Give OCE players a free transfer off their dead datacenter.

[DezereDawn]

Out of that 100k players, well over 60k of those just wanted free 14 days sub.

Out of the 40k remaining, 20k of those are just alts and another 10k are bots.

So we only have around 10k actual players on the DC, and thats quite evident when you visit every server during peak times.


This is a player search right now, at 12:30 in the afternoon on Ravana.

as someone who had to play on JP for the longest time, even during my peak hours i got a lot of playtime when JP was "asleep" thanks to a higher pop


on oce i can't even find a dungeon during Late night for me/mid day for OCE which is just absurd.

[DixieBellOCE]

as someone who had to play on JP for the longest time, even during my peak hours i got a lot of playtime when JP was "asleep" thanks to a higher pop


on oce i can't even find a dungeon during Late night for me/mid day for OCE which is just absurd.

Yep.. 8-9 years of playing on JP (October 2013 was when i started) and i finally had a reason to join the forums to complain.

Waiting 30 minutes for a current expansion story dungeon during peak times is absurd, i don't understand the mentality of people that think that's acceptable.

Imagine being a new player, waiting 3 hours for a level 60 dungeon to pop.

[Duskane]

the Data center is new its obviously not gonna be as populated like the others
Game is also in its dull prepatch period ,there is nothing to do in general besides level and some people will be waiting for the raid tier to be over before they move.

The ping is more than worth it for me and the OCE community will get bigger over time but if you moved her thinking it would be as booming as primal or crystal is big cope man.

I'm glad they made this DC so don't lump OP with every OCE person.

[Duskane]

Imagine being a new player, waiting 3 hours for a level 60 dungeon to pop.

this happens in all DC and has been a problem for years because there is no incentive to run these dungeons because 50/60/70/80 roulette is terrible.
even in ShB older patch duties like grand cosmos and seat of sacrifice would take 30-50 minutes to pop in elemental.

[Serious-Cat]

I love the ping here too. It's so hard to play in other regions when the lag is obvious xD

[kaynide]

I am actually curious why wouldn't SE enable cross region Duty finder? is bandwidth cost the issue?

There is also a difference in ping and latency; if everyone is on the JP servers, where ever you are you are connecting from you to the central JP hub.

Cross Region means.. say, your tank is connecting from Okinawa to the JP server, which is then connecting to the NA server for the Healer based in Vancouver, who are then trying to connect to the OCE hub for that New Zealander dps…etc.

[hagare]

I wonder why they made so many servers for OCE.
Probably woulda been better if they made a single one considering their population numbers

[Shibi]

It's just $15 OP, basically two fantasias. And you likely took advantage of the 15 days free time from getting an alt to 30 as well, so that is close to equals.

Plus, don't forget there will be new servers in JP in a short time that will have free transfer into, the US one later this year that will have free transfer into, and then EU at the end of the year. So, if you can't afford the $15, it's not much longer to wait.

As the 90 days lockout is almost up, when you head back I hope you have all your dreams and happiness return and find joy in the game. Ina few years when pioneers have filled the data centre more, we will welcome you back!

I wonder why they made so many servers for OCE.
Probably woulda been better if they made a single one considering their population numbers

They answered this about 3 live letters back. They were originally planning to do just 3 servers, but EW demand pushed all queues out, so they put in all 5 from the get go. They knew they would be thin, rather than wait 2 to 3 years for demand to grow then add the 2 and deal with population balancing and disruption.

Cross Region means.. say, your tank is connecting from Okinawa to the JP server, which is then connecting to the NA server for the Healer based in Vancouver, who are then trying to connect to the OCE hub for that New Zealander dps…etc.

For FFXIV it's done differently. They explained this in the last live letter. Cross Region in FFXIV terms means your complete character data is packaged up, verified for integrity and actually transferred over. In the Japanese forums where more details were added they said this can take 3 to 10 minutes to occur, although should be closer to instant. While your physical location on the planet doesn't change, your actual character data has been moved to the destination virtual (and eventually physical) DC.

This is a player search right now, at 12:30 in the afternoon on Ravana.

Ah, those bots need to be deleted. I wish SE would deal with them.

(BTW Thursday at noonish is work/school time for so many people) The numbers are better at 7pm.

[Tigerlilley]

I wonder why they made so many servers for OCE.
Probably woulda been better if they made a single one considering their population numbers

Apparently they were planning on starting with 3, then expanding to five. But with the extreme congestion problems the JP datacentre was having because of Tonberry, I think they panic rushed the DC open asap. I've said it before, but I'm pretty sure Tonberry's congestion issues wasn't just because of OCE players. SEA also have a massive community over there. Probably bigger than OCE too.

[Songkla]

The best solution would be to allow cross data centre travel between OCE and JP. This "logical" DC travel means nothing for OCE as there's only one OCE DC.