They announced how worlds would be shuffled.

[KisaiTenshi]

You can tell they did this by numbers. Separating Balmung, the one with the most persistent population helps everyone left on Aether.


However looking at stats like this tells another story:


Balmung having less characters because it's been locked from bots most of the time. So my guess here is that they probably used an algorithm like "number of characters completed MSQ 4.0" to decide what else goes to the Crystal DC.

It's obvious this was a plan to separate Balmung from Aether. So they cut Aether in half, and then took three from Primal so Primal's DC would have the same number.


No new servers for NA.

[SunAurel]

It's...Not Balanced If you take the people with Mixed statics into Account that are Part of Ragnarok Teams

And those will most likely transfer to Chaos

[Deithwen]

I feel EU got really screwed here.
It can already be complicated to find players in PF, some roulettes also take quite some time, and now they're splitting the DC in half ? well not even half, Light is really in a bad position, especially regarding raid content.

This just won't work, most hardcore raiders will move to Chaos, many statics will be broken, many players will lose their FCs and houses, and most importantly, their friends.

I really don't understand how they even considered doing this for EU, it just shows a deep disconnexion between the devs and the players.

[ElainaMason]

Maybe a little bad. I agree it will be painful, but I expect it will all work out in the end. I guess I am just the type of person that says "Ok this is the situation, what can I do to make the best of this situation." rather than "This sucks. I hate it. Don't do it." That's not to say I am right and they are wrong... just different.

If people never try to change something with their opinion we would live in a really really bad world. Worse than it is right now
First saying what we think and if we can't influence the decision we can try to make the best of the situation.

[Roda]

genuine question here, for the people affected. I haven't seen a post from anybody saying that a solution is making an alt on the other datacenter to stay in contact. Why making an alt is not an option? With an alt, you can stay in touch, you can rejoin the statics leveling it up. I think it is worth it, if I really wanted to keep contact, and leveling an alt is pretty fast in this game

Because this game really isn't one that supports alt-play that well. and it kind of expects you to play just one character.

[Nalien]

Sure am glad we get to beta the World-Visit system before 5.0, because I'm far less inclined to use it after this split screws me over.

10/10 Fanfest, sure am looking forward to the disaster Paris Fanfest will be next year now. If we don't get a "Is this an out of season April Fools joke?" reference I'll be pretty disappointed in this community tbh.

[MoroMurasaki]

Its hard to not be used to "just making new friends" when as a child you move every 2-4 years, before the internet age and cellphones and constant connectivity were a thing. Maybe that's why im not all that upset, I'm used to it. I don't need therapy for my way of thinking any more than you need therapy for yours.

Anyway, I've said my piece.

It's fine that you think that, everyone is wrong sometimes.

Sounds like a lot of problems that free server transfers will help with. You could see it in a glass-half-full light as an opportunity to consolidate all of those people you care about onto one central server. You've plenty of months to feel out your network and figure out which friends and friends of friends are going where. Unless, you know, digital realestate is more important to you than those friendships you lauded so enthusiastically. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This was a really cruel thing to say, like a medium house that I have barely decorated is somehow going to outweigh getting to play with the people I'm close to? Disgusting. I can't mandate where people move or if they do and each of these people also no doubt has a web of people they are connected to who may or may not move and may or may not end up on the same DC. I would happily give up my house, gil and whatever else for this to just not be happening. But maybe that's because I'm not some sociopath.

[Vaati_Kigu]

Sure am glad we get to beta the World-Visit system before 5.0, because I'm far less inclined to use it after this split screws me over.

10/10 Fanfest, sure am looking forward to the disaster Paris Fanfest will be next year now.

This is coming in 4.5 the server restructuring is coming in 4.5 not at 5.0

[Tsumdere]

genuine question here, for the people affected. I haven't seen a post from anybody saying that a solution is making an alt on the other datacenter to stay in contact. Why making an alt is not an option? With an alt, you can stay in touch, you can rejoin the statics leveling it up. I think it is worth it, if I really wanted to keep contact, and leveling an alt is pretty fast in this game

My main is the only character I want to do things on. I want to raid with my Gilgamesh friends on my main character to gear my MAIN character. Not my alt. Likewise, I want my MAIN character to be the one that has the house.

[Nalien]

This is coming in 4.5 the server restructuring is coming in 4.5 not at 5.0

Oh goodie, another dead on arrival feature for me then. Let me just throw that on the pile with the rest, Hello there LoV, haven't seen you in a while.

So damn soon though... Man this really should have at least been an expansion thing... Giving people very little time to make plans for this isn't good, forcing groups to split mid-content (granted Omega is done now but who knows how many are still progressing it and will now be sh*t out of luck), but I guess it makes ignoring threads like this much easier...