Are we getting a server merge soon?

[Pixela]

Cerberus' online population at 6:00pm pacific time tonight, a large portion of those being AFK bazaars. How low must a server's population go before those running the game do something about it?

People like you baffle me.

It's like your sitting in a bath full of freezing cold water, complaining how cold it is and you refuse to pay a guy $12 to turn the heat up. Sure it would be nice if they did a free merge for you but the game is built around low man and higher server loads now. If it really bothers you so much and you put a ton of hours a week into the game, just server jump? or not I guess....maybe you like complaining more.

It might sound like I'm bashing you but I'm not, I'm just being a realist here.
It's obvious they aren't going to do it after all this time, this is the millionth topic post about it and they are all ignored.

[Jin_Uzuki]

He's not refusing to pay anything. The game is not free. He paid for the game and the monthly cost.

[Cesil]

He's not refusing to pay anything. The game is not free. He paid for the game and the monthly cost.

This. We are already paying for that...so why should we be forced to move because they refuse to merge servers? It is not about being cheap/poor, I could EASILY transfer right now..but guess what, there is still quite a few of my friends on Lakshmi, despite the super low population. People need to stop being apologists and just realize a server merge should have happened ages ago.

I am paying to play a MMORPG..massive..multiplayer...not 300 people RPG lol come on.

[Pixela]

He's not refusing to pay anything. The game is not free. He paid for the game and the monthly cost.

You pay for access to the servers, nothing else.

Again as I said, do I think a merge is a good idea? Sure but are they going to do them? No obviously not, they are needed here and on ffxiv on some servers but they refuse to do them. This has been the case for what....4-5 years now? and people still ask for it when the threads are ignored completely. What does that tell you?

So with that knowledge at your disposal do you complain and log in every day angry or do you spend $12 to rectify the situation yourself and enjoy the game more from that point on? This is just common sense really, I paid for a server merge and I'm really happy I did because the game was far more fun after doing it. It was well worth it, I would of preferred a merge but I'm happier playing the game now so if it's a choice between paying $12 or banging your head on a wall...Ill pay the $12. You know how often I do a /sea all now? Almost never, guess how often on my old server? Every day.

If you can't afford it then I can at least understand that but to be able to afford it and not do so out of principle, ruining your own playing experience is cutting your nose off to spite your face. Makes no sense to me at all.

I'll use an analogy for you if you are sitting next to someone and they let off a giant smelly fart would you sit there and complain about how smelly they are while not moving, or should you expend some energy to get up to move away? That's what you're doing, sitting in it and complaining.

[Pixela]

This. We are already paying for that...so why should we be forced to move because they refuse to merge servers? It is not about being cheap/poor, I could EASILY transfer right now..but guess what, there is still quite a few of my friends on Lakshmi, despite the super low population. People need to stop being apologists and just realize a server merge should have happened ages ago.

I am paying to play a MMORPG..massive..multiplayer...not 300 people RPG lol come on.

It's not being an apologist, it's that they aren't going to merge them are they?

I was in your position, I moved and I am much happier for doing it. Just giving some advice, maybe you think endlessly complaining and playing a game with a tinge of sadness is better than spending $12...if so then by all means, rock on.

[OmnysValefor]

Funny thing is that frienships are the key reason some people play.
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I too feel like I could go to Asura or Odin, but I lose my friends. They won't come for the sake of their friends, etc.

This is more like a landlord whose had the heat go out in an entire apartment building and telling the tenants each must call a gas guy themselves.

I don't care how much you love solo/lowman, lowlowpop sucks when you need help in a fight or need a crafter.

Yes, people like having linited competition to ???s, crabs, Ambuscade, HTBF, etc but SE could fix a few easily, like more good apex camps, more pages for escha regions, not having agroing mobs on top of ???s. More copies of HTBF instances.

[Jin_Uzuki]

You pay for access to the servers

I pay for having a functional product and play a massive MMORPG. There is no "MMO" without "Players".

, nothing else.

Oh I see. Then let's close the forum. Since SE can do anything they want to the game and we shouldn't complain, right?

The game doesn't even have to work, as long I can log into the servers!

So with that knowledge at your disposal do you complain and log in every day angry or do you spend $12 to rectify the situation yourself and enjoy the game more from that point on? This is just common sense really, I paid for a server merge and I'm really happy I did because the game was far more fun after doing it. It was well worth it, I would of preferred a merge but I'm happier playing the game now so if it's a choice between paying $12 or banging your head on a wall...Ill pay the $12. You know how often I do a /sea all now? Almost never, guess how often on my old server? Every day.

