Let Karnak's voice be heard!!!

First off I should say this, I belong to most of the biggest English speaking linkshells on Karnak.

As one of the smallest servers in FFXIV I find it frustrating to find/create parties for raids most of the time. With half of the very small population being japanese and the other half english (more or less) I get to do very small amounts of raids. I have killed Batrall (Check my lodestone history if you don't believe me) I LOVE the new system and content (Very well done SE) I just find myself doing more waiting than raiding. Having this brand new content, raiding is practically the only thing I am interested in doing because I have done everything else so much I have lost interest in it. Anyways I do not want this to be about complaints so I will get to the point.

Can we have a server merge of the lowest population servers PLEASE!!!

I am definately not the only one on Karnak that thinks this either. The majority of people I have spoke with this about couldn't agree more.

I eagerly await a dev response for this issue and I apologize if I missed a topic on this already!

-Zirgon Soul

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Originally Posted by ZirgonSoul

I am definately not the only one on Karnak that thinks this either.l

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You mean the other person on Karnak agrees with you?

I kid, I kid. ^_^

why you chose Karnak from the beginning?

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Originally Posted by Evangela

why you chose Karnak from the beginning?

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Yeah. As much as I liked FFV, Karnak is not one of the most recognizable names. It goes without saying that it would be sparsely populated, along with Istory, Saronia, and Palamecia.

Probably Fabul, too, 'cause if you're gonna pick an FFIV related server, you gotta go with Mysidia.

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Originally Posted by Evangela

why you chose Karnak from the beginning?

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Is this a real question? lol

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Originally Posted by Evangela

why you chose Karnak from the beginning?

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I expected the server to grow. I didn't want to be in a server overloaded with people so I chose Karnak. I also started playing FFXIV about 1 week after launch so it was hard to tell which servers would be good. I wasn't basing it on the name.

Theres a server called Karnak? Wow, guess you learn somthing new every day.

Unfortunately you can't do a server merger without father tarnishing the title.

Server merger = game is dying/dead.

It would basically be like putting a hose in the mouth of someone who is already drowning. Alot less likely to turn around the game if everyone thinks it is over.

While it would drastically improve the current game several fold over... it would almost doom it in the long haul.

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Originally Posted by Xatsh

Unfortunately you can't do a server merger without father tarnishing the title.

Server merger = game is dying/dead.

It would basically be like putting a hose in the mouth of someone who is already drowning. Alot less likely to turn around the game if everyone thinks it is over.

While it would drastically improve the current game several fold over... it would almost doom it in the long haul.

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Ok well maybe not a merge. How about having the option to switch servers once every 6 months or something? I could get all my friends in Karnak to switch to another server at the same time. Im just thinking off the top of my head here but Karnak needs a boost.

be quiet!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by ZirgonSoul

Ok well maybe not a merge. How about having the option to switch servers once every 6 months or something? I could get all my friends in Karnak to switch to another server at the same time. Im just thinking off the top of my head here but Karnak needs a boost.

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I dont believe we will get server transfers until after the ps3 release so they can try to balance server populations, if they allowed server transfers now everyone would move from the lower population servers to the medium and high population ones.

It will get to the point where no PS3 players will beable to go to the large population servers, if SE turn the game around.

If they allow server transfer, everyone will move to Besaid or Lindblum and those small servers will die

IMO I do think a server merge would be best. They created too many servers to begin with because they released the game waaaay too early. People have quit, don't want to play anymore or hate the new changes. Leaving Karnak and other low population servers a mess. I don't think anyone would miss one tiny server.

Some people didn't even know Karnak existed. (Unless they were being sarcastic :P)

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Originally Posted by ZirgonSoul

IMO I do think a server merge would be best. They created too many servers to begin with because they released the game waaaay too early. People have quit, don't want to play anymore or hate the new changes. Leaving Karnak and other low population servers a mess. I don't think anyone would miss one tiny server.

Some people didn't even know Karnak existed. (Unless they were being sarcastic :P)

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Lol I was being sacrcastic, because you never hear from Karnak.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

Lol I was being sacrcastic, because you never hear from Karnak.

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Because we are so tiny. Like Lallafell ^_^

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Originally Posted by ZirgonSoul

Because we are so tiny. Like Lallafell ^_^

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And with the wierd moustaches?

I would probably very much like this idea. I ended up on Kashuan, as I played on Kujata back in XI, and a lot of the players from Kujata ended up starting there, due to it being the first (and at the time, only) server beginning with a K. Now, as has been pointed out, everybody's gone, and there are very few people on the server to actually do stuff with. I'm finding it impossible to get groups for anything, and have considered more than once starting over to a medium-high population server (the downside to this, obviously, being that when all the people I started the game with come back, I'd be on a different server).

I know it's hard to do any kind of server balancing with the special case that is FFXIV right now, but something to help out the lower population servers would certainly be nice. I suppose it's a good sign, but the lack of people to do stuff with is now the biggest reason I don't play too incredibly often. Haha

I think what Karnak needs is more fire.

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Originally Posted by Xatsh

Unfortunately you can't do a server merger without father tarnishing the title.

Server merger = game is dying/dead.

