Mogstation taking another step to the darkside

[ElciaDeiLinus]

I can't really comment on past things SE has done, as despite my join date I really only started playing FFXIV in earnest after the ShB announcement and was only getting to HW content by the time it was released.

As it is now, FFXIV's shop seems like the least predatory, clearest with their pricing, and least damaging to its in game economy of all the mmos and many other online games I'm aware of. IMO, this is the ideal way to do a shop, and I generally don't even notice its existence while playing.

[Moonlite]

was this during 1.0? bc ive been here since 2.0 and i do not remember this at all.

Up until the end of HWs you couldn't create a character on those 2 servers because they were full. They had been locked shortly after the start of 2.0. But you could always create another character on another server and use the paid transfer to get onto them. So around four years they ignored server stability to take more cash in.

[NanaWiloh]

Uhm, what?

She is complaning about SE ignoring Balmung and Gilgamesh population prior to the data center split. As well as how they locked the server transfers destroying Balmung and gilgameshes players needs to cram everyone they came across on to thier worlds, with Balmung players being the biggest whiners about it. Basically players wanted the stability dealt with, when SE dealt with it players got pissed at how they handled it.

[linay]

Up until the end of HWs you couldn't create a character on those 2 servers because they were full. They had been locked shortly after the start of 2.0. But you could always create another character on another server and use the paid transfer to get onto them. So around four years they ignored server stability to take more cash in.

She is complaning about SE ignoring Balmung and Gilgamesh population prior to the data center split. As well as how they locked the server transfers destroying Balmung and gilgameshes players needs to cram everyone they came across on to thier worlds, with Balmung players being the biggest whiners about it. Basically players wanted the stability dealt with, when SE dealt with it players got pissed at how they handled it.

So, it seems like they wanted to reduce the number of people joining those servers without completely blocking people off entirely. Paid transfer is definitely one way of doing it, and a legitimate way in my opinion.

[Skivvy]

So, it seems like they wanted to reduce the number of people joining those servers without completely blocking people off entirely. Paid transfer is definitely one way of doing it, and a legitimate way in my opinion.

It was a loophole as everywhere official at that time was showing that the servers were closed. I'm chalking it up to either incompetence or they liked the extra cash coming in.

[linay]

It was a loophole as everywhere official at that time was showing that the servers were closed. I'm chalking it up to either incompetence or they liked the extra cash coming in.

If it was a loophole, then it wasn't something that enough people took "advantage" of (probably due to cost) for them to fix within that length of time.

And every company likes extra cash.

[Moonlite]

If it was a loophole, then it wasn't something that enough people took "advantage" of (probably due to cost) for them to fix within that length of time.

And every company likes extra cash.

If you want to see what this loophole caused look for stormblood launch. Only when servers started to crash was aether able to progress the MSQ. They went from ok HWs. To pure disaster SB. which players had been saying was coming, but ignored because players know nothing. To extremely good Shadowbringers. Also remember when you look for the difference in launch more people play now then SB.



The time was a long time four years is a long time to fix an issue.


But I agree everyone likes extra cash. Most companies will see how far they can go before they have issues. If SE thought they could micro transaction us even more and not lose the dollars they already have they wouldn't even blink. Companies are designed to make money hero worshiping them is just odd. Do i find greed to be wrong, probably. Do I think anything is ever going to change. If you mean change get worse, then yes.

[linay]

If you want to see what this loophole caused look for stormblood launch. Only when servers started to crash was aether able to progress the MSQ. They went from ok HWs. To pure disaster SB. which players had been saying was coming, but ignored because players know nothing. To extremely good Shadowbringers. Also remember when you look for the difference in launch more people play now then SB.



The time was a long time four years is a long time to fix an issue.

I don't see how this alleged loophole has to do with the Stormblood launch when that affected every data center.

[Zomkei]

ehh, saying it was intentionally sabotaged out of greed is hyperbole imo. took them awhile, sure, but i’d chalk that up to incompetence more than sabotaging especially since they did try to fix their mistake. and about the greed thing, every company’s goal is to get money, they’re not doing this for charity.

[Divinemights]

There is really nothing to see here.
This type of topic always shows up every time there is a new items on the Mog Station
This doomsayer topic will be here again when next Chinese/Korean regional item on the Mog Station