There is also a choice "don't play, don't pay until they merge the server". I do not support poisonous practices (It's the same reason I don't buy day-one DLC or used the awful cash-shop in XIV), SE is offering an infective service, and a lot of people have the right to complain.

[Deirdre]

I have to say, I had never seen the "you pay to access the servers, nothing more" argument in FFXI before. I saw it plenty in the XIV forums, usually by people who were desperate to throw cash at SE for things that could be in the game. Funny thing about XI is, it's an older MMO, which has plenty of disadvantages, but one thing that it offers is quality service in exchange for fee. Now I don't know if they'll merge servers, but let's not start giving them an excuse to do nothing based on the fact that "we just offer you servers! Our work here is done", hmmm?

[Jin_Uzuki]

I saw it plenty in the XIV forums, usually by people who were desperate to throw cash at SE for things that could be in the game.?

Ooooh. I KNEW it sounded familiar, you are absolutely right.

Funny how FFXIV fans are stuck paying 5-6€ per old item that used to available for free, meanwhile we get basically ALL the old items from past events from a single NPC at every repeat..

[CrAZYVIC]

FFXI Sadly need a new DEV team with fresh ideas and can understand the needs of a modern player in 2016.

First Major change this game needs. Instanced Content Only - Drop Open World Content Model.

Like ambuscade they are going in the Right direction with this.

Supreme Ambuscade 8 - 12 Players. Drops items to augment ambuscade Montly set, can drop Sulevia +1, Hizamari +1 pieces. Similar Escha/Skirmish you can add 3 augments to Sulevia/Hizamari sets. 20, 20, 10.

Another adjustments.

Uncap the Currency we can get montly. So you can farm M/E/R weapons in the process.

Escha/Reisenjima "important" battles, can be accessed via Book in Selbina. 6 - 12 Players Limit.

Unity Top Tier battles can be accessed via Book in Nashmau. 6 - 12 players Limit.

The New Dev team will go search in ffxiah, BG wiki the Top players in each job to balance the game, they will calculate with maths, spreadsheets the damage of all the jobs and all DPS jobs will have a damage difference not more than 5%. So instead of Get bad beta testers, dev team will bring "Masters" from each Job.

Ajustments to make the game modern

The amount of instances will be increased, buying New powerfull Hardware Specs.

Ambuscade will allow 300 instances same time
Escha/Reinsejima will allow 300 instances same time
Unity Top Tier Monsters will allow 300 instances same time.

Implementantion of Auto Party Finder.

Supreme ambuscade, Escha/Rei, Top Tier Unity NM. 2 Tanks - 2 Healers - 8 DPS/Support Jobs
Intense - Regular ambuscade. 1 Tank, 1 Healer, 4 DPS/Support.

Only during the instanced battles listed here this jobs stances will be avaliable.

Tank Stance Increase HP 50% - Effect Cure received II +50%, regen +20
DPS Physical jobs. Increase Accuracy/Ra Accuracy 30% - Increase Attack/Ra Attack 30%
Magical Jobs. Increase MA accuracy/Ma Attack 30%.
Healer Jobs. Increase Cure Potency Effect II 50%, Adds refresh +5, Increase MP 50%.

Most of the jobs similar WoW will have DPS-Tank-Healer Stances. So depending how you feel you can pick your role before queue.

Before queue you will have comply some requeriments on Attack, Accuracy etc depending your Job. If you can't reach the Min parameters necessary you will be unable to queue.

After all this doing Server merges in ratio 1 - 3. Merge 3 Servers into One.

Every month New ambuscade set, rotating Neck, Cape, ear1, ear 2, ring 1, ring 2 for augment 20/20/10.

Battle Adjustments.

In High Level Cop, Zilart, ToAU, WotG, Abbysea, Vanilla FFXI. Apex Mobs will be added, they will not agroo but they will Link, Monsters Very Tough ILV119 will be added in those zones as well.

In addition the repop rate of the monsters in Escha, SoA, Reinsejima and this Zones will be increased x3. To aleaviate the server Merge. So in crawler nest, in ro meave, Grauberg S, miseraux coast, Wajaom you will find Very Tough and apex Mobs for example.

Probably with ajustments like this. The game can bring back all the horde of players moved FF14. Its not as easy as a server merge.

1.- People dont make groups anymore, the shout in jeuno 5 hours its over.

2.- People dont want wait in the line for appear their mobs they want press one button and put the queue for a machine find you a group

3.- People want play their favorite job, not the job imposed for the comunity to clear a content, with this ajustement you can play PUP, MNK or the job you want after Experts balance that for us.