It would basically be like putting a hose in the mouth of someone who is already drowning. Alot less likely to turn around the game if everyone thinks it is over.

While it would drastically improve the current game several fold over... it would almost doom it in the long haul.

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No it wouldn't. Most people I talk to think the game is already dead anyways and those who are interested already bought the game on release (so no new profit from them) or are tracking the patch notes.

Meanwhile, we have people who can't even enjoy new content because they made, what, 14 servers and then kept them that way after the game flopped?

Maybe they can open up more servers again after 1.20, but for now we really do need a server merge on the low/medium population servers :S

EDIT: Oh, and it's especially bad for crafters since they have to pay a ton for mats or go farm them themselves, or go for crystals.

I was on Rabanastre first, played for about a week, it felt really empty compared to other MMOs. So I said "screw it" and moved to Selbina. Pretty happy.

SuzakuCMX, I agree 100%. If I hadn't started on my server with a bunch of friends and old Kujatans (all of whom are now waiting to come back to the game), I would have done the same thing.

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Originally Posted by Evangela

If they allow server transfer, everyone will move to Besaid or Lindblum and those small servers will die

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This. The only thing stopping me from leaving Trabia and rerolling on Besaid is the fact that I play with a RL friend who hates rerolling. If I could talk him into it, I would, but there's not a chance.

I'd say Trabia is decent though. A quiet community, but definitely enough people.

I'm on Karnak also but I wouldn't welcome a server merge. It's nice having a small community even if it does mean waiting awhile to get things done. I think since October I have met one person who I didnt get on well with. I would imagine with a server merge it will bring with it server lag, overcrowded zones, camped NM's 24/7. I remember the big server merge of FFXI - Midgard went from being a nice server into a server where you wouldnt want to be anymore and it was just a mess. I am sure things will pick up with the PS3 release on Karnak anyway.

Most of the English speaking people are in two main shells on the server anyway which I am sure you have. If anything it lacks EU players. Gotta find more!

I've honestly never stopped to think what life was like on other servers. I'm happy where I'm in, and never have issues getting stuff done.

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Originally Posted by Intel

I'm on Karnak also but I wouldn't welcome a server merge. It's nice having a small community even if it does mean waiting awhile to get things done. I think since October I have met one person who I didnt get on well with. I would imagine with a server merge it will bring with it server lag, overcrowded zones, camped NM's 24/7. I remember the big server merge of FFXI - Midgard went from being a nice server into a server where you wouldnt want to be anymore and it was just a mess. I am sure things will pick up with the PS3 release on Karnak anyway.

Most of the English speaking people are in two main shells on the server anyway which I am sure you have. If anything it lacks EU players. Gotta find more!

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Servers lag anyways >_> NMs aren't camped on Selbina from what I see, only Horizon and Ul'dah are "overcrowded."

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Originally Posted by Bigglesworth

I've honestly never stopped to think what life was like on other servers. I'm happy where I'm in, and never have issues getting stuff done.

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I guess you log in at the right time then Biggles. I could shout and /t people for hours on end before I can get a 8/8 party before 8pm EST

I think they won't merge less populated servers till ps3 release. Selbina is brimming over with people at times to the point where i'm like "UGH STOP REROLLING ON MY SERVER I'VE BEEN ON SINCE BETA" and i rage. but I can understand why people do it.

I'm about to reroll on Selbina hahah j/k That would be too much work gone to waste if I did. Not to mention the loss of great friends

I don't think a server merge is needed yet. When the PS3 version is launched SE could either force people to choose the lower populated servers, or give people some sort of incentive for choosing those lower populated servers

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Originally Posted by Evangela

If they allow server transfer, everyone will move to Besaid or Lindblum and those small servers will die

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They are dead. People on them don't play them because they don't want to start over from scratch to possibly run into the same problem and can't find anyone to do anything with. I know that's why I don't log on personally. Sure, there's 50s, but I'm not one of them, and I don't play MMOs to solo. Therefore there's no motivation for me to even play, which worsens the problem. At this point I'm banking on PS3 user influx to make the game 'fun' again. Or, more importantly, to make the game multiplayer for me.

Just to throw my two cents out there, I wouldn't be against a server merge under the following conditions:

Coming from Gysahl (An apparently heavily JP-populated server when all I wanted is some Gysahl Greens for my chocobo which has yet to be born), its very difficult to find english speaking players (Is this a problem on all servers or did I just get the short end of the stick?). If SE were to do a server merge, I would greatly appreciate it if they took a look at regional distribution when they combined servers, ie. combine a JP dominant server with an NA/english dominant server.

Also to the concern of a server merge killing the game: Its not like this game makes headlines to anyone except those of us who are dedicated to it. Its not like if SE announced a merge there would be headlines on all major gaming sites "OMG Everyone! FFXIV is merging servers! The game is finished!".

When PS3 launch happens the majority of them will start on the low pop servers first. So I don't think a server merge is really necessary at this point.

Oh and you are naive if you think that people don't follow any tidbit of bad news about this or any other major MMO like that. It is a sign that the developer doesn't expect the game to grow significantly in the future. So like I said it is way too early when SE hasn't even started charging subscription fees to think that they are accepting equal or less than the current population when considering server needs.