong, need a merge. More people quitting and leaving server everyday due to low population. Might be hard to understand for some. #250 people online right now, need a merge bad.

[detlef]

Check again in 14 hours.

[InpendingDeath]

Check again in 14 hours.

Will be around 6-700, 200-300 afk/mules/bazaar... unless it's the weekend+JP prime time we don't see much activity. Were going to break 300 it seems hope the servers can handle all the AFK in jeuno

[InpendingDeath]

Daily bump and no surprise only 300 people online.. 200 afk... need merge still.

[bungiefanNA]

How do you know they're AFK and not just on chatting? I've been logged in from work during lunch via a remote desktop program, so the framerate is too low to do any combat, but I've done mog house activities and LS chat.

[Sirious]

How do you know they're AFK and not just on chatting? I've been logged in from work during lunch via a remote desktop program, so the framerate is too low to do any combat, but I've done mog house activities and LS chat.

That's "afk" ffxi is not a chatroom.

[bungiefanNA]

It is not when you are in an LS that refuses to have a forum and you need to plan out things ahead of time. I am still active, just limited in what activites I can do.

[Celdwn]

this is a Japanese game, for Japanese players, all others especially NA players are a guest/nuisance. The numbers during Japanese prime time are fine. Please take being their guest graciously.

[Meyi]

I just did a /sea all and we're at 650 people right now (7:39 PM PDT, 11:39 AM JST). -shrug- Seems perfectly fine to me.