Downside to being on Aether now

The downside to being on Aether now:

P**** >> We are leaving the guild to transfer to a server that will allow your real life friends to create characters. Thank you so much for having us.

Pants? Perks? Plans?

Real life friends? Never heard of those? Are they edible?

Also wondering if OP literally made this thread just to tell someone in his FC he was doing a world transfer.

It's not something that bothers me at the moment, but tbh I can see people really having that kind of trouble

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Originally Posted by RitsukoSonoda

Real life friends? Never heard of those? Are they edible?

Also wondering if OP literally made this thread just to tell someone in his FC he was doing a world transfer.

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What do you mean real life? Isnt our lives on Eorzea real life? Arent you all using your tombstone to talk on here? Anyway gonna continue reading my fantasy blog on the CNN website it has some interesting fanfiction to read.

I am having the issue where my playing got my friends interested. They wanted to play with me joined, bought the game but now they can’t make a character on my DC at all so we can’t play together unless i make an alt off my DC and I don’t really want to. I mean to be fair i did warn them that Aether would be locked, but they did not heed my warnings.. as if I would deliberately say that to keep us from playing together xD silly.. i have another friend who is wanting to join me but can’t that did listen to my warning and he was a bit disappointed..

Lol the one time i have real friends that actually want to join me in an mmo and I can’t really have them unless I completely start over with nothing :rolleyes:.

You realize the lockdown is temporary right?

Pretty safe bet they'll be adding new servers to Aether in the not too distant future. The problem wasn't anticipated and is a direct result of the influx of players from WOW. DC travel is coming in October so that will help with friends who want to play together. Crystal and Primal are still available for new characters and friends will be able to visit and play with their friends on Aether soon enough.

This congested status has happened before; so this is only temporary.

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

You realize the lockdown is temporary right?

Pretty safe bet they'll be adding new servers to Aether in the not too distant future. The problem wasn't anticipated and is a direct result of the influx of players from WOW. DC travel is coming in October so that will help with friends who want to play together. Crystal and Primal are still available for new characters and friends will be able to visit and play with their friends on Aether soon enough.

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Oh for sure. It doesn’t help the frustration tho. Lol . I know it is temporary it is just some people are being hit with a series of unfortunate events because of the lock. For some people waiting till oct is a long time to wait..

I don’t think this thread was meant to be anything but a venting situation and for others effected to just have a bit of a chat about it..

Who would've thunk it that when a game becomes more populare it would put stress on existing servers?
Not like other MMOs has had to lock down servers due to a high increase in players.
Especially in such a short timespan.

"We" got what "we" wanted, FFXIV to become more populare in the eyes of the public.
And now we just have to be patient until fixes are made to allow the game go run smoothly with this increase.

Happy playing.

I suspect that Crystal will soon be more stressed than Aether and they'll shift the lockdown to there but it still disrupts ppl trying to join their friends on the same server. As for new servers, they have so far only indicated they can't get any at present and so may well be some time next year before they can expand capacity.

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Originally Posted by Chawan

I am having the issue where my playing got my friends interested. They wanted to play with me joined, bought the game but now they can’t make a character on my DC at all so we can’t play together unless i make an alt off my DC and I don’t really want to. I mean to be fair i did warn them that Aether would be locked, but they did not heed my warnings.. as if I would deliberately say that to keep us from playing together xD silly.. i have another friend who is wanting to join me but can’t that did listen to my warning and he was a bit disappointed..

Lol the one time i have real friends that actually want to join me in an mmo and I can’t really have them unless I completely start over with nothing :rolleyes:.

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Aren't your friends starting from the beginning too? Starting a new character and maybe new job would mean you could all level together rather than your friends rushing to catch up. Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by Dagget

I suspect that Crystal will soon be more stressed than Aether and they'll shift the lockdown to there but it still disrupts ppl trying to join their friends on the same server. As for new servers, they have so far only indicated they can't get any at present and so may well be some time next year before they can expand capacity.

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And why would Crystal be congested soon? I thought we were all Tumblr SJWs that ERP. You'd think people would want to avoid that and go to Primal instead.

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Originally Posted by Dagget

The downside to being on Aether now:

P**** >> We are leaving the guild to transfer to a server that will allow your real life friends to create characters. Thank you so much for having us.

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Kay.

