Dev response to Server Merge please.

[Dale]

As a casual player how do you not rely on shouts? You expect people in a linkshell to always be willing to do that you want to, no. Shouting is the main way for casual players to get things they need cleared. If i shout for a AA run and get 1 reply we now have 2 people, if the server population is tripled wouldn't that mean we'd have 6? Numbers are important to rely on shout groups which should be important since there are so many things you can do via shout. Maybe if I wasn't a casual player and knew many people who needed the same things I did I could stop relying on shouts, but thats just unrealistic when you have job/family and more important things to do.

I'm a casual player and don't rely on shouts. If I relied on shouts to play this game I would have quit it long ago.

What you can do is take the time to talk to others and get to know them. Create a link shell and recruit people who have like-minded goals whom you enjoy playing with. In the end this is a multi-player game and if you want to enjoy it your best option is to make friends and get to know people you can play with consistently to get things done.

Even when this game first came out and the servers were full, shouts were an awful way to get things done. Increasing the server population would not help.

[InpendingDeath]

I'm a casual player and don't rely on shouts. If I relied on shouts to play this game I would have quit it long ago.

What you can do is take the time to talk to others and get to know them. Create a link shell and recruit people who have like-minded goals whom you enjoy playing with. In the end this is a multi-player game and if you want to enjoy it your best option is to make friends and get to know people you can play with consistently to get things done.

Even when this game first came out and the servers were full, shouts were an awful way to get things done. Increasing the server population would not help.

So I'm expecting people to be online when I have chances to play, expect people to not be doing anything when I have chances to play, expect people to be in need of the same thing I am when i have chances to play, and expect all these people to leave their frineds/linkshells to join one I create? Like i said I can't say how the past was due to being new but shouts have always been the way to go for me and have always worked, still do work perfectly fine when theres people online. The issue is when population starts to decrease those who rely on shouts are left having to shout for a longer period of time. There are just as many that rely on shouts that don't from what i've seen, the fact is there are people who do rely on shouts and more people would be great for those who do.

[Dale]

So I'm expecting people to be online when I have chances to play, expect people to not be doing anything when I have chances to play, expect people to be in need of the same thing I am when i have chances to play, and expect all these people to leave their frineds/linkshells to join one I create? Like i said I can't say how the past was due to being new but shouts have always been the way to go for me and have always worked, still do work perfectly fine when theres people online. The issue is when population starts to decrease those who rely on shouts are left having to shout for a longer period of time. There are just as many that rely on shouts that don't from what i've seen, the fact is there are people who do rely on shouts and more people would be great for those who do.

Pretty much. You need to rely on others to play with with if you want to do group content.

You can try to rely on shouts, but it won't be reliable or effective. I understand that you think server merges would help, but I just disagree. I don't think it will.

[Missdivine]

None of this make sense to begin with, making a linkshell is hard nowdays because low population and most players on go online but afk/bazzaring or doing their own thing
ffxi is just made for hardcore players now, and the casuals are abandoned because they don't have stuff to get done. thats why i quit ffxi because it have become a sad offline mmorpg with npcs

[Malithar]

None of this make sense to begin with, making a linkshell is hard nowdays because low population and most players on go online but afk/bazzaring or doing their own thing
ffxi is just made for hardcore players now, and the casuals are abandoned because they don't have stuff to get done. thats why i quit ffxi because it have become a sad offline mmorpg with npcs

The game is more casual then it's ever been, your own post even calls it "a sad offline mmorpg with npcs." That's not hardcore at all. Anyone can jump back into the game and get caught up within a fairly minimal amount of time at this point. "None of this makes sense" indeed.

[elqplau]

Im a soloist meaning i didnt like the way parties where set up when rdm was nurphed so long ago...ive been playing sence na release. ..me and my mules have been through 3 merges... i dont rely on shouts....to me its spam...im in. City long enough to change jobs dump merits upgrade nvr longer than that