Transfer Restrictions and Roleplayers

[Acilith]

I find it disingenuous to blame Squeenix for people who purposely transferred into a server known to be overpopulated for years. The fee was obviously there to discourage transfer. Imagine the yelling if they had locked it down 2 years ago or longer? ...probably pretty similar to now. I really have little sympathy for people who actually paid for a lesser degree of stability.

Server's not that unstable actually. A few times it has gone down on its own because of the sheer amount of people, but for the most part it's fine. I am kind of surprised they don't merge all the baby servers together to make one or two large servers like Balmung just because running around in a MMO absolutely alone is.. sad.

[MomomiMomi]

Server's not that unstable actually. A few times it has gone down on its own because of the sheer amount of people, but for the most part it's fine. I am kind of surprised they don't merge all the baby servers together to make one or two large servers like Balmung just because running around in a MMO absolutely alone is.. sad.

No. Server merges are terrible.

[savageink]

Server's not that unstable actually. A few times it has gone down on its own because of the sheer amount of people, but for the most part it's fine. I am kind of surprised they don't merge all the baby servers together to make one or two large servers like Balmung just because running around in a MMO absolutely alone is.. sad.

I have alts on Gilgamesh. I never transfer, I just make a new character when I switch servers. Peak time in town is like swimming through tar from the lag... I don't play them much, usually late at night. I really don't know how people stand it on their mains on a regular basis. And during expansion launch? Forget it. So, yeah. I am fully aware of the server issues whether people who deal with them every time they log in do, is another question.

And no, smaller servers aren't empty. Some more than others at 3 am but whatever.

[Hasrat]

running around in a MMO absolutely alone is.. sad.

What's not sad is being able to play without lag spikes from all the AFKs or whatever. Small servers are probably a great boon to players with sub-optimal machines. I know I can feel mine chug just a little bit harder when big hunts draw in a crowd. I'd hate trying to play if that was normal everywhere all the time. (plus being able to actually get to/participate in hunts)

I've also heard old stories of certain enemies being constantly farmed for materials (such as Diremite) causing some frustration among players struggling to compete. Idunno if that was ever a thing in early HW or whatever, but I'd consider it a potential/minor benefit to staying small.

[Felis]

I am kind of surprised they don't merge all the baby servers together to make one or two large servers like Balmung just because running around in a MMO absolutely alone is.. sad.

It is not the size of the other servers the problem, but the size of Balmung.
So no, a merge will not solve it.