Is the supply crisis over?

[VerdeLuck]

It's not over, when populations start to pick back up again we're going to have a bunch of players dumped on the servers and this conversation all over again.
Hopefully their "fix" this time isn't to add a new dead DC, and then immediately screw over everyone who moved there by adding wards to every other world.

[Amenara]

It's not over, when populations start to pick back up again we're going to have a bunch of players dumped on the servers and this conversation all over again.
Hopefully their "fix" this time isn't to add a new dead DC, and then immediately screw over everyone who moved there by adding wards to every other world.

I am hoping with the xbox players that SE kind of encourages them to create characters on the new DCs to grow population and mitigate some of those future problems. That being said, I imagine with DT next year we will once again run into a massive supply crisis as everyone comes back and new players try it out unless SE adds another new housing area and more wards since they are opposed to a permanent fix to the supply issues.

[Ayan_Calvesse]

It's not over, when populations start to pick back up again we're going to have a bunch of players dumped on the servers and this conversation all over again.
Hopefully their "fix" this time isn't to add a new dead DC, and then immediately screw over everyone who moved there by adding wards to every other world.

Thats actually a easier fix...

Simply make your world/DC nothing more then your home address. Allow you to wander to say Maduin and bid there if you wish.

Right now the imbalance is constant due to things like DC travel where its killing the PF on some DC's; while in other cases you have active players wanting to be able to do business in active servers (like retainer bells and such) so they go where people are...no one wants to pioneer Dynamis it seems. Places like Balmung however are a housing bloodbath.

[Jojoya]

To be fair the new Xbox players should not be effecting early Dawntrail bidding as they would not be up to snuff.

Perhaps there should be a bidding restriction timer on boosted characters...

Depends on when the Xbox beta starts and when the play joins. It only takes about 50 hours of play time to get through 2.0 and earn 2nd Lt. with your Grand Company if you have someone give you a little info about doing it and an experienced player can get it done even fast. A little quick arbitrage on the MB and you're set for being eligible and able to purchase a house.

Given 3 months, a new player can easily be ready to purchase a house and it's looking like there will be at least that much time between Xbox release and DT release.

while in other cases you have active players wanting to be able to do business in active servers (like retainer bells and such) so they go where people are...no one wants to pioneer Dynamis it seems.

New players and players making new NA characters may not have much choice as we get closer to Dawntrail. SE is already increasing the number of Congested worlds on Aether and will probably follow suit with Primal and Crystal before DT early access.

There are some of us that are fine pioneering Dynamis so it won't be a total wasteland if new characters get funneled there and SE restricts/shuts down data center travel to control congestion.

[Ayan_Calvesse]

Depends on when the Xbox beta starts and when the play joins. It only takes about 50 hours of play time to get through 2.0 and earn 2nd Lt. with your Grand Company if you have someone give you a little info about doing it and an experienced player can get it done even fast. A little quick arbitrage on the MB and you're set for being eligible and able to purchase a house.

Given 3 months, a new player can easily be ready to purchase a house and it's looking like there will be at least that much time between Xbox release and DT release.


New players and players making new NA characters may not have much choice as we get closer to Dawntrail. SE is already increasing the number of Congested worlds on Aether and will probably follow suit with Primal and Crystal before DT early access.

There are some of us that are fine pioneering Dynamis so it won't be a total wasteland if new characters get funneled there and SE restricts/shuts down data center travel to control congestion.

I'm glad to hear some folks are trickling into Dynamis - but until we have a all DC pf I think the incentive to set up shop on Dynamis is still a ways off. I know on Materia for example there are entire empty mist wards which blew my mind. As I never found latency there a big issue (from NA) and if your not really intending to raid; latency really doesn't seem to matter that much.