Merge the darn servers already!

[Clou777]

what we really need is to merge all JP players together as they are the majority that play the game and stick everyone else like NA and EU together, at least then you wont get the "JPONRY" players stopping everyone else from joining events like i got the other day.

[Enochroot]

what we really need is to merge all JP players together as they are the majority that play the game and stick everyone else like NA and EU together, at least then you wont get the "JPONRY" players stopping everyone else from joining events like i got the other day.

As an NA player who's been in a JP linkshell for a number of years, I'd be very upset if they did this and I'd probably stop playing altogether. Yes, there's racism. However, I've found that if you're polite, take the time to learn some basic kana and a few common vocab words, you can build a cultural bridge and get past the racism. If an idiot like me can do it, anyone can. My Japanese vocab level is still that of a toddler's, but with auto-translate, google translate, a JP/NA dictionary at my desk... it's not such an issue. Just takes a little effort and the rewards have been very fulfilling.

Recently, during JP prime time on Phoenix there have been twice as many folks online as during NA prime time. 350-400 to 700-800.

[Raydeus]

No thanks. I like things the way they are right now.

PS > Instead I'd really like it if SE gave a free world transfer so people could move to the crowded servers if they want.

[Draylo-]

16 servers is way too much, think about that. Do we really need 16 servers at this point?

[Stompa]

If they are reducing the timer for Meebles, and people still want their glowy gaxe etc. you are going to see lines of people waiting to enter the battlefields. If you then merge servers, those lines will double in length. Similar problems with your favourite Dynamis farming spot.

Any server merge at this stage would have to be accompanied by alternative methods for acquiring items from instanced or very popular events that are discouraging players because of overcrowding. For instance, being able to buy Meebles or VW glowy items, using large amounts of credits that can be obtained by farming other less overcrowded MB/VW zones. Or changing repop/drop rates in Dyna, so that lots of people can farm the same areas at the same time.

Its not that server merges are wrong, it is only that they would need to happen alongside appropriate changes to some of the current battlefields.

[bazookatooth]

If they are reducing the timer for Meebles, and people still want their glowy gaxe etc. you are going to see lines of people waiting to enter the battlefields. If you then merge servers, those lines will double in length. Similar problems with your favourite Dynamis farming spot.

Any server merge at this stage would have to be accompanied by alternative methods for acquiring items from instanced or very popular events that are discouraging players because of overcrowding. For instance, being able to buy Meebles or VW glowy items, using large amounts of credits that can be obtained by farming other less overcrowded MB/VW zones. Or changing repop/drop rates in Dyna, so that lots of people can farm the same areas at the same time.

Its not that server merges are wrong, it is only that they would need to happen alongside appropriate changes to some of the current battlefields.

I don't think you understand. There are servers with 3 times the population of other servers. Dynamis etc. still functions on those servers. During NA prime time, I'll see 250-350 people on my server while other servers are hovering at 1,000-1,200. There's no reason that some of the less populated servers cant be merged.

And for what it's worth, I don't think that the minor convenience of getting into meebles easier or not having to /sea a dynamis zone before I head there is worth the inconvenience of never being able to get a group together that can clear Vagary, or Escha NMs or UC NMs etc. Right now, Dynamis, meebles and Salvage are almost always empty on my server, so I don't think too many people would notice anyways.

[Draylo-]

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

[Traxus]

There is something wrong with meebles besides overcrowding. I get frequent congestion errors trying to enter, even when I'm the only player on my entire server trying to do the event.

[Numquam]

Its not about low-manning or over crowded...its about finding other people that like to play the damn game other than just leveling crap in abyssea. Its about team building and just losing yourself in the fantasy with others. It sucks that PuGs are really non-existent on Phoenix (at least NA shouts). It sucks that LS's are being built and not really doing a wide variety of things. Its like one thing or another and you're just sitting there. Plus, my schedule sucks. By the time I get on all the EN players are in bed and EU/JP players are getting their days started. But its just me wanting something. I know I can't be the only one working crappy hours and playing during crappy hours, but it just feels that way on the server...

[Ritsuka]

Its not about low-manning or over crowded...its about finding other people that like to play the damn game other than just leveling crap in abyssea. Its about team building and just losing yourself in the fantasy with others. It sucks that PuGs are really non-existent on Phoenix (at least NA shouts). It sucks that LS's are being built and not really doing a wide variety of things. Its like one thing or another and you're just sitting there. Plus, my schedule sucks. By the time I get on all the EN players are in bed and EU/JP players are getting their days started. But its just me wanting something. I know I can't be the only one working crappy hours and playing during crappy hours, but it just feels that way on the server...

Move to another server i guess might be your best bet.