Merge the darn servers already!

[Numquam]

Merge the servers already!

[Castanica]

Why even ask them to, it should be very clear by now that they don't care enough to do it for the good of the players.

Server numbers are incredibly low now, at almost laughable levels but it's still not happening.

[Tidis]

1) Keep the servers as they are.
2) People get frustrated and pay to transfer to a larger server like Asura, Bahamut and Odin.
3) ???
4) Profit.

[bazookatooth]

250 people on now... FFXI has officially changed from MMO to just MO.

[Bluestar2kx]

I thought they stated they wouldn't be considering merges until after november in the announcement months ago? To see how servers are affected to make the move done only once rather then twice in 6 months and half the game has to change their name.

Be patient, because complaining about something they've already decided on is likely not going to do much. Servers still have enough people for functional purposes of events these days. Not like we're still tied to 30-50 players for a single event anymore.

p.s. bazookatooth, since most multiplayer games support a max of 64 players, I'd say 250+ still counts as massively since that's like, almost 4x the best most non-mmo's can do.

[bazookatooth]

I thought they stated they wouldn't be considering merges until after november in the announcement months ago? To see how servers are affected to make the move done only once rather then twice in 6 months and half the game has to change their name.

Be patient, because complaining about something they've already decided on is likely not going to do much. Servers still have enough people for functional purposes of events these days. Not like we're still tied to 30-50 players for a single event anymore.

p.s. bazookatooth, since most multiplayer games support a max of 64 players, I'd say 250+ still counts as massively since that's like, almost 4x the best most non-mmo's can do.

I'd say that at least 150 of those people were AFK and / or bazaar mules. If forcing people to create more characters and leave them logged in, in lieu of a proper auction house system is the only thing keeping this above standard multi-player game levels, then it isn't an MMO in my book.

There are literally 3 LS doing vagary on my server. One is JP only, one is a mercenary shell that won't bring outsiders without them paying and the other can't seem to beat anything.

[Bluestar2kx]

I'd say that at least 150 of those people were AFK and / or bazaar mules. If forcing people to create more characters and leave them logged in, in lieu of a proper auction house system is the only thing keeping this above standard multi-player game levels, then it isn't an MMO in my book.

There are literally 3 LS doing vagary on my server. One is JP only, one is a mercenary shell that won't bring outsiders without them paying and the other can't seem to beat anything.

I highly doubt there's 150 bazaarers out of 250 people.
I've noticed people everywhere seem to drastically overestimate the number of people bazaaring goods because it makes their argument seem better and be more favored.

There's an average of 600 people active at any given time on shiva, if we took the 70% number everyone seems to love, then god, I'd never see people stop shouting for help for multiple events every 30mins in town and zones would be empty because that would be stretching 180 people (averaged) across 3 dozen zones, and another 2 dozen event instances, wouldn't be enough people to do much with.

And in your case, there would hardly be anyone doing anything but vagary on your server, because those 3 shells doing it would consume 55% of everyone left (assuming vagary is capped at 18 people).

I think 30% is a much more effective number of bazaarers in a given server. Maybe a bit more on really populated ones but nothing approaching 70%.

SE said they would look into transfers after november, I'm sure we can live a few more months after making it this long.

p.s. most people bazaar for one of two reasons: to avoid ah taxes, esp on expensive items that can rack up quickly, and/or because the item they're trying to sell can't be put on the ah, which accounts for 2/3rds of everything worth selling these days. Nothing wrong with the bazaarers.

[bazookatooth]

I highly doubt there's 150 bazaarers out of 250 people.
I've noticed people everywhere seem to drastically overestimate the number of people bazaaring goods because it makes their argument seem better and be more favored.

There's an average of 600 people active at any given time on shiva, if we took the 70% number everyone seems to love, then god, I'd never see people stop shouting for help for multiple events every 30mins in town and zones would be empty because that would be stretching 180 people (averaged) across 3 dozen zones, and another 2 dozen event instances, wouldn't be enough people to do much with.

Your server has twice as many people. If they are equally as active (per capita) as the people on mine, that clearly supports my theory that merging is needed to support an active community. Unless of course you think you have to many people on your server. Is 600 too many? 250 isn't a difficult number to keep track of. I walk through jeuno / adoulin a hundred times a day. I can see which characters haven't moved all day. It's not like I'm guessing how many active cabs there are in new york at rush hour while looking out the window of an airplane.

And in your case, there would hardly be anyone doing anything but vagary on your server, because those 3 shells doing it would consume 55% of everyone left (assuming vagary is capped at 18 people).

The 3 shells don't run at the same time. And yes, they do constitute a large portion of the active community. Right now, I have three active linkshells and between the three of them, they have 89 of the 370 people total on the server. About 2/3 of them are AFK.

Looking at my chat log since I went to dinner / drinks tonight, there has been 1 akvan shout that looks like they gave up and went with 3 people, 1 Cirdas skirmish run and a handful of people trying to buy UC upgrade items in the last 4 hours. This is american prime time and no one has shouted for content from this year in the last 6 hours. Possibly longer. There are currently 12 people in escha right now. 8 of them are in my linkshell and 3 of them have been afk at the entrance since yesterday.

I think 30% is a much more effective number of bazaarers in a given server. Maybe a bit more on really populated ones but nothing approaching 70%.

I think marshmallows are delicious.

SE said they would look into transfers after november, I'm sure we can live a few more months after making it this long.

That doesn't mean things couldn't be better.

p.s. most people bazaar for one of two reasons: to avoid ah taxes, esp on expensive items that can rack up quickly, and/or because the item they're trying to sell can't be put on the ah, which accounts for 2/3rds of everything worth selling these days. Nothing wrong with the bazaarers.

Like I said "in lieu of a proper auction house system..."

Vagary can be low manned, you don't need an LS for that so I highly doubt you know all the groups doing it.

I know it can be low manned, I'm the person you have been arguing with about how low manning things isn't right and that jobs that can low man things need to be nerfed.

[Belmonts]

I think marshmallows are delicious.

I like pie (´・ω・`)ノ