10chars

I mean sure, but i would have to choose a class type they did not both chose which is DPS, I don’t tank so i would have to roll heals to which I already am a white mage main class. I also don’t really want to reroll on a new DC after being on this one for so long.. Faerie has been my characters home since the end of ARR and while yes i only played a couple months and didn’t resub again till last month i still kind of feel attached.. plus i have other friends here on Faerie that HAVE played consistently since ARR launched that I wouldn’t dare ask to uproot.. Without my current friends on Faerie our entire initial idea would be broken. The whole running dungeons and potentially raids as a whole group wouldn’t happen..

That said i am not entirely upset about it or anything lol they were warned.. it is simply a bit inconvenient. This is a game. I never take things so seriously.. besides the idea is on the table of them just buying a character transfer if and when they can later on. Catching up with me is easy, i am pretty casual. I am sure it will turn around on me being the one to “catch up” lol..

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

Kay.

10chars

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What does that response add? Why even bother saying anything at all?

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Originally Posted by MaxCarnage

What does that response add? Why even bother saying anything at all?

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Pot, kettle.
Kettle, pot.

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Originally Posted by MaxCarnage

What does that response add? Why even bother saying anything at all?

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what does your reply add? :')

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Originally Posted by Poporito_Popoto

Pot, kettle.
Kettle, pot.

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This person gets it.

I wonder if such people also flame the manager of an apartment complex cause they don't have free apartments but the fella wants to be his best friends neighbour.

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Originally Posted by Chawan

I am having the issue where my playing got my friends interested. They wanted to play with me joined, bought the game but now they can’t make a character on my DC at all so we can’t play together unless i make an alt off my DC and I don’t really want to. I mean to be fair i did warn them that Aether would be locked, but they did not heed my warnings.. as if I would deliberately say that to keep us from playing together xD silly.. i have another friend who is wanting to join me but can’t that did listen to my warning and he was a bit disappointed..

Lol the one time i have real friends that actually want to join me in an mmo and I can’t really have them unless I completely start over with nothing :rolleyes:.

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I had the reverse experience actually. I had forgotten where my friend was playing, when he told me the server i told him i couldnt make any character there because of congestion, and he said his was no longer congested, so i made a character there asap. Then 10 days later server gets closed. /phew

Downsides to Aether right now?

Watching reasonable people becoming unreasonable, either because they want their 15mins of fame or they've become so focused on "welcoming" the new wave that they effectively become the equivalent of cyber-nannies.

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Originally Posted by Dagget

The downside to being on Aether now:

P**** >> We are leaving the guild to transfer to a server that will allow your real life friends to create characters. Thank you so much for having us.

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At least you get to transfer to preferred worlds for free.

Though honestly I would suggest not getting in a rush to transfer (if you're still in the planning stages).

First, Aether may not remain on Congested status that long if new players are continuing to flood NA servers. Primal and Crystal will catch up in population, and SE would need to remove the Congested status to balance things back out.

Second, data center travel is coming (planned to be implemented before Endwalker release though there's always the chance it will be delayed). That will allow you to play with your friends.

Third, you can always create a new character on the same world with your friends and level with them while waiting for data center travel to be implemented, at which time you could switch to using your main character. I always find it bizarre that people recommend their friends to the game but then insist their friends rush solo to level cap instead of helping their friends get the best possible experience at a pace that's enjoyable to them.

The hell is a "friend"?

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Originally Posted by Dagget

I suspect that Crystal will soon be more stressed than Aether and they'll shift the lockdown to there

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Balmung is locked most of the time anyway so yeah no worries ^^

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Originally Posted by Doozer

And why would Crystal be congested soon? I thought we were all Tumblr SJWs that ERP. You'd think people would want to avoid that and go to Primal instead.

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Also this

I am having this problem now. There are several people at my job that are interested in joining our FC and playing with us, but they cant for the time being. It feels bad because we were looking at having an entire office raid group going, but we have fingers crossed the server will be unlocked before too long.

It's been frustrating. My main is on Aether. I tried to get my sister into the game, but we had to create new characters on Primal because the others are packed to bursting. We've had such horrible experiences in Famfrit so far. I hope they do something about the availability. I'm not sure what that would entail, but if adding more capacity to Aether is possible, they need to do it. ASAP!

My initial comment was in regard to some guildies who wanted to be with their friends.

Crystal is all 'Preferred' so transfers from Aether to Crystal are free. Primal is all 'Standard', Hence I expect Crystal to soon be at capacity

Most transfers and new players don't know or care about Balmung/Mateus being heavy RP servers

I had a spare small char on an Aether server and on a lark moved it to Balmung this afternoon, no worry about locks.

Aether is already seeing a big drop in lowbie sprout activity in the early zones.