POLL: what style server merge do you prefer?

1)Straight server merge:

- Server A & B are combined to form server 1

2)Free choice:

- Select what server to move to?


A lot of people are upset with the thought of people who they have gamed with over the past 17 months suddenly being on a different server. Or even more so the people who have taken a hiatus from the game to return finding no familiar names or friends.

So maybe with enough support one way or another we can steer the dev team to a new decision on how to handle server merge and world populations.

If you have an further input, as in alternative merge methods or thoughts post it, and keep this thread bumped for forum goers in different time zones.

Like this for option #1

like this for option #2

i made a thread for this

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...n-Server-Merge

updated main topic to reflect reason to create a "Poll"

Liked the first option.

They just need to take the 10 most popular servers and merge the less popular ones into them. This option is FAR superior because:

1. The devs would have ALL the control over balancing the worlds, thus ENSURING that each server pop is balanced by choosing which worlds merge with which other worlds.

2. All the communities created on the existing servers won't be splintered!!!!!!!!

3. Unsubscribed players and players who will be unable to access the game won't be pushed into a random server. (The current system would cause all these players to be alienated if they planned to resubscribe for 2.0, and this means these players WON'T COME BACK FOR 2.0!)

4. Everyone on the 10 most popular servers will be able to keep their server name.

IT WOULD SOLVE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS EVERYONE IS UPSET ABOUT WITH THE CURRENT CRAPPY MERGE SYSTEM THEY ANNOUNCED!

Plus, they could still give French and German speaking players the option to switch to server 10.

[SIZE="5"]PLEASE SWITCH TO THIS PLAN, YOSHI-P, OR FFXIV WILL SUFFER![/SIZE]

i prefer server a plus server be = server x, that way we dont have to do the work to keep our community's together.

I know some of you forum police don't like bumps, but oh well. Saving established server communites might be more important to a lot of people.

No thank you.

yes please

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Originally Posted by Vaen

Liked the first option.

They just need to take the 10 most popular servers and merge the less popular ones into them. This option is FAR superior because:

1. The devs would have ALL the control over balancing the worlds, thus ENSURING that each server pop is balanced by choosing which worlds merge with which other worlds.

2. All the communities created on the existing servers won't be splintered!!!!!!!!

3. Unsubscribed players and players who will be unable to access the game won't be pushed into a random server. (The current system would cause all these players to be alienated if they planned to resubscribe for 2.0, and this means these players WON'T COME BACK FOR 2.0!)

4. Everyone on the 10 most popular servers will be able to keep their server name.

IT WOULD SOLVE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS EVERYONE IS UPSET ABOUT WITH THE CURRENT CRAPPY MERGE SYSTEM THEY ANNOUNCED!

Plus, they could still give French and German speaking players the option to switch to server 10.

[SIZE="5"]PLEASE SWITCH TO THIS PLAN, YOSHI-P, OR FFXIV WILL SUFFER![/SIZE]

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I don't agree with anything posted above but the text formatting for emphasis is nice. I think it makes a point although I only ready "FFXIV WILL SUFFER!" so I'm assuming this is some kind of ransom note and that you're holding FFXIV hostage??? If so what are your demands?

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Originally Posted by AngryNixon

I don't agree with anything posted above but the text formatting for emphasis is nice. I think it makes a point although I only ready "FFXIV WILL SUFFER!" so I'm assuming this is some kind of ransom note and that you're holding FFXIV hostage??? If so what are your demands?

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Aw, thank you! My demands are that you keep being awesome and disagree with things for no reason *huggles!* :o:o:o

I'd rather see a mix of both.

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Originally Posted by AngryNixon

No thank you.

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Agreed

on a side note:" NIXXXXXXOOOONSSSSS BAAAAAAAACKKKKKKKK"

I prefer Your option 2. To be perfectly clear, the option and method that SE has chosen and planning to implement. This is a poll so my answer is in. Save the explanations for another thread.

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Originally Posted by Uzziah

I prefer Your option 2. To be perfectly clear, the option and method that SE has chosen and planning to implement. This is a poll so my answer is in. Save the explanations for another thread.

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^^ yep thats the point of the poll.

1) do traditional merge

or

2) or go with what SE has planned.

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Originally Posted by Vaen

Liked the first option.

They just need to take the 10 most popular servers and merge the less popular ones into them. This option is FAR superior because:

1. The devs would have ALL the control over balancing the worlds, thus ENSURING that each server pop is balanced by choosing which worlds merge with which other worlds.

2. All the communities created on the existing servers won't be splintered!!!!!!!!

3. Unsubscribed players and players who will be unable to access the game won't be pushed into a random server. (The current system would cause all these players to be alienated if they planned to resubscribe for 2.0, and this means these players WON'T COME BACK FOR 2.0!)

4. Everyone on the 10 most popular servers will be able to keep their server name.

IT WOULD SOLVE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS EVERYONE IS UPSET ABOUT WITH THE CURRENT CRAPPY MERGE SYSTEM THEY ANNOUNCED!

Plus, they could still give French and German speaking players the option to switch to server 10.

[SIZE="5"]PLEASE SWITCH TO THIS PLAN, YOSHI-P, OR FFXIV WILL SUFFER![/SIZE]

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+1

Option #1! Please SE!!!!

I prefer option #1

Option 1.
Why make it harder then needed? I'm in multiple linkshell and I'll probably lose 1 or 2 of them because we'll be splitted up.
The linkshells are pretty big, so it's not to me to tell every linkshell GO THERE!!

I'll just need to choose which linkshell I'll follow to the new server.
That's why I'm completely against option 2. Whole communities are getting ripped apart. =(