Are we getting a server merge soon?

[Diavolo]

How do you know the two largest servers are doing well?

Earlier in this thread Olor stated they hadn't seen any congestion at all for at least the past year. Likewise, detlef said almost everything he's read about the server's conditions has been positive. I don't spend a great deal of time browsing FFXI forums, but I've spent enough time on them to know if the conditions there were problematic we would have heard much more about it by now. In my experience, Asura's more vocal players tend to give off the impression of being a rather content group.

As Castanica pointed out, players want to be on larger servers, they "are moving by their own volition and planning to ODIN and Asura, nobody is making them do this." If, as you say, your friends on Asura are doing nothing but complaining maybe you should all take his advice and have them transfer to one that would be more to their/your liking. I hear Cerberus is a nice, quiet world.

Yes i do agree with this but the fact still remains Until They actually change it to where the current population on servers aren't already causing issues for many people. Just adding more people will just make it worst.

See, we at least agree that change is constant. Now forgive me for sounding a bit idealistic for a moment, but as a member of this community you are capable of bringing about some of that change. The development team does, in fact, pay attention to what we are saying and doing. Are you going to sit idly by and watch Final Fantasy XI fizzle out over time or are you going to discuss possible solutions to its current shortcomings, potentially bringing attention to concerns the development staff may be able address?

[Aisu]

See, we at least agree that change is constant. Now forgive me for sounding a bit idealistic for a moment, but as a member of this community you are capable of bringing about some of that change. The development team does, in fact, pay attention to what we are saying and doing. Are you going to sit idly by and watch Final Fantasy XI fizzle out over time or are you going to discuss possible solutions to its current shortcomings, potentially bringing attention to concerns the development staff may be able address?

Yes as a community member i do want change and understand that we can make change if SE's listens so telling them that to fix the issue is to merge servers is far from helping this game. It will make it worst and not actually telling SE the issues and trying to mask the situation with a merge isn't what i want. Yes a bigger community is better if the game was designed around it which FFXI isn't anymore. When FFXI started to lose a lot of its playerbase they started to develop new content for low man groups. They changed older content to low man groups, What this means is more groups can attempt this because you don't need to find a ton of people to do it anymore. Most content has no real limits like the game use to have like the 3 day waits for events that only lasted a few hours, This is not 2007. Like you said the game has changed and the game can change again BUT in it's current state it is not in a good position to merge. Before they even think about merging they would have to fix the game itself where people won't be locked out or have to fight over pop spots. Which is causeing many issues as I hear it a lot from others so it surprises me why some people can't see the issues it will bring when there are already issues on low populated worlds.

If they don't fix those issues before merging then they are just going to make it worst for the majority of players that want to get gear and actually want to do stuff instead of being told "No! You can't do that because too many people are stopping you from doing this here and now". Now spend your time spamming this book and waste your time for no good reason because a few players want to have more people to talk to and be able to form parties a little faster and then can't do what they formed the party for to begin with because too many people on at the same time is stopping them and wasting their time for no good reason.

I want a merge if SE changes the current state of game i really do but in its current state no thank you. Many agree with me and many people who had the same view as yours who i explained this to understood my opinion and completely agreed once they thought it through which is why it is baffling me as to why you are so determined to make the game play worst for many because you want more people to talk to.