Yoshi's 4 choices POLL

[Dreamer]

To me, none of these options mean anything if we can't see the server names.

[Thanos]

left right left right up down up down a b a b start select

on topic

SE has already decided how they are doing this. What is the point of all these threads?
You seriously think they are gonna change it?

[Leigh]

left right left right up down up down a b a b start select

on topic

SE has already decided how they are doing this. What is the point of all these threads?
You seriously think they are gonna change it?

"We will continue to perform internal discussions based on the feedback we have received. As I mentioned before, we want to perform the World Merge to “Move Forward in FFXIV.” In no way did I have any intentions of breaking the “bond” between you and your friends, nor break the “bond” between you and the development team.

Once again, I would like to apologize for not being able to provide a clear explanation for everyone. The only thing I would like to ask of you is to keep your feedback constructive."

--Yoshida

[Thanos]

"We will continue to perform internal discussions based on the feedback we have received. As I mentioned before, we want to perform the World Merge to “Move Forward in FFXIV.” In no way did I have any intentions of breaking the “bond” between you and your friends, nor break the “bond” between you and the development team.

Once again, I would like to apologize for not being able to provide a clear explanation for everyone. The only thing I would like to ask of you is to keep your feedback constructive."

--Yoshida

Just watch they are just gonna end up doing it their way anyway. Nothing will change

[Alise]

Polling this forum doesn't mean squat, you don't have enough of a sample size.

All these ppl complaining about the server merge are insufferable. Its all about you isn't it? Not about the greater good or what's easiest for SE.

Ever think why they'd move everyone to new servers? They just did it to piss ppl off right?
How about they did it to retrieve servers so they can prep it for the new engine? Kill two birds with one stone, merge servers, reclaim, update, prep for 2.0? Could be any other number of things. But screw SE right, its all about you - you're the paying customer. SE should appease everyone all of the time.

This merge has near zero impact on how you play this game. If your friend won't follow you to your server he/she really isn't that close of a friend huh? Or you could make new friends? Wow that's a thought. Reading some of the hyperbole is stunning, like teenagers everything that happens in this game is zomg end of the world. Gimme a freaking break.

SE should just close the forums, near no good comes from it - suggestions can just be submitted to them via email or a suggestion form. This place is just an outlet for mob rants about anything and everything.

agree, it is such an important decision, and they should force the poll before you log into the game. so all active players can see it. (same to how they gave out the warning about subscription)

[tachikoma]

ninesunz

Polling this forum doesn't mean squat, you don't have enough of a sample size.

Wrong if the poll had several hundred responses in favor of a clear winning choice I think SE might reconsider their stance.

All these ppl complaining about the server merge are insufferable. Its all about you isn't it? Not about the greater good or what's easiest for SE.

The greater good would come from shutting this POS down and fixing it quickly w/o dealing with these crappy mini holiday events and 24hour primal release day rush's then 2 more months of nothing.

Ever think why they'd move everyone to new servers? They just did it to piss ppl off right?
How about they did it to retrieve servers so they can prep it for the new engine? Kill two birds with one stone, merge servers, reclaim, update, prep for 2.0? Could be any other number of things. But screw SE right, its all about you - you're the paying customer. SE should appease everyone all of the time.

Haha this shows how little you understand from programming and server structure. This option does not offer them anything more then option A except a MONSTER headache to code. They chose the HARDEST option to deal with and the MOST work in the backend. Like Yoshi said option A is the easy one it requires almost zero overhead and guarantees the outcome is exactly as they plan.

This merge has near zero impact on how you play this game. If your friend won't follow you to your server he/she really isn't that close of a friend huh? Or you could make new friends? Wow that's a thought. Reading some of the hyperbole is stunning, like teenagers everything that happens in this game is zomg end of the world. Gimme a freaking break.

I'm not an MMO expert but I was pretty sure the gold standard was option A and usually games allow you to server merge on request for a fee. Option 2 is basically option A + free server transfer ticket if you want it (so the smallest groups can all gather on 1 server German/French/EU).

SE should just close the forums, near no good comes from it - suggestions can just be submitted to them via email or a suggestion form. This place is just an outlet for mob rants about anything and everything.

This is the most activity in the forums since they were opened on day 1. That alone shows this is a serious topic worthy of discussion. Without player feedback we'd have no FFXIV at all as it would have ended with the abysmal launch from 2010. Like it or not many changes are direct ideas from these forums. The reality is this period were in is nothing more then a paid beta, I have no issue support the development of the game for 2.0 and I only hope they deliver something amazing and not the current casual POS we got right now.

[ChiefCurrahee]

To me, none of these options mean anything if we can't see the server names.

they do have names >.>

Server 1 , Server 2, Server 3 , Server 4, Server 5, Server 6, Server 7, Server 8, Server 9, Server 10.

when you say "I play on Besaid" it's the same thing as saying "I play on server 8"

it's not like SE is going to present us with 10 blank boxes with no descprtion beside it, then makes us put a check mark in one.

Yeah they will get names after we're locked in, but in the grand aspect of things it doesn't matter what your serer name happens to be. You'll be playing with the people you merge with just the same.

[Leela]

Poll (http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p...e1b0e44a9bc294) till now:

A + B⇒A World to merge with B World
12% (12)

A + B - X ⇒A World to merge with B World, except people that would like to move are able to choose a different World
72% (73)

A + B - C ⇒A World to merge with B World, except people that would like to move are able to choose to go to C World
1% (1)

Prepare 10 Worlds, set a limit, and give everyone the power to move their characters to a World of their choice.
15% (15)

Total votes: 101

[Fated]

What a surprise, the most logical option is winning in two polls.

[Gramul]

Really, if Yoshi wants to make it option 2, all he has to do is make a recomended list for what servers would do best where, and default the options if a character does not choose.

Heck, half of that can be done out of the game. Just give us a list of where we're recomended to go so my friends and linkshells arn't randomly splitting up into new servers.