Please more housing wards soon. And no more FC/Private Hybrid.

[Yuniko]

50 bids on my choice so far . Good luck!

Good luck to you aswell dear! <3

[Yuniko]

I do think the game could benefit a lot from Updating the housing system.

I am ''UNSURE'' as to what updates... but i feel it does need an update.

[Reinha]

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's a lot of mansions and mediums for people who want them. If anyone is willing to move servers for it, I'd suggest prepping now. Farm gil, make sure to meet the requirements and level all the characters you plan to bid with. Transfers will be free moving from a non-new server to a new server.

[Yuniko]

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's a lot of mansions and mediums for people who want them. If anyone is willing to move servers for it, I'd suggest prepping now. Farm gil, make sure to meet the requirements and level all the characters you plan to bid with. Transfers will be free moving from a non-new server to a new server.

hm weird. I mean if it's for EU, that also means NA aswell. :shrug: who knows

[Infindox]

After I posted that previously, some people grabbed the smalls lol. At least it seems like all but 2 are decorated and I see the neighbors a lot.

[Yuniko]

After I posted that previously, some people grabbed the smalls lol. At least it seems like all but 2 are decorated and I see the neighbors a lot.

That's fantastic! <3

[Jojoya]

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.

[Reinha]

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.

There is a reddit thread about the new server names and some other yet-to-be-announced things they pulled out of the benchmark. I don't have the technical knowledge to disprove or confirm any of it but it will be interesting to see if it ends up being accurate.

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.

It's a very small number I'm sure. Doing it on launch is not a big difference in my opinion, because regardless of when they transfer, that will be their home server in future times of congestion as well especially if they manage to get a house they want to keep. This is mainly an option for people who are prepared to play on a quiet server and are aware of the benefits and drawbacks it causes. Many people don't have friends in-game to play with, for example. If any such players decide to take the leap to a new home, not only do they benefit themselves but also the players on overcrowded servers benefit from having slightly less competition and congestion.

That said, I don't believe DC travel will be suspended because it's a separate process from logins and people will probably not be constantly changing data centers for max level activities like hunts and PF parties when everyone is still doing MSQ and leveling new jobs. But we'll see!

[Jojoya]

That said, I don't believe DC travel will be suspended because it's a separate process from logins and people will probably not be constantly changing data centers for max level activities like hunts and PF parties when everyone is still doing MSQ and leveling new jobs. But we'll see!

Agreed. It will depend on how many players try to use data center travel to avoid log in congestion for their specific home world. If I remember correctly, we didn't have access to the world visit option through the character selection screen at the start of Endwalker so this is unknown territory with respect to an expansion launch.

[Ayan_Calvesse]

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's a lot of mansions and mediums for people who want them. If anyone is willing to move servers for it, I'd suggest prepping now. Farm gil, make sure to meet the requirements and level all the characters you plan to bid with. Transfers will be free moving from a non-new server to a new server.

That seems very suspect. As Jojoya mentioned the benchmark doesn't really interact with the servers so I couldn't see a good reason they would even put server info anywhere in the code of it. Also adding a DC to EU seems excessive given the amount of EU servers that are ghost towns (I play over there sometimes). If anything I would imagine NA getting another DC (maybe) but even thats a stretch as I imagine SE is waiting to see how many Xbox players we get here.

HOWEVER

Your second part is very sage advice as Cross-region travel becomes a thing - you can have WHATEVER house you want if you start leveling a character on Oceania....there are entire empty wards open for bidding in every district there.