Quote Originally Posted by Reinha View Post
So apparently people have found signs in the benchmark that we will actually be getting the previously planned 4 more servers for Dynamis and a whole new data center with 8 servers for EU. Not sure about when though.
That sounds pretty suspicious. The benchmark is a stripped down app with very limited features. It shouldn't have any world server data attached to it. Even saved appearances from the main game are being retrieved from a file saved on the local client and not the game servers.

It's not like it's new information that those worlds were coming. We've known about them going back to 2021. YoshiP had already said they were going to hold off on the remaining planned new servers until an increase in player population made them necessary. That made Dawntrail launch a very likely time for them to do it.

The question becomes how many players are going to be willing to transfer at an expansion launch (and potentially be unable to play with their friends if data center travel is suspended due to congestion) just to get a house when they already have the opportunity to do it when content releases were lighter and so a transfer would be less disruptive.

We're at the point that it would take a lot more than a decent chance at a house and 10 Golden Chocobo Feathers to get people to move. Transferring players aren't going to care about Road to 90 because they're going to be focused on leveling and gearing jobs that were already at 90. It's a nice perk later on in the expansion for those who want to start leveling more jobs but not worth it if you're just going to get 10 somewhat faster levels for Viper and Pictomancer.