[Balmung] Server Issues, safety, and overcrowding

[Enur]

I think at some point Yoshida did say this is his end goal. To have all servers as one server in one big mega world. How that'll be possible? No idea.

Now that we have the cross server partyfinder this seems more and more realistic.
Perhaps the next step is applying it to the open world, so say i on cerberus can see a partymember from odin in Dravanian Forelands. Then the only hindrance would be the inablility to trade.

That could be openened as well, cross server trade- and with it a cross server Market boards. The only thing i foresee being a huge problem is server economy, but even that would most likely stabilise within a month or so, as it essentiall would work like one huge server, but with character specific data being segmented into smaller servers to spread out the load.

[Rokke]

There is incentive. If free transfers became available to low pop servers off of Balmung, If you get your entire FC to transfer to a low pop server that has multitudes of housing available and a decent economy, you can buy up stock on balmung and sell on your new server and be able to purchase back that house you had. It's not rocket science.

I convince my FC to collectively migrate to a dead server. We buy up stuff to sell and make back all our gil and then some. Open world is empty, but hey, we all have pretty houses now, right?

What alternate reality are you living in that people on Balmung who aren't 4 star crafters or end game raiding FC's that sell savage and ex primals, are actually making money?

With the exception of housing, pretty much everything on balmung is dirt cheap. My highest crafter on my main isnt even at 50 yet, and I can make 1 or 2mil per week just by selling WT prizes + Squadron loot + anima components. If I pinch pennies even I'll have enough gil to try gunning it for a mansion when 4.0 drops.

Also what opportunities are there when Hunts are impossible for the average person to get into when S ranks die as fast as it takes to teleport to the zone? What opportunities are there when raiding FC's on our server are elitists about who they let join?

Hunts are easy if you join a hunt LS/hunt party. I honestly don't see how people would struggle with them unless they're trying to go it completely alone.

Dunno bout raiding cause I only play with friends so hey theres a problem maybe.

[Kewitt]

Last time I check.. Teens where having SEX. ERP is safer then SEX

I don't ERP in FFXIV...

On that note. In FFXI Where I met my hubby we did.
So ya.


But everyone knowns in my FC what areas to avoid to skip out on ERP

[RubenSnizzle]

Hm...if only there was a curse filter option to remove all the profanity that people can use on this game...

[SomeRandomHuman]

Separate servers really should be a thing of the past at this point

As much as I want to agree with you, I don't.
I dislike high pop servers because my isp isn't lightning fast like everyone else and I hate crowds with a passion, even in games. I'll stay on good ol walking dead Mateus and stay very far from Balmung and Gilgamesh.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

There is incentive. If free transfers became available to low pop servers off of Balmung, If you get your entire FC to transfer to a low pop server that has multitudes of housing available and a decent economy, you can buy up stock on balmung and sell on your new server and be able to purchase back that house you had. It's not rocket science.

Or they stay on Balmung where this already exists. Plenty of players who like the massive communities only seen on higher pop servers. It would take a mass exodus or an influx of new players to replicate that. To your prior argument, I made several million selling baby gear. When 3.4 dropped, I milked raiders with materia I'd be saving up from Beast Tribes. If you take the time and pick markets, you can make money on Balmung easily without being a 4* crafter.

This also excludes Linkshells. I have plenty of friends outside my FC, all of which I lose by transferring to a dead server. And for what? I have a house, I have gil and I prefer a larger community.

[Bixillarla]

Last time I check.. Teens where having SEX. ERP is safer then SEX

I don't ERP in FFXIV...

On that note. In FFXI Where I met my hubby we did.
So ya.


But everyone knowns in my FC what areas to avoid to skip out on ERP

True some teens do but you know what if the person is 18+ and talks sexually with a someone under 18 that is illegal. Not all teens are sexually active either and wants to see that stuff.

[Holy-chan]

I believe that the main issue behind the ERP complaints is mostly about the fact that most people would rather not see it publicly. Emphasis on "publicly". The opinions on whether this should be a punishable act are extremely varied, but I personally feel that these things should be kept private through Tells, linkshells and whatnot. I don't play on Balmung, and I have not come across such things during my time playing the game on other servers either, but I would definitely not want to see that sort of thing in Say or Shout. Players should not have to block specific chat channels to avoid it, either. That is my opinion on the matter.

[Aylis]

This game was not intended for such activities to take place in. There are other games that allow this but FFXIV is not one of them.

FFXIV is still an MMO, expect it to happen no matter what the games name is.

That said...*MMO Beginners Guide 101 when first logging into a game"

1) Turn off general global chat or filter it to a hidden tab
2) In areas with questionable reputation, Ul'dah, Goldshire, etc. Conduct your questing business and get out. Turn on selective hearing on anything in /say channel.
3) If you find yourself forced to be around certain players for an extended period of time, blacklist, forget and keep about your business.

Easy easy easy and all the tools you need are already in the games.

[Stitches1974]

Separate servers really should be a thing of the past at this point

No! Not everyone wants to be on a jam packed server. Some people are more comfortable on a mid / small population server and try to avoid the larger populations.