Petition: Server population displayed with the server name

This is a topic that keeps coming up and I figured it would be a good idea to start a petition to officially ask for this.

I think it would be a very good idea to have the server population density displayed along with the server name.
Something as simple as (Low, Medium, High, Very High) would be very useful for players trying to decide which server to be on and would hopefully help to prevent more server overpopulation problems, since without the information players are just forced to guess and hope that the server they choose isn't full up.

(Please note that this is a petition for a much requested feature and is not a "bitching" thread. I appreciate everyone's support and comments on the topic, but let's please keep the replies polite and respectful. Thank you.)

and % chance to get the 1017 error

j/k

/signed
/10char

Signed! A much needed thing.

I'd like to see this option in the future. :D

They had this in the beta phases, why the heck did they take it out?

Edit--------

The three little ovals that told you the population of the servers are still, in the game, it just doesn't do anything anymore. Which leads me to believe that this feature is still in the game, however the code for it isn't being called correctly so it isn't working right, in which case it would be a bug? I don't know that's just my guess.

Agreed. Hope this is implemented.

/Signed.
Also increase server capacity and not just add in new servers, unless you give out free server transfers.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Norack

They had this in the beta phases, why the heck did they take it out?

Edit--------

The three little ovals that told you the population of the servers are still, in the game, it just doesn't do anything anymore. Which leads me to believe that this feature is still in the game, however the code for it isn't being called correctly so it isn't working right, in which case it would be a bug? I don't know that's just my guess.

---

This. Really, I don't understand why they didn't extend phase 4 beta longer so they could actually figure out the "inconclusive" data they received...oh well no use pining over this now.

I would actually like that too, not even for the Chance to login just as a standard feature.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Moomin

Really, I don't understand why they didn't extend phase 4 beta longer.

---

They did, they made a couple of extensions. They probably call them "phase 4(a)" and "phase 4(b)", but we know them as "Early Access" and "Launch".

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Tandor

They did, they made a couple of extensions. They probably call them "phase 4(a)" and "phase 4(b)", but we know them as "Early Access" and "Launch".

---

lol. Too funny.

/Signed SionnachFox

Signed! So much yes! This will greatly help control the population of servers. If people see a server is ready to bust but isn't quite there, they'll often opt for a lower populated server (unless they have friends waiting). Instead of leaving us in the dark and having SE just randomly shut off the ability to create new characters on a server, which can really ruin the game if a friend is just a little to late.

This is a feature in WoW and it greatly affected my choice when picking a server. (not saying I want a WoW clone, just that it is something that is proven to work)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TouchandFeel

This is a topic that keeps coming up and I figured it would be a good idea to start a petition to officially ask for this.

I think it would be a very good idea to have the server population density displayed along with the server name.
Something as simple as (Low, Medium, High, Very High) would be very useful for players trying to decide which server to be on and would hopefully help to prevent more server overpopulation problems, since without the information players are just forced to guess and hope that the server they choose isn't full up.

(Please note that this is a petition for a much requested feature and is not a "bitching" thread. I appreciate everyone's support and comments on the topic, but let's please keep the replies polite and respectful. Thank you.)

---

Genius. Sign me up. This would definitely alleviate my low level of patience....now we just gotta figure out how to talk to SE.

/Signed

This will be useful, even after the existing problems are resolved.

Signed.

Though I bet they only implement this feature on JP servers.....

Great idea!

/signed

This feature should have been present since Day 1. /signed

/signed

along side a working queue system and a free world transfer after the patch. SE these are the things that keep customers happy and money in your pocket. smh

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by khaliyl

/signed

along side a working queue system and a free world transfer after the patch. SE these are the things that keep customers happy and money in your pocket. smh

---

Yoshida has said that they will be looking into fixing the queue system as well as an AFK auto-boot system after they get server fixes in, so hopefully these things will get dealt with quickly once the new servers are up.

As for the free server transfers, I agree and actually started up a petition thread about it earlier today.
Here is the link.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-on-Wednesday

/signed

Let's work on solving some of these major issues, Square! C'mon! Let's see some progress!

I'd also like to see the server population... and maybe have a little graph of the past week's data accessible, so it's not "surprise! you picked a server all the EU people secretly hang out on! Gl ever playing those hours"

The server status should be more forthcoming to say the least.

Sign sign sign.

It's an industry standard feature.
/signed

bump for more signatures

this would be very useful indeed. I've seen low budget MMO's with this feature, and by low budget, I mean ones that you can download and play for free with cash shops to support them, such as Maple Story, any of them on Perfect World, and Aria games, just to name a few. Several of the games from these places have the server populations listed.

/signed

I would have no problem rerolling on a new server if I knew I wouldn't have to deal with log in queues.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RageRayne

/Signed.
Also increase server capacity and not just add in new servers, unless you give out free server transfers.

---

They already said that the limit for every server without causing overall problems has been reached.

Oh, this is exactly what I was looking for earlier when I posted.

I agree. Some sort of population descriptor with the server would be helpful.:cool:

agreed, specially when they release the transfer feature, this is essential for us to make a good decision on witch server it is worth it to switch.

Disagree/////////////////

I agree with this would be good

signed
/10char