Server merge inevitable?

[leorez]

I'm agreeing with you. I think the next update will bring a bunch back and then by New Years you should see another merger!

I also think that the people who shifted to 14 will realize another month of the same oversimplified gameplay and very causal focused game is not gonna last for them. Ive seen people who defend the game and are basically forcing themselves to enjoy it start to see the cracks. Its nothng new, just old ideas mostly well polished, but same old crap everyone has seen and done before.

I think FFXIV will hold onto people for a tops of 6 months (2 updates worth) before they fully give up, and it will be because the devs are trying so hard to appeal to a "mass audience" they wont have the depth there to keep most players amused.

I wont be shocked if the servers fill back up in the next few months, especially if the devs for this game finally get a clue and stop this ilevel vertical gear grind most people are not in favor of, and get back to making it how it used to be.

[Keeley]

SE needs to merge the servers. We currently have 17. If they would just get rid of 9 of them, and send those people to the remaining 8, I think we would have another year or two where there are plenty of people to play with. I think FF14 is here to stay and if anything, it will drain more people from 11 to 14.

[Anjou]

SE needs to merge the servers. We currently have 17. If they would just get rid of 9 of them, and send those people to the remaining 8, I think we would have another year or two where there are plenty of people to play with. I think FF14 is here to stay and if anything, it will drain more people from 11 to 14.

I can agree with that, at least it'll give people some new playmate. Besides, the Japanese players keep us rather populated during their prime time, we just need to get EU players stabilized so they have some play time.

[Sp1cyryan]

im on asura and most nights its around 600-700 duing NA peak times, in the morning and early afternoon EST its like 300-400 and late night for JP time it can hit over 1k.

Its pretty clear the JP players didnt care for 14 (probably because its basically a western MMO clone) so they have stuck around on most servers.

I am also on Asura and while Leo is right. It easily hits 900-1k+ on weekends evening to night time EST. Over 1.1k this weekend. I assume that was because of the HKCNM event.


If SE plays its cards right with the November update then this problem will have a big bandage put over it. That is because FFXIs problems are not due to lolFFXIV anymore than they are due to Pokemon X and Y, GTA5, or the new CoD or AC comming out in a few weeks. FFXIs problem is it received a great expansion that was clearly not finished. It replaced all the existing content with a lack of content and a lack of endgame goals with rapid vertical progression (and the death of R,E,M). People burned out quickly this way and what we are left with is Monstrosity which is the glowing gem of FFXI at the moment, but needs a lot of work and expansion to stay that way.

Server merges are bound to happen regardless, but FFXI has a long ways to go in the life it has left in it.

[leorez]

I am also on Asura and while Leo is right. It easily hits 900-1k+ on weekends evening to night time EST. Over 1.1k this weekend. I assume that was because of the HKCNM event.


If SE plays its cards right with the November update then this problem will have a big bandage put over it. That is because FFXIs problems are not due to lolFFXIV anymore than they are due to Pokemon X and Y, GTA5, or the new CoD or AC comming out in a few weeks. FFXIs problem is it received a great expansion that was clearly not finished. It replaced all the existing content with a lack of content and a lack of endgame goals with rapid vertical progression (and the death of R,E,M). People burned out quickly this way and what we are left with is Monstrosity which is the glowing gem of FFXI at the moment, but needs a lot of work and expansion to stay that way.

Server merges are bound to happen regardless, but FFXI has a long ways to go in the life it has left in it.

Its that terrible and fast vertical progression (among a bunch of other things) that got me bored of FF14 so quick, and i really hope they stop doing what happens over there and poorly implementing it here, it just dont work in this game (nor should be used as some sort of testing ground for causalfest 14)

[Spectreman]

There not enough players to fill 10 servers. Need merge now.

[Anjou]

The only thing I'm worried about, is what'll happen with the players who lose their original server to the merge, I wonder how they'll act...

[detlef]

The worst part is if you merge servers at this point, you're essentially merging 4 servers worth of character names.

[Karah]

Here's the sad honest truth.

2000 people logged in for the "bcnmdropmadness weekend" this was literally the justification SE needed to say "no damn merges stop asking".

As long as you "quitters" keep logging in for lolloginrewards and stupid point driven gimmicks, there will be no merges, period.

It's cold and simple fact. It LOOKS like people are playing, whether they are or not.

Stop logging your mules in for log in points. (I'm guilty too I log in 10 accounts every day.) Until (we) all stop, there is no point complaining. It's your faults for falling for these tricks that keep merges from being discussed.

[Bearstar]

14 is pulling alot of player's attention but I don't see 11 ending anytime soon.