Merge the darn servers already!

I agree that NA/EU/JP should have their own designated servers. If the occasional player would rather go to a different server outside their region then they should be free to do so. I don't mind the low population as much since most things can be done solo with trust and no competition on monsters. What newer MMOs seem to be doing is allowing more than one pty/person attack the same monsters for exp and other rewards from that monster. But FFXI's system is so old, I doubt they can manage that other than the CFH monsters or open event monsters like in WKR, campaign battles, etc.

What would designated servers achieve? Then you'd just have them be dead when it's not their active time. At least shared servers have people in other countries you can play with during their peak hours if you aren't on the same schedule as the rest of your country. Sharing them means that there are multiple peak times during the day.

Multi-region servers and the auto-translate function are an important part of what makes this game special. My work schedule has fluctuated wildly over the years (some of it thanks to re-arranging it specifically to make LS events!) and it's been great that I've been able to be in NA/EU/JP LS's and make friends with folks all over the world. Why anyone would want to restrict and isolate is beyond me.

Obviously they'll merge the servers someday. If you can't wait that long and/or the content you CAN solo isn't doing it for you (and let's be honest, there's a ton of solo content) then you have the option of jumping servers or deactivating until the merge is done. There are many, many other valid things to be complaining about that don't have work-arounds.

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Originally Posted by bungiefanNA

What would designated servers achieve? Then you'd just have them be dead when it's not their active time. At least shared servers have people in other countries you can play with during their peak hours if you aren't on the same schedule as the rest of your country. Sharing them means that there are multiple peak times during the day.

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^ This. That's one of the many things I love about XI compared to many other mmos. Any other mmo, if I wanted to do stuff at any time passed 11pm, I can't, because the game is void of people until around 6am.

I do kind of wish they'd merge sooner, rather than later though :/ I came back from a few month break back in April, obviously being way behind on all the new content and it just seems like theres either not enough people on doing things (saw maybe like 2-3 shouts in a whole day) or no one's interested in doing/redoing things anymore. Even shouting gets nothing when theres about ~600 people online and probably over half are afk or mules. I guess until they merge or give people a reason to redo older delve / vagary, both of those are out of my reach then. Merging later is going to hurt it even more than it is now.

Play on a server where it's dead during the day and no one will play with you off hours because you don't speak JP, or play on a server where it's very busy during the day and less busy during the off hours.

I honestly feel the single best addition to this game would be a 'out of character' chat, game wide chat channel that is easily turned on or off. It would greatly increase the success of people looking for others to do stuff. Also it wouldn't hurt us if we removed the stick from most of our asses and used Unity chat, at least on my server.

I guess I'm just wanting to cling to my lowbie server because the pop will undoubtedly multiply x4 with a merge.

Square don't believe in server merges, on this game or on FFXIV.

Both games need them, both games won't get them.

Not true considering they have done mergers on this game already lol. They must be waiting for something or trying to cash in on people server swapping.

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Originally Posted by Draylo-

Not true considering they have done mergers on this game already lol. They must be waiting for something or trying to cash in on people server swapping.

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I think that the final chapter of RoV and the possible new final content could possibly be so filled to the brim with epicalness, that SE are waiting to see if hordes of ex-players return to the game this Winter. If those hordes of players did return, and servers had already been merged, there would be congestion overload. So I think they are waiting to see how many people are in the "finished" final version of the game, this Winter, and then make server merges based on that final total.

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Originally Posted by Stompa

I think that the final chapter of RoV and the possible new final content could possibly be so filled to the brim with epicalness, that SE are waiting to see if hordes of ex-players return to the game this Winter. If those hordes of players did return, and servers had already been merged, there would be congestion overload. So I think they are waiting to see how many people are in the "finished" final version of the game, this Winter, and then make server merges based on that final total.

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My server has like maybe 800 at peak. Usually closer to 350. A few years ago there used to be 2500 at any given time. I highly doubt that server overload is a thing.