Thanks for ruining Mateus, SE.

[Abaigeal]

FCs on the other hand should have been instanced from the start within a zone not unlike a guildhall.

Do you mean like Guild Wars 2? Kind of that whole vibe...like each FC gets a "ward"(like the instances) to themselves and the members have the ability to get housing with in it? That would be an interesting concept itself...though I could see many many issues with that...as some people have a environment preference, and wouldn't want to live where their FC is- though thats where the residential zones would come in.

Just and interesting thought

[Cyreil]

So people have been saying for years now that Balmung players should transfer off the server. But when it comes to them moving to their server, they get upset.

[kcrclark]

I agree with the OP. And to further the point, most of the replies in this thread are exactly why Mateus was better off before they opened it up for free transfers. The actual caliber of person behind the players on Mateus has significantly lowered recently. For the most part Mateus was a great place to play. Low population, small town feel, most people knew each other. There was housing available for new players and new FCs to get as they became able to do so. There was a community on Mateus that was simply not present on the larger population worlds. And it was really, really nice. But, those days are behind us now and we are, as it was so eloquently put to me recently "special....just like every other server." Which, as it turns out, is exactly correct.

[kcrclark]

There is nothing left of what we had, just another over packed world with no houses, RPrs screaming across the shout channels on every zone, and the general attitude went from welcoming and newb friendly to hostile and split 3 ways: 1)The players who have enjoyed Mateus and would really rather SE treated NA like they did EU and opened up a new server that way all the same community of people (mainly roleplayers from Balmung) could go to a place and establish a community that would meet their needs appropriately, 2) the ones who really couldn't care less and 3) the people who hated the servers they were on and so decided to come to Mateus and turn it, almost immediately, into a replication of the server they just hated enough to leave.

[kcrclark]

Sadly, most of the players who have come to Mateus over the last month fall into group 3 and offer absolutely no regard for the players who have called this place home for much longer. They have been discourteous, disrespectful and have negatively impacted almost every aspect of the server without adding one positive point to note.

I really think Square Enix could have handled this much better and made happy all of the paying players involved. This move shows that they really don't care about their player base or what makes any of their servers thrive nor what makes them different from one another. It clearly shows that they have no intention of doing anything to appease the people who basically just got the server we have called home be ruined.

[Ayrie]

I agree with the OP. And to further the point, most of the replies in this thread are exactly why Mateus was better off before they opened it up for free transfers. The actual caliber of person behind the players on Mateus has significantly lowered recently. For the most part Mateus was a great place to play. Low population, small town feel, most people knew each other. There was housing available for new players and new FCs to get as they became able to do so. There was a community on Mateus that was simply not present on the larger population worlds. And it was really, really nice. But, those days are behind us now and we are, as it was so eloquently put to me recently "special....just like every other server." Which, as it turns out, is exactly correct.

Also: totally (un)related... They took our jerbs!

Way to pack everyone into a little category that is easily attacked by your argument.

I'm sure the overall caliber of person has not changed, there are just more people... from all sides of the spectrum, so picking on the group you DON'T like and saying: "look! There's more of them now! They're ALL BAD!" is really easy.

But you constantly seem to be overlooking that there are just as many other decent folk who didn't want to sit in queues all day and just want to sit back and enjoy the game, like you.

I'm REALLY siding on you being one of those crafters or gatherers who feels incredibly threatened by an influx of competition to your market, thus driving down your profit. God forbid that happen.

Either that, or you really just don't like people and probably need to get yourself away from them as soon as possible. The moon is really nice, but if you feel you need to go further... Venus is still available.

[SendohJin]

So people have been saying for years now that Balmung players should transfer off the server. But when it comes to them moving to their server, they get upset.

because (surprise) they are not the same people.

[Rokke]

..The players who have enjoyed Mateus and would really rather SE treated NA like they did EU and opened up a new server that way all the same community of people (mainly roleplayers from Balmung) could go to a place and establish a community that would meet their needs appropriately..

The difference between EU's datacenter and Aether is that EU servers were equally full. They NEEDED more servers.

Aether had empty servers. There was absolutely no reason to create a new spillover server on Aether when in a month it'd be ghost town #5.

[Rita1989]

Mateus is relevant for the first time ever you guys should be happy

[PharisHanasaki]

it could be they couldn't find one. Either that or they have no ways of making money, not everyone crafts so not everyone can make millions of billions of gil easy. Ofcourse I don't know but I don't want to tell someone they aren't trying just because I was lucky enough to have the clips fall on my lap. Not everyone has the same luck skill or friends.

Why do you asume I'm a crafter. Check my profile on the Lodestone.
I made gil by other means, and by selling lores when they were relevant.
The single thing I ever sold that was crafted was the manor fireplace, and that's level 30 or less.

There weren't any houses available. As I said, I waited for an opportunity.
I made over 10 million myself when I was starting. Clips didn't fall on my lap, I went to look for them.
I have the worst luck on everything, so I know better than to wait for everything to be granted to me.

Oh and it's worth noting that I played alone with my sister for over a year. This is my second year anniversary, and trust me, I've earned everything I own through hard work.